Mike Schmidt drove in the Phillies' first run with a sacrifice fly and then homered with two men on base to clinch an 8-2 victory over the Mets. The Phillies, who had not scored in 19 innings, ended their drouth in the first. Bake McBride walked and stole second. Larry Bowa also walked. After a double steal, Schmidt hit his sacrifice fly. Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 2Game Played on Thursday, September 15, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans StadiumMets 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 2 Phillies 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 x - 8 9 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .301 McBride rf 4 2 1 0 1 1 .317 Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .240 Bowa ss 3 1 3 2 1 0 .273 Pacella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 4 1 0 .274 Henderson lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .299 Luzinski lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .308 Vail rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Martin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Stearns c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .260 Hebner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Rosado 1b 2 0 2 1 1 0 .300 Hutton 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Milner ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Maddox cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .279 Foster 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Boone c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .278 Youngblood 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Sizemore 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .287 Flynn ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .209 Lerch p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .170 Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Reed p 1 1 0 0 0 0 .133 Swan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Myrick p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Staiger ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Mangual ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Totals 33 2 7 2 3 4 Totals 32 8 9 7 7 2 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 25,314 Left on Base: Mets 7, Phillies 9 DP: Mets 0, Phillies 1 Errors: Pacella, Flynn, Lerch Doubles: Rosado (1), Randle (22), Bowa (17), Maddox (24) Home Runs: Schmidt (35) Stolen Bases: McBride 2 (35), Bowa (32), Sizemore (7) Sacrifice Flies: Schmidt (9), Bowa (6) GIDP: Milner (8) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan L(8-9) 1 0 3 3 5 0 0 8 4.48 Myrick 3 6 3 3 0 2 1 15 4.05 Baldwin 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.47 Pacella 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 11 0.00 Totals 8 9 8 6 7 2 1 41 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lerch W(9-5) 7 7 2 2 3 4 0 31 5.22 Reed SV(14) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.58 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 4 0 36 Wild Pitches: Pacella (1), Lerch (8) Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt METS 1ST: Randle flied out to left; Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: McBride walked; McBride stole second; Bowa walked; McBride stole third and Bowa stole second; Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to left [McBride scored]; Luzinski flied out to center; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 1. METS 2ND: Vail flied out to right; Stearns walked; Stearns was picked off first but was safe on an error by Lerch [Stearns to second]; Rosado doubled to left [Stearns scored]; Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Flynn lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox walked; Boone walked [Maddox to second]; Sizemore walked [Maddox to third, Boone to second]; MYRICK REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Lerch singled to left [Maddox scored, Boone to third, Sizemore to second]; McBride struck out; Bowa hit a sacrifice fly to right [Boone scored, Sizemore to third]; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 3. METS 3RD: Myrick grounded out (second to first); Randle doubled to left; Lerch threw a wild pitch [Randle to third]; Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Randle scored]; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 3RD: Luzinski singled to center; Hebner made an out to third; Maddox flied out to right; Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 3. METS 4TH: Vail grounded out (third to first); Stearns struck out; Rosado singled to right; Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 4TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING 2B); Sizemore popped to second; Lerch struck out; McBride singled to center; Bowa singled to center [McBride to second]; Schmidt homered [McBride scored, Bowa scored]; Luzinski singled to left; Hebner flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 6. METS 5TH: Flynn flied out to right; STAIGER BATTED FOR MYRICK; Staiger struck out; Randle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 6. PHILLIES 5TH: BALDWIN REPLACED STAIGER (PITCHING); Maddox flied out to right; Boone flied out to center; Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 6. METS 6TH: Mazzilli grounded out (third to first); Henderson walked; Vail lined to second; Stearns flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 6. PHILLIES 6TH: Lerch grounded out (first unassisted); McBride grounded out (first to pitcher); Bowa doubled to right; Schmidt flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 6. METS 7TH: Rosado walked; Youngblood flied out to center; Flynn singled to left [Rosado to second]; MANGUAL BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Mangual struck out; Randle singled to second [Rosado to third, Flynn to second]; Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 6. PHILLIES 7TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); PACELLA REPLACED MAZZILLI (PITCHING); Luzinski lined to center; Debut game for John Pacella; Hebner made an out to third; Maddox doubled to right; Boone popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 6. METS 8TH: HUTTON REPLACED HEBNER (PLAYING 1B); Henderson singled to center; Vail singled to center [Henderson to third]; REED REPLACED LERCH (PITCHING); Stearns popped to second; MILNER BATTED FOR ROSADO; Milner grounded into a double play (second to first) [Vail out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 6. PHILLIES 8TH: MILNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Sizemore walked; Sizemore was picked off first but was safe on an error by Pacella [Sizemore to second]; Sizemore stole third; Reed reached on an error by Flynn [Sizemore stayed at third, Reed to first]; McBride popped to third in foul territory; Bowa singled to right [Sizemore scored (unearned), Reed to third]; Pacella threw a wild pitch [Reed scored (unearned), Bowa to second]; Schmidt walked; Luzinski flied out to center; Hutton grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 8. METS 9TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Youngblood grounded out (third to first); BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR FLYNN; Boisclair grounded out (second to first); HODGES BATTED FOR MANGUAL; Hodges flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Phillies 8. |
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