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Saturday May 7, 1977
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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.  Mets 6, Giants
0.



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