jerry Koosman pitched a three-hitter and gained his 17th victory of the season with the Mets when Felix Millan and John Milner hit consecutive doubles for a run in the eighth inning to defeat the Giants, 1-0. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 1, San Francisco Giants 0

Game Played on Wednesday, September 1, 1976 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 1 7 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Herndon cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .289 Boisclair cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .279 Perez 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .258 Millan 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .279 Matthews lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .282 Milner lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .265 Murcer rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Kingman rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .230 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .282 Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .283 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Staiger 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Thomasson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Stearns c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .111 Sadek c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Harrelson ss 1 0 1 0 1 0 .216 Montefusco p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .123 Koosman p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .246 Arnold ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Totals 27 0 3 0 1 6 Totals 29 1 7 1 3 7 Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 14,455 Left on Base: Giants 1, Mets 8 DP: Giants 1, Mets 1 Doubles: Millan (22), Milner (19) Caught Stealing: Herndon (9), Perez (3), Boisclair (4) GIDP: Staiger (6) Hit by Pitch: Harrelson (1,by Montefusco) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montefusco L(13-12) 8 7 1 1 3 7 0 33 3.05 Totals 8 7 1 1 3 7 0 33 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(17-8) 9 3 0 0 1 6 0 28 2.91 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 6 0 28 Hit by Pitch: Montefusco (4) Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol GIANTS 1ST: Herndon walked; Perez struck out; Matthews struck out; Murcer forced Herndon (first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Boisclair struck out; Millan grounded out (third to first); Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 2ND: Reitz struck out; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Kranepool singled to left; Staiger lined to right; Stearns singled to left [Kranepool to second]; Harrelson was hit by a pitch [Kranepool to third, Stearns to second]; Koosman forced Harrelson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 3RD: Sadek flied to center; Montefusco singled to center; Herndon singled to right [Montefusco out at third (right to third)]; Herndon was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Boisclair singled to left; Boisclair was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Millan singled to right; Milner walked [Millan to second]; Kingman popped to first; Kranepool forced Milner (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 4TH: Perez singled to right; Matthews struck out while Perez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Staiger flied to center; Stearns flied to left; Harrelson walked; Koosman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 5TH: Reitz flied to right; Speier popped to third; Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Boisclair grounded out (first unassisted); Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 6TH: Sadek grounded out (third to first); Montefusco struck out; Herndon flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Kingman struck out; Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first); Staiger was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 7TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson singled to left; Koosman was called out on strikes; Boisclair grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 8TH: Reitz struck out; Speier grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomasson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 8TH: Millan doubled to left; Milner doubled to center [Millan scored]; Kingman struck out; Kranepool was walked intentionally; Staiger grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kranepool out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 9TH: Sadek flied to center; ARNOLD BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Arnold flied to center; Herndon flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1.

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