| Jon Matlack allowed only five hits and posted his second straight shutout, pitching the Mets to a 2-0 victory over the Giants. At one stage of his performance, the lefthander retired 16 batters in a row. Lenny Randle, who had three hits, doubled in the third inning and scored the Mets' first run on an error and a wild pitch. A pass to Bud Harrelson and singles by Randle and Jerry Grote added the other tally in the eighth. [The Sporting News] |
New York Mets 2, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Wednesday, May 18, 1977 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 x - 2 7 2 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Foli ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Randle 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .413 Thomas cf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .196 Grote 3b,c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .268 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .220 Milner lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .287 Boisclair lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .270 McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .305 Kingman rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .246 LeMaster pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .299 Sadek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Hill c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Hodges c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Herndon pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Staiger ph,3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Evans lf,1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .276 Harrelson ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .127 Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Matlack p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .056 Barr p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Elliott ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 5 0 0 7 Totals 30 2 7 1 0 4 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 7,131 Left on Base: Giants 4, Mets 4 DP: Giants 0, Mets 2 Errors: Evans, Grote, Hodges Doubles: Randle (2), Hodges (1) Caught Stealing: Foli (1), Madlock (2), Randle (3) Sacrifice Hits: Hill (2) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr L(5-4) 7 4 1 0 0 2 0 24 4.50 Lavelle 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 6 0.77 Totals 8 7 2 1 0 4 0 30 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(3-4) 9 5 0 0 0 7 0 31 3.43 Totals 9 5 0 0 0 7 0 31 Wild Pitches: Barr (1) Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer GIANTS 1ST: Foli singled to right; Foli was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Thomas reached on an error by Grote [Thomas to first]; Clark lined into a double play (third to first) [Thomas out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Randle singled to shortstop; Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Grote grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Milner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 2ND: Madlock singled to shortstop; McCovey struck out while Madlock was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Hill struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kingman singled to left; Kranepool struck out; Mazzilli forced Kingman (second to shortstop); Hodges grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 3RD: Evans flied out to left; Andrews flied out to center; Barr was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Harrelson grounded out (first unassisted); Matlack popped to first; Randle doubled to left [Randle to third (error by Evans)]; Barr threw a wild pitch [Randle scored (unearned)]; Grote grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 4TH: Foli popped to third; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Milner grounded out (second to first); Kingman flied out to center; Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 5TH: Madlock struck out; McCovey grounded out (second to first); Hill made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); Hodges doubled to center; Harrelson grounded out (first unassisted) [Hodges to third]; Matlack was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 6TH: Evans struck out; Andrews made an out to second; Barr grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Randle flied out to left; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 7TH: Foli grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomas struck out; Clark singled to left; Madlock popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. METS 7TH: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool popped to second; Mazzilli flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 8TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); McCovey singled to center; LEMASTER RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Hill reached on an error by Hodges on a sacrifice bunt [LeMaster to third, Hill to first]; HERNDON RAN FOR HILL; Evans struck out; Andrews reached on a fielder's choice [LeMaster out at home (first to catcher), Herndon to second]; ELLIOTT BATTED FOR BARR; Elliott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. METS 8TH: SADEK REPLACED LEMASTER (PLAYING C ); HERNDON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); EVANS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LAVELLE REPLACED ELLIOTT (PITCHING); STAIGER BATTED FOR HODGES; Staiger singled to shortstop; Harrelson forced Staiger (third to second); Matlack struck out; Randle singled to left [Harrelson to second]; Grote singled to left [Harrelson scored, Randle to third]; Boisclair struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2. GIANTS 9TH: STAIGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GROTE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Foli grounded out (third to first); Thomas singled to center; Clark popped to second; Madlock forced Thomas (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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