Jon Matlack, a loser of eight of his last nine decisions, notched his third shutout of the season and sixth straight victory over San Diego as the Mets, after nine consecutive road losses, prevailed over the Padres, 5-0. The visitors got all their necessary runs in the second inning.

John Milner singled and Mike Vail walked. Lee Mazzilli forced Vail at second and Milner scored as Tom Griffin was holding the ball and arguing with the umpire regarding an attempted double play throw to first. Griffin threw wildly to the plate trying to get Milner. Mazzilli took third on the error and then scored on Doug Flynn's single. Matlack reached the 1,000 plateau in career
strikeouts. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Friday, July      22, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         0  2  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   5 10  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .315      Champion 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
Millan 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .218      Almon ss              4   0   1   0     0   2   .255
Henderson lf          5   1   1   0     0   0   .270      Ivie 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Milner 1b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .268      Winfield rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Stearns c             3   1   1   0     1   1   .289        Rettenmund ph,rf    3   0   0   0     0   0   .330
Vail rf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .308      Kingman lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .204
Mazzilli cf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .221      Hendrick cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Flynn ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .196      Tenace c              2   0   0   0     2   1   .222
Matlack p             4   0   0   0     0   3   .049      Ashford 3b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .230
                                                          Griffin p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .162
                                                            Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
                                                            Roberts ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
                                                            Wehrmeister p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Sutherland ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .290
                                                            Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               37   5  10   4     2   5             Totals               32   0   7   0     2   7

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 23,935
Left on Base: Mets 7, Padres 7
DP: Mets 2, Padres 0
Errors: Kingman, Griffin
Doubles: Griffin (3)
GIDP: Tenace (2), Roberts (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(5-12)         9     7   0   0   2   7   0  34   4.00
Totals                  9     7   0   0   2   7   0  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin L(5-9)          3     6   4   3   2   2   0  16   5.04
Sawyer                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   5.61
Wehrmeister             2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.70
Tomlin                  2     2   1   0   0   1   0   9   3.73
Totals                  9    10   5   3   2   5   0  39

Balks: Griffin (5)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi


METS 1ST: Randle lined to first; Millan grounded out (third to
first); Henderson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Champion struck out; Almon struck out; Ivie singled
to center; Winfield forced Ivie (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 2ND: Milner singled to right; Stearns was called out on
strikes; Vail walked [Milner to second]; Mazzilli forced Vail
(first to shortstop) [Milner to third]; Mazzilli was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Griffin [Milner scored,
Mazzilli to third]; Flynn singled to left [Mazzilli scored
(unearned)]; Matlack struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Hendrick
singled to second; Tenace grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Hendrick out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 3RD: Randle singled to pitcher; Griffin balked [Randle to
second]; Millan flied out to center; Henderson singled to right
[Randle to third]; Milner singled to left [Randle scored,
Henderson to second]; Stearns walked [Henderson to third, Milner
to second]; Vail popped to third in foul territory; Mazzilli
singled to right [Henderson scored, Milner out at home (right to
catcher), Stearns to second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4,
Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Ashford struck out; Griffin doubled to left;
Champion popped to second; Almon was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

METS 4TH: SAWYER REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Flynn struck out;
Matlack lined to shortstop; Randle singled to shortstop; Millan
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Ivie grounded out (third to first); RETTENMUND
BATTED FOR WINFIELD; Rettenmund grounded out (third to first);
Kingman singled to left; Hendrick grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

METS 5TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Henderson
lined to center; Milner flied out to center; Stearns singled to
left; Vail forced Stearns (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace walked; Ashford struck out; ROBERTS BATTED
FOR SAWYER; Roberts grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Tenace out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4,
Padres 0.

METS 6TH: WEHRMEISTER REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Mazzilli
grounded out (pitcher to first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop
to first); Matlack struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4,
Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Champion singled to center; Almon singled to left
[Champion to second]; Ivie flied out to right; Rettenmund forced
Champion (third unassisted) [Almon to second]; Kingman popped to
third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

METS 7TH: Randle flied out to center; Millan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Henderson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Hendrick flied out to center; Tenace walked; Ashford
popped to shortstop; SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR WEHRMEISTER;
Sutherland singled to left [Tenace to third]; Champion grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres
0.

METS 8TH: TOMLIN REPLACED SUTHERLAND (PITCHING); Milner grounded
out (first unassisted); Stearns reached on an error by Kingman
[Stearns to second]; Vail grounded out (second to first)
[Stearns to third]; Mazzilli singled to left [Stearns scored
(unearned)]; Flynn forced Mazzilli (third to second); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Almon flied out to center; Ivie popped to third;
Rettenmund grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 5, Padres 0.

METS 9TH: Matlack was called out on strikes; Randle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Millan singled to right; Henderson forced
Millan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5,
Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: Kingman struck out; Hendrick flied out to right;
Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 0.