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Saturday June 4, 1977
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Nino Espinosa and Skip Lockwood combined on a shutout and Jerry Grote supplied two scoring singles to enable the Mets to defeat the Phillies, 2-0. In the fourth inning, Dave Kingman doubled, Mike Vail beat out an infield hit and Grote drove in Kingman with a single. The same trio produced the other run in the sixth. Kingman was hit by a pitch, Vail singled and Grote followed with a single to score Kingman. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 2, Philadelphia Phillies 0

Game Played on Saturday, June 4, 1977 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   2  9  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .265      Randle 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .327
Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Schmidt 3b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .247      Milner 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .315      Kingman lf            3   2   1   0     0   1   .222
Hebner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Vail rf               4   0   4   0     0   0   .361
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Grote c               4   0   2   2     0   0   .275
McCarver c,1b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .319      Mazzilli cf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .207
Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .161
Bowa ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .231      Espinosa p            1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Carlton p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .241        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Boone c             1   0   0   0     0   1   .285

Totals               34   0   7   0     2   6             Totals               30   2   9   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 16,460
Left on Base: Phillies 9, Mets 7
DP: Phillies 2, Mets 0
Errors: Carlton
Doubles: Bowa (6), Vail (4), Kingman (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Espinosa (4)
GIDP: Grote (2)
Hit by Pitch: Kingman (2,by Carlton)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(7-3)          7.1   9   2   2   1   4   0  32   2.97
Garber                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.35
Totals                  8     9   2   2   1   4   0  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa W(3-4)         7.1   6   0   0   2   4   0  30   3.95
Lockwood SV(7)          1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.56
Totals                  9     7   0   0   2   6   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Carlton (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Ed Vargo


PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox flied out to left; Johnstone popped to
third in foul territory; Schmidt singled to center; Luzinski
singled to right [Schmidt to third]; Hebner popped to third; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
grounded out (second to first); Milner grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: McCarver grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
grounded out (second to first); Bowa singled to left; Carlton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Vail doubled to left; Grote popped
to first in foul territory; Mazzilli lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnstone grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Schmidt
singled to center; Luzinski flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson singled to left; Espinosa out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Harrelson to second]; Randle flied out
to right; Millan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); McCarver
was called out on strikes; Sizemore grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Milner grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman
doubled to left; Vail singled to third [Kingman stayed at
second]; Grote singled to right [Kingman scored, Vail to
second]; Mazzilli struck out while Vail was picked off second
(catcher to second to first to shortstop to catcher); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa popped to shortstop; Carlton struck out;
Maddox walked; Johnstone lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Harrelson grounded out (first to pitcher); Espinosa
walked; Randle flied out to right; Millan forced Espinosa
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets
1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt grounded out (catcher to first); Luzinski
flied out to right; Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Milner flied out to center; Kingman was hit by a
pitch; Kingman was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Carlton [Kingman to second]; Vail singled to third [Kingman to
third]; Grote singled to center [Kingman scored, Vail to
second]; Mazzilli struck out; Harrelson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: McCarver singled to right; Sizemore popped to
second; Bowa flied out to right; Carlton was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Espinosa flied to right in foul territory; Randle
popped to right; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox struck out; Johnstone singled to center;
Schmidt walked [Johnstone to second]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED ESPINOSA
(PITCHING); Luzinski struck out; Hebner popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: Milner singled to center; Kingman popped to second;
Vail singled to left [Milner to second]; GARBER REPLACED HEBNER
(PITCHING); BOONE REPLACED CARLTON (PLAYING C ); MCCARVER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Grote grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Vail out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: McCarver flied out to center; Sizemore grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bowa doubled to right; Boone struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 2.



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