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Sunday August 22, 1976
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An unearned run decided a duel between Jon Matlack and Randy Jones and enabled the Mets to defeat the Padres, 1-0. Jones, who was turned back in a bid for his 20th victory, suffered his fifth loss in six starts. In the seventh inning, Joe Torre grounded to Padre third baseman Ted Kubiak, who made a bad throw to first for an error. Pepe Mangual came in to run for Torre and advanced to second on a balk by Jones. jerry Grote then doubled to drive in the only run. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 1, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Sunday, August 22, 1976 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium

Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brown cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Grubb lf              0   0   0   0     1   0   .290
Millan 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .271        Melendez lf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Milner lf,1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Kubiak 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Torre 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .306      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
  Mangual pr,lf       1   1   0   0     0   0   .231      W. Davis cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Vail rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Ivie 1b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .301
Grote c               4   0   2   1     0   0   .265      Fuentes 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .285
Staiger 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Kendall c             3   0   2   0     0   0   .254
Foster ss             3   0   0   0     1   0   .208        Hernandez pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Matlack p             3   0   1   0     0   0   .191        B. Davis c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
                                                          Torres ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .205
                                                          Jones p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .047
                                                            McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .204
                                                            Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   8   1     1   1             Totals               31   0   6   0     1   2

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 18,425
Left on Base: Mets 7, Padres 7
DP: Mets 1, Padres 2
Errors: Kubiak
Doubles: Millan 2 (21), Grote (11), Fuentes (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Torres (3)
GIDP: Staiger (4), Grote (15), Winfield (13)
Hit by Pitch: Fuentes (1,by Matlack)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(13-7)         9     6   0   0   1   2   0  34   2.72
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   2   0  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones L(19-9)           8     7   1   0   1   1   0  31   2.73
Metzger                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.86
Totals                  9     8   1   0   1   1   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Matlack (3)
Balks: Jones (1)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


METS 1ST: Brown grounded out (third to first); Millan doubled to
left; Milner flied to center; Torre struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Grubb walked; Kubiak forced Grubb (second to
shortstop); Winfield grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Kubiak out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 2ND: MELENDEZ REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING LF); Vail grounded
out (shortstop to first); John Grubb left with injured
elbow; Grote singled to left; Staiger grounded into a double
play (pitcher to second to first) [Grote out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: W. Davis lined to shortstop; Ivie grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fuentes doubled to left; Kendall popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 3RD: Foster grounded out (third to first); Matlack singled
to second; Brown singled to left [Matlack to second]; Millan
flied to left; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
struck out; Melendez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 4TH: Torre grounded out (second to first); Vail singled to
third; Grote grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Vail out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield
flied to center; W. Davis flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 5TH: Staiger flied to center; Foster flied to left; Matlack
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Ivie grounded out (third to first); Fuentes grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kendall singled to left; Torres popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Padres 0.

METS 6TH: Brown grounded out (second to first); Millan lined to
left; Milner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Jones grounded out (second to first); Melendez lined
to third; Kubiak grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 7TH: Torre reached on an error by Kubiak; MANGUAL RAN FOR
TORRE; Jones balked [Mangual to second]; Padres Manager John
McNamara ejected by 1B umpire Jim Quick; On a bunt Vail made
an out to first; Grote doubled to left [Mangual scored
(unearned)]; Staiger flied to center; Foster was walked
intentionally; Matlack grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MILNER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Winfield struck out; W. Davis grounded
out (first unassisted); Ivie singled to left; Fuentes forced
Ivie (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Padres 0.

METS 8TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
doubled to left; Milner grounded out (second to first) [Millan
to third]; Mangual grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Kendall singled to right; HERNANDEZ RAN FOR KENDALL;
Torres out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hernandez to
second]; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR JONES; McCovey popped to third in
foul territory; Melendez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 9TH: METZGER REPLACED MCCOVEY (PITCHING); B. DAVIS REPLACED
HERNANDEZ (PLAYING C ); Vail flied to center; Grote grounded out
(third to first); Staiger singled to left; On a bunt Foster
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: Kubiak singled to left; On a bunt Winfield forced
Kubiak (pitcher to shortstop); W. Davis popped to catcher in
foul territory; Ivie singled to right [Winfield to third, Ivie
to second]; Fuentes was hit by a pitch; B. Davis grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.



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