| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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