Larry Christenson personally ended the Phillies' eight-game losing streak by smashing two homers while pitching 8 1/3 innings in a 3-1 victory over the Mets. The victory was Christenson's first since July 31 but his fifth straight against the Mets this season. The Mets threatened to knock out the Phillies' starter in the first inning when they loaded the bases with none out on singles by Bruce Boisclair, Mike Phillips and Billy Baldwin. After a forceout at the plate, Phillips scored from third after Dick Allen caught a foul fly by Ed Kranepool.

Christenson homered in the third to tie the score. The Phillies went ahead with a run in the sixth and Christenson homered again in the eighth. Ron Reed relieved with two men on base and one out in the ninth and ended the game by inducing Roy Staiger to ground into a double play. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 5, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     0  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  6  1
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .277      Boisclair cf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .280
Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .323      Phillips 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .262
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      B. Baldwin lf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Luzinski lf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .303      Kingman rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
  Martin lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Kranepool 1b          4   0   0   1     0   0   .280
Allen 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .285        Mangual pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Staiger 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Brown rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .272      Stearns c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .161
Boone c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Harrelson ss          3   0   2   0     0   0   .218
Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Lolich p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .146
Christenson p         3   2   2   2     0   1   .186        R. Baldwin p        0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .174        Torre ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
                                                            Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               31   3   6   3     1   4             Totals               32   1   8   1     0   1

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 20,701
Left on Base: Phillies 3, Mets 5
DP: Phillies 2, Mets 0
Errors: Bowa
Doubles: Harrelson (11)
Triples: Boisclair (2)
Home Runs: Christenson 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Cash (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Lolich (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Luzinski (9)
GIDP: Staiger (7)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(11-8)     8.1   8   1   1   0   1   0  32   3.79
Reed SV(13)             0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.45
Totals                  9     8   1   1   0   1   0  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich L(7-12)          7     6   3   3   1   4   2  28   2.99
R. Baldwin              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.81
Apodaca                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.97
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   4   2  33

Wild Pitches: Lolich (11)

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Schmidt popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Boisclair singled to left; Phillips singled to center
[Boisclair to second]; B. Baldwin singled to right [Boisclair to
third, Phillips to second]; Kingman forced Boisclair (third to
catcher) [Phillips to third, B. Baldwin to second]; Kranepool
popped to first in foul territory [Phillips scored, B. Baldwin
to third]; Staiger grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to first); Allen
grounded out (second to first); Brown walked; Boone flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 2ND: Stearns flied to right; Harrelson grounded out (second
to first); Lolich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied to right; Christenson homered; Cash
flied to center; Maddox grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: On a bunt Boisclair made an out to pitcher; Phillips
singled to center; B. Baldwin hit into a double play (right to
right to first) [Phillips out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt struck out; Luzinski singled to center;
Allen struck out; Brown singled to right [Luzinski to second];
Boone flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Kingman popped to third; Kranepool flied to center;
Staiger lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets
1.

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

METS 5TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Harrelson singled to first; Lolich out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Harrelson to second]; Boisclair flied to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox singled to right; Lolich threw a wild pitch
[Maddox to second]; Schmidt grounded out (second to first)
[Maddox to third]; Luzinski hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Maddox scored]; Allen struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Phillips flied to center; B. Baldwin flied to center;
Kingman flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets
1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Brown lined to right; Boone flied to left; Bowa
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher); Staiger
grounded out (third to first); Stearns grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Christenson homered; Cash singled to right; R.
BALDWIN REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING); Cash was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Maddox flied to right; Schmidt flied
to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: Harrelson doubled to right [Harrelson out at third
(right to third)]; TORRE BATTED FOR R. BALDWIN; Torre flied to
center; Boisclair tripled to center; Phillips grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: APODACA REPLACED TORRE (PITCHING); Luzinski
grounded out (shortstop to first); Allen flied to right; Brown
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
3, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); HUTTON REPLACED
ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); B. Baldwin grounded out (first unassisted);
Kingman singled to third; Kranepool reached on an error by Bowa
[Kingman to second]; MANGUAL RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; REED REPLACED
CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Staiger grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Mangual out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Mets 1.