Tom Seaver pitched a four-hitter and triumphed in his duel with Steve Carlton when Roy Staiger drove in a run with a single in the fourth inning to give the Mets a 1-0 victory over the Phillies. The loss was the seventh straight for the Phils.

The Mets collected only five hits off Carlton, but bunched singles by Dave Kingman, Joe Torre and Staiger for their run. Seaver, in posting his fourth shutout of the season, struck out eight to go over the 200 mark for the ninth straight year with a total of 202. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Friday, September 3, 1976 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  5  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .279      Mangual cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   1   .248        Boisclair ph,cf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .326      Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .303      Milner lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Johnstone rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .339      Kingman rf            3   1   2   0     0   1   .231
Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     1   3   .268      Torre 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .305
McCarver c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .260      Staiger 3b            3   0   2   1     0   1   .248
  Boone c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Stearns c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Tolan 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Harrelson ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Carlton p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Seaver p              2   0   0   0     1   1   .103
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .198
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .174

Totals               29   0   4   0     3   8             Totals               29   1   5   1     1   6

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 21,174
Left on Base: Phillies 6, Mets 5
DP: Phillies 0, Mets 0
Stolen Bases: Kingman (6)
Caught Stealing: McCarver (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (10)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(16-5)         6     5   1   1   1   6   0  24   3.09
Reed                    2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.46
Totals                  8     5   1   1   1   6   0  30

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(11-10)         9     4   0   0   3   8   0  33   2.41
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   8   0  33

Wild Pitches: Seaver (12)

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to right; Bowa struck out; Maddox
singled to right [Cash to second]; Luzinski grounded out (second
to first) [Cash to third, Maddox to second]; Johnstone was
walked intentionally; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Mangual popped to second; Millan flied to center;
Milner flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets
0.

PHILLIES 2ND: McCarver popped to catcher in foul territory;
Tolan struck out; Carlton flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Torre struck out; Staiger singled
to left; Stearns forced Staiger (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash singled to center; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Cash to second]; Maddox popped to
first; Seaver threw a wild pitch [Cash to third]; Luzinski was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson popped to shortstop; Seaver walked; Mangual
popped to catcher in foul territory; Millan flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt
walked; McCarver forced Schmidt (shortstop to second); McCarver
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Milner grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman
singled to center; Torre singled to right [Kingman to second];
Staiger singled to left [Kingman scored, Torre to second];
Stearns struck out; Harrelson flied to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Carlton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Seaver struck out; Mangual struck out; Millan popped
to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Maddox flied
to center; Luzinski grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Milner flied to center; Kingman singled to left;
Kingman stole second; Torre grounded out (third to first);
Staiger was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnstone singled to right; Schmidt struck out;
McCarver walked [Johnstone to second]; Tolan flied to right
[Johnstone to third]; HUTTON BATTED FOR CARLTON; Hutton struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: REED REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); BOONE REPLACED
MCCARVER (PLAYING C ); Stearns flied to right; Harrelson
grounded out (third to first); Seaver grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowa popped
to shortstop; Maddox popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR MANGUAL; Boisclair flied to
center; Millan flied to center; Milner flied to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: BOISCLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Luzinski
struck out; Johnstone popped to second; Schmidt struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.