The Padres edged the Mets, 4-3, scoring the decisive run without the benefit of a safe hit. With the score tied 3-3 in the seventh, Tucker Ashford drew a leadoff walk. Pinch-runner Gene Richards stole his 31st base of the season and took third one pitch later on a balk. San Diego Padres 4, New York Mets 3Game Played on Saturday, July 23, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego StadiumMets 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 2 Padres 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 x - 4 4 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .314 Almon ss 3 1 0 1 1 0 .253 Millan 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .223 Tenace c 2 0 0 0 2 2 .221 Youngblood pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Kingman lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .208 Henderson lf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .279 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Milner 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268 Winfield rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .292 Stearns c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .289 Ivie 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .282 Boisclair rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .257 Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Mazzilli cf 2 0 1 0 2 1 .223 Champion 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Flynn ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .202 Ashford 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .224 Hodges ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .325 Richards pr,lf 1 1 0 0 0 1 .244 Harrelson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .168 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Koosman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .137 Sawyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Vail ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Roberts ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Wehrmeister p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .326 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Sutherland 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Totals 30 3 10 3 4 6 Totals 30 4 4 4 5 11 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 19,656 Left on Base: Mets 7, Padres 7 DP: Mets 0, Padres 2 Errors: Randle, Youngblood, Ivie Doubles: Randle (14), Millan (9), Winfield (15) Home Runs: Kingman (13) Stolen Bases: Randle (17), Stearns (5), Richards (31) Caught Stealing: Mazzilli (10), Boisclair (2) Sacrifice Hits: Flynn (3) Sacrifice Flies: Stearns (1) Hit by Pitch: Randle (1,by D'Acquisto) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman 6 3 3 3 3 7 1 25 3.18 Lockwood L(1-6) 2 1 1 1 2 4 0 10 3.70 Totals 8 4 4 4 5 11 1 35 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D'Acquisto 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 9 5.18 Sawyer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.54 Wehrmeister 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 4.41 Spillner 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 2.78 Tomlin W(2-4) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.66 Fingers SV(21) 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 9 2.88 Totals 9 10 3 3 4 6 0 37 Hit by Pitch: D'Acquisto (2) Balks: Lockwood (1) Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli METS 1ST: Randle was hit by a pitch; Randle stole second; Millan singled to right [Randle to third, Millan to second (on throw to home)]; Henderson singled to right [Randle scored, Millan scored, Henderson to second (error by Ivie)]; Milner flied to right in foul territory [Henderson to third]; Stearns hit into a double play (left to pitcher to catcher) [Henderson out at home]; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Almon grounded out (third to first); Tenace walked; Kingman struck out; Winfield made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 0. METS 2ND: Boisclair struck out; Mazzilli singled to right; Mazzilli was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Flynn singled to right; Koosman popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Ivie popped to second; Hendrick made an out to second; Champion reached on an error by Randle [Champion to first]; Ashford flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 0. METS 3RD: SAWYER REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Randle doubled to left; Millan lined into a double play (first to shortstop) [Randle out at second]; Henderson lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: ROBERTS BATTED FOR SAWYER; Roberts was called out on strikes; Almon popped to first in foul territory; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 0. METS 4TH: WEHRMEISTER REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Milner struck out; Stearns singled to right; Stearns stole second; Boisclair lined to left; Mazzilli was walked intentionally; Flynn popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Kingman homered; Winfield popped to second; Ivie grounded out (third to first); Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 1. METS 5TH: Koosman was called out on strikes; Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 1. PADRES 5TH: Champion lined to right; Ashford struck out; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR WEHRMEISTER; Rettenmund struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Padres 1. METS 6TH: SPILLNER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Henderson singled to center; Milner singled to center [Henderson to third, Milner out at second (center to second)]; Stearns hit a sacrifice fly to right [Henderson scored]; Boisclair walked; TOMLIN REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Boisclair was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Padres 1. PADRES 6TH: Almon walked; Tenace struck out; Kingman singled to left [Almon to second]; Winfield doubled to center [Almon scored, Kingman scored]; Ivie was walked intentionally; Hendrick flied out to right; Champion struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Padres 3. METS 7TH: Mazzilli walked; Flynn out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mazzilli to second]; VAIL BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Vail grounded out (third to first); Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Padres 3. PADRES 7TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); Ashford walked; RICHARDS RAN FOR ASHFORD; TURNER BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Richards stole second; Lockwood balked [Richards to third]; Turner struck out; Almon grounded out (third to first) [Richards scored]; Tenace walked; Kingman made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Padres 4. METS 8TH: RICHARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FINGERS REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); SUTHERLAND REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING 3B); Millan doubled to left; YOUNGBLOOD RAN FOR MILLAN; Henderson was called out on strikes; Milner lined to right; Stearns made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Padres 4. PADRES 8TH: YOUNGBLOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Winfield struck out; Ivie singled to second; Hendrick reached on an error by Youngblood [Ivie to second, Hendrick to first]; Champion struck out; Richards was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Padres 4. METS 9TH: Boisclair lined to shortstop; Mazzilli struck out; HODGES BATTED FOR FLYNN; Hodges singled to right; HARRELSON RAN FOR HODGES; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR LOCKWOOD; Kranepool walked [Harrelson to second]; Randle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Padres 4. |
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