John Vukovich homered in the ninth inning for his first hit of the season with the Phillies to beat the Mets, 2-1. The Phillies used consecutive singles by Mike Schmidt, Ollie Brown and Dick Allen to take the lead in the first inning. The Mets tied the score in the fourth with a single by John Milner, pass to Dave Kingman and single by John Stearns. Vukovich entered the game as the replacement for Allen at first base and was retired in one trip before tagging his homer off Jerry Koosman. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 2, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Friday, October   1, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  8  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazzilli cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Bosetti cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Martin lf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .250
Milner 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .274      Schmidt 3b            4   1   2   0     0   2   .263
Kingman rf            2   1   0   0     2   2   .239        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Vail lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .218      Brown rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .251
  Boisclair lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .287      Allen 1b              2   0   1   1     0   1   .269
Stearns c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .274        Vukovich 1b,3b      2   1   1   1     0   0   .125
Staiger 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Boone c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .271
Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .232      Harmon ss             3   0   0   0     0   2   .300
Koosman p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Andrews 2b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .667
                                                          Underwood p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .109
                                                            Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Nahorodny ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .203

Totals               31   1   5   1     2   6             Totals               32   2   8   2     0  11

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance: 23,084
Left on Base: Mets 5, Phillies 5
DP: Mets 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Staiger, Martin
Doubles: Schmidt (30)
Home Runs: Vukovich (1)
Caught Stealing: Milner (7), Andrews (1)
GIDP: Boone (10)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman L(21-10)        8.1   8   2   2   0  11   1  32   2.69
Totals                  8.1   8   2   2   0  11   1  32

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood               6     4   1   1   2   3   0  23   3.53
Reed                    2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.46
Garber W(9-3)           1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.82
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   6   0  33

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - John McSherry


METS 1ST: Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
grounded out (pitcher to third to first); Milner singled to
right; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Martin
struck out; Schmidt singled to left; Brown singled to center
[Schmidt to third]; Allen singled to center [Schmidt scored,
Brown to second]; Boone struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
0, Phillies 1.

METS 2ND: Vail flied to right; Stearns singled to right; Staiger
forced Stearns (shortstop to second); Harrelson flied to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Harmon was called out on strikes; Andrews singled
to center; Underwood lined to left; Andrews was caught stealing
second (catcher to first to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

METS 3RD: Koosman grounded out (third to first); Mazzilli popped
to shortstop; Millan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Martin
flied to left; Schmidt doubled to left; Brown grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

METS 4TH: Milner singled to center; Kingman walked [Milner to
second]; Vail struck out while Milner was caught stealing third
(catcher to third) [Kingman to second (on throw to 3b)]; Stearns
singled to left [Kingman scored, Stearns to second (error by
Martin)]; Staiger popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Allen was called out on strikes; Boone flied to
center; Harmon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 1.

METS 5TH: VUKOVICH REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); Harrelson struck
out; Koosman grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli lined
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Andrews popped to first in foul territory;
Underwood flied to right; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

METS 6TH: Millan grounded out (pitcher to first); Milner popped
to second; Kingman walked; Vail flied to right in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Martin struck out; Schmidt struck out; Brown flied
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

METS 7TH: REED REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Stearns grounded
out (shortstop to first); Staiger popped to shortstop; Harrelson
singled to right; Koosman flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Mets 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING LF); Vukovich
reached on an error by Staiger; Boone grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Vukovich out at second];
Harmon flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies
1.

METS 8TH: Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Millan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Andrews singled to left; NAHORODNY BATTED FOR
REED; Nahorodny flied to right; Bosetti singled to right
[Andrews to third]; Martin struck out; Schmidt struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

METS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED NAHORODNY (PLAYING 1B); GARBER
REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); VUKOVICH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); Kingman struck out; Boisclair struck out; Stearns grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Brown struck out; Vukovich homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 2.