| Jerry Koosman halted the Mets' five-game losing streak by pitching a three-hitter and shutting out the Giants, 6-0. The Mets' lefthander also batted in two runs with a single in the fourth inning. [The Sporting News] |
New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Saturday, May 7, 1977 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Mets 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 2b 5 2 3 1 0 0 .400 Herndon cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .224 Stearns c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .274 Thomas 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Milner lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .217 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kingman rf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .277 Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .290 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Phillips ss,3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .179 Clark rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .227 Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .261 Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Staiger 3b 2 1 0 0 0 0 .194 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .284 Harrelson ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .127 Elliott lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .161 Koosman p 4 0 1 2 0 2 .125 Foli ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .215 Hill c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Montefusco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .133 Cornutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews ph,2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Totals 33 6 10 6 4 2 Totals 30 0 3 0 2 7 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 5,245 Left on Base: Mets 6, Giants 5 DP: Mets 0, Giants 2 Errors: Koosman, Thomas Doubles: Foli (8) Triples: Stearns (1) Stolen Bases: Randle (2) Caught Stealing: Mazzilli (4) Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (1), Milner (2) GIDP: Stearns (5), Harrelson (1) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman W(2-3) 9 3 0 0 2 7 0 32 2.31 Totals 9 3 0 0 2 7 0 32 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Montefusco L(2-4) 3.1 8 6 5 0 1 0 19 2.72 Cornutt 2.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 3.00 Heaverlo 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1.08 Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.50 Totals 9 10 6 5 4 2 0 39 Wild Pitches: Montefusco 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - John Kibler METS 1ST: Randle singled to left; Montefusco threw a wild pitch [Randle to second]; Stearns singled to right [Randle to third]; Milner forced Stearns (shortstop to second) [Randle stayed at third]; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Randle scored]; Kranepool popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Herndon struck out; Thomas flied out to right; Clark walked; Madlock made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 0. METS 2ND: Phillips flied out to center; Mazzilli lined to third; Staiger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey struck out; Elliott flied out to right; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 0. METS 3RD: Koosman struck out; Randle singled to second; Randle stole second; Montefusco threw a wild pitch [Randle to third]; Stearns tripled to right [Randle scored]; Milner hit a sacrifice fly to center [Stearns scored]; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Hill flied out to right; Montefusco was called out on strikes; Herndon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Giants 0. METS 4TH: Kranepool singled to right; Phillips singled to right [Kranepool to second]; Mazzilli flied out to left; Staiger reached on an error by Thomas [Kranepool to third, Phillips to second, Staiger to first]; Koosman singled to left [Kranepool scored, Phillips scored (unearned), Staiger to second]; Randle singled to center [Staiger scored, Koosman to second]; CORNUTT REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Stearns grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Randle out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: HARRELSON REPLACED STAIGER (PLAYING SS); PHILLIPS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Thomas singled to left; Clark grounded out (third to first) [Thomas to second]; Madlock popped to catcher; Thomas was picked off second but was safe on an error by Koosman [Thomas to third]; McCovey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. METS 5TH: Milner walked; Kingman forced Milner (third to second); Kranepool forced Kingman (second to shortstop); Phillips flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Elliott struck out; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Hill grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. METS 6TH: Mazzilli singled to center; Mazzilli was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harrelson walked; Koosman struck out; Randle grounded out (first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: ANDREWS BATTED FOR CORNUTT; Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first); Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. METS 7TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Stearns flied out to center; Milner singled to center; Kingman walked [Milner to second]; Kranepool flied out to right; Phillips flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: Clark flied out to right; Madlock singled to right; McCovey popped to third in foul territory; Elliott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. METS 8TH: Mazzilli walked; Harrelson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mazzilli out at second]; Koosman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. GIANTS 8TH: Foli doubled to left; Hill flied out to right; Andrews flied out to right [Foli to third]; Herndon walked; THOMASSON BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Thomasson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. METS 9TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Randle grounded out (second to first); Stearns grounded out (second to first); Milner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Giants 0. GIANTS 9TH: Clark flied out to center; Madlock flied out to left; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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