The Phillies won their seventh straight game with a three-run rally in the sixth inning that beat the Mets, 5-3. Mike Vail hit a two-run homer in the fourth to stake the Mets to a 3-1 lead before Mike Schmidt opened the Phillies' comeback by drawing his third walk of the game.

Greg Luzinski singled and Davey Johnson sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Bob Boone, Jerry Martin hit a two-run single to tie the score and Tim McCarver followed with a sacrifice fly to put the Phillies ahead. Johnson added an insurance marker with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      6, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  2  1
Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  3    0  1  x  -   5  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .309      Maddox cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .274
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Bowa ss               3   0   1   0     0   1   .269
Harrelson ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .173      Schmidt 3b            1   1   1   0     3   0   .289
  Stearns ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .299      Luzinski lf           4   1   1   0     0   3   .319
Henderson lf          3   1   0   1     1   1   .224      Johnson 1b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .307
Milner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .261        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Vail rf               2   1   1   2     1   0   .307      Boone c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .269
Grote c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Martin rf             3   1   1   2     0   1   .262
Mazzilli cf           2   0   0   0     1   2   .227      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .259
Flynn 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Kaat p                1   0   1   1     0   0   .125
  Youngblood ph,2b    1   0   0   0     0   1   .196        Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Matlack p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .061        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Valentine ph,3b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .174        McCarver ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .321
                                                            McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               26   3   2   3     4   6             Totals               26   5   9   5     5   6

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 23,185
Left on Base: Mets 1, Phillies 6
DP: Mets 3, Phillies 1
Errors: Milner
Doubles: Randle (12)
Home Runs: Vail (4), Johnson (4)
Stolen Bases: Martin 2 (3), Bowa (9), Boone (2)
Caught Stealing: Vail (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrelson (3), Bowa (9), Johnson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: McCarver (3)
GIDP: Randle (6), Johnson (3), Bowa (3)
Hit by Pitch: Martin (2,by Matlack)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(3-11)         7     7   4   4   5   4   0  30   4.41
Apodaca                 1     2   1   1   0   2   1   5   2.81
Totals                  8     9   5   5   5   6   1  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    5     2   3   3   3   2   1  19   5.25
Garber W(4-4)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.66
McGraw SV(2)            3     0   0   0   1   4   0   9   1.42
Totals                  9     2   3   3   4   6   1  31

Hit by Pitch: Matlack (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Bob Engel


METS 1ST: 33 minure rain delay before start of game; 74
minute delay at 9:40; Randle doubled to left; Harrelson out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Randle to third];
Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randle scored];
Milner was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox walked; Bowa out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to second) [Maddox to second]; Schmidt walked; Luzinski struck
out; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Vail flied out to right; Grote grounded out (shortstop
to first); Mazzilli walked; Flynn forced Mazzilli (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone flied out to center; Martin was hit by a
pitch; Martin stole second; Martin stole third; Sizemore struck
out; Kaat singled to left [Martin scored]; Maddox made an out to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

METS 3RD: Matlack walked; Randle grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Matlack out at second];
Harrelson lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa singled to third; Schmidt walked [Bowa to
second]; Bowa stole third; Milner dropped a foul fly hit by
Luzinski for an error; Luzinski struck out; Johnson grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Schmidt out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

METS 4TH: Henderson walked; Milner flied out to left; Vail
homered [Henderson scored]; Grote grounded out (third to first);
Mazzilli struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Boone grounded out (third to first); Martin flied
out to right; Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Phillies 1.

METS 5TH: Flynn grounded out (second to first); Matlack grounded
out (first to pitcher); Randle grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: BROWN BATTED FOR KAAT; Brown popped to first in
foul territory; Maddox singled to right; Bowa grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 1.

METS 6TH: GARBER REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Harrelson flied out
to center; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt walked; Luzinski singled to left [Schmidt
to second]; Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Schmidt to third, Luzinski to second]; Boone was walked
intentionally; Martin singled to left [Schmidt scored, Luzinski
scored, Boone to second]; On a bunt Sizemore singled to third
[Boone to third, Martin to second]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR GARBER;
McCarver sacrifice flied into a double play (left to third to
second) [Boone scored, Martin out at third]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 4.

METS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Vail walked; Vail
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Grote
grounded out (third to first); Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Bowa struck
out; Schmidt singled to left [Schmidt out at second (second
unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 4.

METS 8TH: YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR FLYNN; Youngblood struck out;
VALENTINE BATTED FOR MATLACK; Valentine grounded out (third to
first); Randle popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: VALENTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); YOUNGBLOOD
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); APODACA REPLACED RANDLE (PITCHING);
Luzinski struck out; Johnson homered; Boone singled to center;
Martin struck out; Boone stole second; Sizemore grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Phillies 5.

METS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); STEARNS BATTED
FOR HARRELSON; Stearns struck out; Henderson struck out; Milner
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Phillies 5.