With Gaylord Perry getting credit for his 260th career victory, the Padres defeated the Mets, 9-2. The Padres broke the game open with four runs in the third inning. The first run was driven in by Dave Winfield with a two-out double. Winfield then scored on a double by Oscar Gamble. Tucker Ashford capped the rally with a home run. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 9, New York Mets 2
Game Played on Thursday, August    17, 1978 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Padres       1  0  4    1  1  2    0  0  0  -   9 12  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2  5  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           3   1   0   0     1   0   .293      Randle 3b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .231
  Turner lf,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Foli ss               3   0   1   1     0   0   .258
Smith ss              3   2   3   1     1   0   .266        Hodges c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Baker pr,ss         1   1   0   0     0   0   .244      Mazzilli cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Perkins 1b            5   0   3   2     0   0   .235      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Winfield cf           4   2   2   3     0   1   .294      Stearns c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
  Reynolds lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .239        Ferrer ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Gamble rf             3   1   1   1     0   1   .287      Youngblood lf         3   1   1   0     1   0   .265
  Beswick rf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Maddox rf             2   0   0   1     0   0   .260
Ashford 2b            5   1   1   2     0   3   .231      Flynn 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Thomas 3b             1   0   0   0     3   1   .237        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lolich p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Sweet c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .230        Kobel p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Perry p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .113      Berenguer p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Almon ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .253        Grieve ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
                                                            Bernard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Valentine 2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .256

Totals               36   9  12   9     5   7             Totals               30   2   5   2     2   0

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  9,003
Left on Base: Padres 7, Mets 4
DP: Padres 1, Mets 0
Errors: Ashford
Doubles: Winfield (21), Gamble (15), Smith 2 (15), Perkins (8)
Triples: Youngblood (6)
Home Runs: Ashford (3), Winfield (19)
Stolen Bases: Randle (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Perry (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Winfield (5), Maddox (4)
GIDP: Hodges (4)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(14-5)           6     5   2   2   0   0   0  23   3.14
Lolich SV(1)            3     0   0   0   2   0   0  10   1.10
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   0   0  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Berenguer L(0-1)        3     4   5   5   4   2   1  17  15.00
Bernard                 2.2   5   4   4   0   1   1  12   3.91
Murray                  1.1   2   0   0   1   2   0   7   4.21
Kobel                   2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.30
Totals                  9    12   9   9   5   7   2  43

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Paul Runge


PADRES 1ST: Richards walked; Debut game for Juan
Berenguer; Smith walked [Richards to second]; Perkins flied
out to right [Richards to third]; Winfield hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Richards scored]; Gamble was called out on strikes; 1
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: On a bunt Randle made an out to pitcher; Foli grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 0.

PADRES 2ND: Ashford struck out; Thomas walked; Sweet flied out
to right; Perry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); Stearns
grounded out (third to first); Youngblood lined to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Mets 0.

PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith
singled to left; Perkins flied out to center; Winfield doubled
to left [Smith scored]; Gamble doubled to right [Winfield
scored]; Ashford homered [Gamble scored]; Thomas walked; Sweet
made an out to third; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Maddox flied out to left; Flynn flied out to right;
GRIEVE BATTED FOR BERENGUER; Grieve flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Mets 0.

PADRES 4TH: BERNARD REPLACED GRIEVE (PITCHING); Perry flied out
to center; Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith
doubled to right; Perkins doubled to left [Smith scored];
Perkins was picked off second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Randle singled to left; Foli forced Randle (first to
shortstop); On a bunt Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Foli to second]; Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 0.

PADRES 5TH: Winfield homered; Gamble grounded out (second to
first); Ashford grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 7, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Stearns grounded out (second to first); Youngblood
tripled to left; Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to left [Youngblood
scored]; Flynn flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
7, Mets 1.

PADRES 6TH: Sweet singled to right; Perry out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Sweet to second]; Richards grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Sweet to third]; Smith doubled to right
[Sweet scored]; BAKER RAN FOR SMITH; MURRAY REPLACED FLYNN
(PITCHING); VALENTINE REPLACED BERNARD (PLAYING 2B); Perkins
singled to right [Baker scored]; Winfield struck out; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: BAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); TURNER REPLACED
RICHARDS (PLAYING LF); BESWICK REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING RF);
Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle singled to
right; Randle stole second [Randle to third (error by Ashford)];
Foli singled to right [Randle scored]; Mazzilli grounded out
(first unassisted) [Foli to second]; Montanez singled to
shortstop [Foli to third]; Stearns popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 2.

PADRES 7TH: HODGES REPLACED FOLI (PLAYING C ); FERRER REPLACED
STEARNS (PLAYING SS); Beswick flied out to center; Ashford
struck out; Thomas walked; Sweet singled to left [Thomas to
second]; ALMON BATTED FOR PERRY; Almon forced Sweet (second
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: ALMON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LOLICH REPLACED
THOMAS (PITCHING); Youngblood walked; Maddox flied out to right;
BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR MURRAY; On a bunt Boisclair made an out to
first; Valentine forced Youngblood (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 2.

PADRES 8TH: KOBEL REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Turner flied
out to center; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); Perkins
singled to right; Winfield flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: TURNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); REYNOLDS
REPLACED WINFIELD (PLAYING LF); Randle walked; Hodges grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Randle out at
second]; Mazzilli flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 9, Mets 2.

PADRES 9TH: Beswick made an out to shortstop; Ashford struck
out; Lolich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: Montanez made an out to second; Ferrer grounded out
(third to first); Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Mets 2.