The Padres helped beat themselves with six errors during a 10-9 loss to the Mets. Five of the Mets' runs were unearned. Steve Henderson drove in three runs with a the homer and single.

Randy Jones, the Padres' Cy Young Award winner in 1976 but sidelined most of this season with a sore arm, made his first appearance since June 17 and was clipped for five hits and four runs, two unearned, in 2 2/3 innings, pitching in relief of loser Dave Wehrmeister. However, Dan Spillner gave up what proved to be the Mets' winning run in the seventh on a safe bunt by Lee Mazzilli and singles by Doug Flynn and Lenny Randle. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 10, San Diego Padres 9
Game Played on Sunday, July      31, 1977 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Padres       0  1  1    0  0  5    0  2  0  -   9 16  6
Mets         2  0  3    4  0  0    1  0  x  -  10 13  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards 1b,lf        5   0   3   2     0   1   .261      Randle 3b             5   2   2   1     0   0   .311
Almon ss              5   0   1   1     0   0   .255      Millan 2b             3   2   1   1     2   0   .241
Turner lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Henderson lf          4   3   2   3     1   0   .313
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Milner 1b             4   1   2   2     1   0   .269
  Kingman ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .214      Vail rf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .305
  Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Stearns c             4   0   3   1     0   0   .295
Winfield rf           5   1   2   0     0   1   .295      Mazzilli cf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .230
Hendrick cf           4   1   3   0     1   0   .305      Flynn ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .208
Scanlon 2b            5   1   2   2     0   1   .179      Swan p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Tenace c              4   2   1   0     1   0   .218        Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ashford 3b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .217        Apodaca p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Wehrmeister p         1   1   1   0     0   0   .333        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Jones p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Ivie ph,1b          1   2   1   1     1   0   .290

Totals               40   9  16   9     3   4             Totals               35  10  13   8     5   2

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 13,386
Left on Base: Padres 7, Mets 7
DP: Padres 1, Mets 2
Errors: Almon, Ashford 2, Wehrmeister 2, Jones, Mazzilli
Doubles: Winfield (18), Wehrmeister (1), Hendrick (16), Ashford (5)
Home Runs: Henderson (6)
Caught Stealing: Richards (5), Vail (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Swan (5)
GIDP: Ashford (4), Scanlon (5), Vail (6)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wehrmeister L(1-3)      2.1   4   5   2   3   0   1  13   3.89
Jones                   2.2   5   4   2   1   1   0  15   4.66
Spillner                2     3   1   1   1   1   0  10   3.35
Sawyer                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.65
Totals                  8    13  10   5   5   2   1  41

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan W(7-6)             5.2  10   6   6   1   3   0  26   3.91
Baldwin                 0.2   3   1   1   1   1   0   6   5.12
Apodaca                 1     2   2   2   1   0   0   5   2.80
Lockwood SV(17)         1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.38
Totals                  9    16   9   9   3   4   0  43

Passed Balls: Tenace (10)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Satch Davidson


PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to left; Almon popped to second;
Turner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (second to first); Millan walked;
Henderson homered [Millan scored]; Milner walked; Vail forced
Milner (pitcher to shortstop); Vail was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield doubled to left; Hendrick singled to
shortstop [Winfield to third]; Scanlon singled to right
[Winfield scored, Hendrick to third]; Tenace popped to first;
Ashford grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Scanlon out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 2.

METS 2ND: Stearns singled to left [Stearns out at second (left
to second)]; Mazzilli walked; Flynn lined to shortstop [Mazzilli
to second (error by Almon)]; Swan grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 2.

PADRES 3RD: Wehrmeister doubled to center; Richards singled to
right [Wehrmeister scored]; Richards was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Almon lined to left; Turner grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Randle singled to center; Randle was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Wehrmeister [Randle to third];
Millan flied out to center; Henderson singled to right [Randle
scored (unearned)]; Milner reached on an error by Wehrmeister
[Henderson to third, Milner to first]; JONES REPLACED
WEHRMEISTER (PITCHING); Tenace allowed a passed ball [Henderson
scored (unearned), Milner to second]; Vail lined to shortstop;
Stearns singled to first [Milner scored (error by Jones)
(unearned) (no RBI), Stearns to second]; Mazzilli lined to
shortstop; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 5.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield singled to center; Hendrick singled to
center [Winfield to third, Hendrick to second (error by
Mazzilli)]; Scanlon struck out; Tenace made an out to second;
Ashford flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets
5.

METS 4TH: Flynn singled to left; Swan out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Flynn to second]; Randle reached on an
error by Ashford [Flynn stayed at second, Randle to first];
Millan singled to left [Flynn scored, Randle to third (error by
Ashford), Millan to second]; Henderson was walked intentionally;
Milner singled to right [Randle scored (unearned), Millan
scored, Henderson to second]; Vail struck out; Stearns singled
to left [Henderson scored (unearned), Milner to second];
Mazzilli flied out to left; 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
2, Mets 9.

PADRES 5TH: Jones grounded out (second to first); Richards
struck out; Almon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 2, Mets 9.

METS 5TH: Flynn flied out to center; Swan grounded out (first
unassisted); Randle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 2, Mets 9.

PADRES 6TH: Turner flied out to right; Winfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hendrick doubled to left; Scanlon singled
to center [Hendrick scored]; Tenace walked [Scanlon to second];
Ashford doubled to right [Scanlon scored, Tenace scored]; IVIE
BATTED FOR JONES; BALDWIN REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Ivie singled
to right [Ashford scored]; Richards singled to center [Ivie to
second]; Almon singled to center [Ivie scored, Richards to
second]; Turner flied out to center; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 7, Mets 9.

METS 6TH: IVIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SPILLNER REPLACED
TURNER (PITCHING); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Millan walked; Henderson lined to shortstop; Milner popped to
shortstop; Vail flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 7, Mets 9.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield was called out on strikes; Hendrick walked;
APODACA REPLACED BALDWIN (PITCHING); Scanlon grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Hendrick out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 7, Mets 9.

METS 7TH: Stearns grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
Mazzilli singled to second; Flynn singled to left [Mazzilli to
third]; Apodaca struck out; Randle singled to center [Mazzilli
scored, Flynn to third, Randle to second (on throw to 3b)];
Millan flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 7, Mets
10.

PADRES 8TH: Tenace singled to right; Ashford flied out to
center; Ivie walked [Tenace to second]; Richards singled to left
[Tenace scored, Ivie to second]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED APODACA
(PITCHING); Almon flied out to right; KINGMAN BATTED FOR
SPILLNER; Kingman singled to left [Ivie scored, Richards to
second]; Winfield grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 10.

METS 8TH: SAWYER REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Henderson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Milner singled to right; Vail grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Milner out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 10.

PADRES 9TH: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Scanlon
popped to third in foul territory; Tenace grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 10.