Mike Schmidt hit his 25th homer of the season, connecting with two men on base in the third inning, to start the Phillies' scoring in a 6-4 victory over the Mets. The Phillies ran their winning streak to eight games, while the defeat was the Mets' eighth in a row. After Schmidt's blast, the Mets went ahead with four runs in the fourth on a triple by Steve Henderson, single by John Stearns, walk to Bobby Valentine, double by Doug Flynn and single by Nino Espinosa.

But Espinosa, who was the Mets' starting pitcher, was tagged with the loss when the Phillies came back with two runs in their half. With the bases loaded, Greg Luzinski singled off Lenny Randle's glove, driving in one run, and another scored when Bud Harrelson made a wild throw after recovering the ball. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Thursday, July      7, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  1
Phillies     0  0  3    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .311      Maddox cf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .276
Harrelson ss          4   0   0   0     0   2   .169      Bowa ss               5   2   2   0     0   0   .271
  Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Schmidt 3b            2   1   1   3     1   0   .291
Henderson lf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .226      Luzinski lf           2   0   1   1     1   0   .320
Stearns c             4   0   2   1     0   1   .302      Hebner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .299
Vail rf               3   1   1   0     0   0   .308      Johnstone rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .283
  Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Boone c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .265
  Hodges ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Sizemore 2b           4   0   3   1     0   0   .267
  Millan pr,2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Lerch p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Valentine 1b          3   1   1   0     1   1   .179        McBride ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Mazzilli cf           2   0   0   0     2   0   .225        Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flynn 2b              2   1   1   1     0   0   .203        Brown ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .255
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .285        Reed p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
Espinosa p            2   0   1   2     0   0   .120
  Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Siebert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Boisclair rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .247

Totals               34   4  10   4     3   5             Totals               31   6  10   5     5   0

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 27,492
Left on Base: Mets 7, Phillies 8
DP: Mets 2, Phillies 1
Errors: Harrelson
Doubles: Flynn (2), Valentine (4), Bowa (9), Sizemore (8)
Triples: Henderson (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (25)
Stolen Bases: Randle (14)
Caught Stealing: Randle (10), Johnstone (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Flynn (2)
GIDP: Kranepool (7), Hebner (6), McBride (3)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (2,by Espinosa), Luzinski (3,by Espinosa)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa L(4-7)         3.2   8   5   4   2   0   1  20   4.17
Baldwin                 0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.26
Siebert                 0.2   1   1   1   2   0   0   5   4.15
Lockwood                2.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.97
Apodaca                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.74
Totals                  8    10   6   5   5   0   1  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch                   4     7   4   4   1   1   0  19   4.84
Brusstar W(3-1)         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.34
Reed SV(9)              4     2   0   0   2   4   0  15   2.22
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   5   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Espinosa 2 (5)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Eric Gregg


METS 1ST: Randle singled to right; Randle stole second;
Harrelson struck out; Henderson popped to second; Stearns
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox grounded out (second to first); Bowa flied
out to right; Schmidt was hit by a pitch; Luzinski walked
[Schmidt to second]; Hebner lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Vail singled to right; Valentine lined to left;
Mazzilli grounded out (third to first) [Vail to second]; Flynn
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone singled to right; Johnstone was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Boone grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sizemore singled to right; Lerch flied out
to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 3RD: Espinosa grounded out (third to first); Randle singled
to right; Randle was caught stealing second (catcher to second
to first); Harrelson lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Maddox singled to center; Bowa doubled to right
[Maddox to third]; Schmidt homered [Maddox scored, Bowa scored];
Luzinski was hit by a pitch; Hebner grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Luzinski out at second];
Johnstone walked; Boone flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 3.

METS 4TH: Henderson tripled to center; Stearns singled to left
[Henderson scored]; Vail forced Stearns (third to second);
Valentine walked [Vail to second]; Mazzilli popped to right;
Flynn doubled to right [Vail scored, Valentine to third];
Espinosa singled to center [Valentine scored, Flynn scored];
Randle forced Espinosa (shortstop to second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Sizemore singled to center; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR
LERCH; McBride grounded into a double play (first unassisted)
[Sizemore out at second]; Maddox singled to center; Bowa singled
to left [Maddox to third]; BALDWIN REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING);
Schmidt walked [Bowa to second]; Luzinski singled to third
[Maddox scored, Bowa scored (error by Harrelson) (unearned),
Schmidt to third, Luzinski to second]; SIEBERT REPLACED BALDWIN
(PITCHING); Hebner grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 4
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 5.

METS 5TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Harrelson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson grounded out
(second to first); Stearns singled to left; Vail grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 5TH: Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); Boone
walked; Sizemore doubled to left [Boone scored]; BROWN BATTED
FOR BRUSSTAR; Brown was walked intentionally; LOCKWOOD REPLACED
VAIL (PITCHING); BOISCLAIR REPLACED SIEBERT (PLAYING RF); Maddox
popped to center; Bowa made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 6.

METS 6TH: REED REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Valentine doubled to
right; Mazzilli walked; Flynn out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Valentine to third, Mazzilli to second]; Boisclair
grounded out (pitcher to first); Randle grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt popped to center; Luzinski grounded out
(second to first); Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 6.

METS 7TH: Harrelson struck out; Henderson struck out; Stearns
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnstone lined to second; Boone grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sizemore popped to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 6.

METS 8TH: HODGES BATTED FOR LOCKWOOD; Hodges singled to pitcher;
MILLAN RAN FOR HODGES; Valentine struck out; Mazzilli walked
[Millan to second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR FLYNN; Kranepool
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Mazzilli out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: APODACA REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); MILLAN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Reed grounded out (shortstop to
first); Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies
6.

METS 9TH: Boisclair grounded out (second to first); Randle flied
out to right; MILNER BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Milner grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 6.