Scattering seven hits, Randy Lerch pitched the Phillies to a 4-0 blanking of the Mets. The Phils scored in the first inning on a walk to Pete Rose, single by Bake McBride and sacrifice fly by Mike Schmidt. In the second stanza, Bob Boone and Larry Bowa singled, Lerch drilled a triple and Rose followed with a double. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 4, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Wednesday, September 12, 1979 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     1  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  2


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 1b               3   1   2   1     2   0   .317      Taveras ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .265
Trillo 2b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Maddox 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .252
McBride rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .272      Mazzilli cf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .314
  Unser rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Stearns 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .260      Youngblood lf         4   0   0   0     0   3   .280
  Vukovich 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman rf             3   0   2   0     1   1   .203
Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .253      Trevino c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Boone c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .286      Flynn 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Swan p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Bowa ss               3   1   1   0     1   1   .245        Chapman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
Lerch p               3   1   1   2     1   0   .129        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .192
                                                            Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   8   4     4   4             Totals               32   0   7   0     2   8

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  4,158
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Mets 7
DP: Phillies 0, Mets 2
Errors: Taveras 2
Doubles: Rose (37), Norman (2)
Triples: Lerch (1)
Caught Stealing: Schmidt (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Schmidt (8)
GIDP: McBride (5), Lerch (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch W(9-12)           9     7   0   0   2   8   0  34   3.96
Totals                  9     7   0   0   2   8   0  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(12-12)           5     7   4   4   2   4   0  23   3.25
Jackson                 2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
Reardon                 2     1   0   0   2   0   0   9   2.61
Totals                  9     8   4   4   4   4   0  38

Wild Pitches: Lerch (4)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


PHILLIES 1ST: Rose walked; Trillo flied out to right; McBride
singled to third [Rose to third]; Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Rose scored]; Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras walked; Maddox flied out to center; Mazzilli
singled to left [Taveras to second]; Taveras was picked off
second (pitcher to second); Stearns singled to center [Mazzilli
to third]; Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 1, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone singled to left; Maddox popped to catcher in
foul territory; Bowa singled to left [Boone to second]; Lerch
tripled to left [Boone scored, Bowa scored]; Rose doubled to
left [Lerch scored]; Trillo reached on an error by Taveras
[Trillo to first]; McBride grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Trillo out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Norman singled to left; Trevino made an out to second;
Flynn grounded out (catcher to first) [Norman to second]; Swan
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt made an out to second; Luzinski struck
out; Boone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Taveras flied out to right; Maddox grounded out (third
to first); Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox flied out to right; Bowa was called out on
strikes; Lerch walked; Rose singled to center [Lerch to second];
Trillo popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 4, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Stearns flied out to right; Youngblood struck out;
Norman walked; Trevino singled to right [Norman to second];
Flynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 4, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: McBride struck out; Schmidt singled to left;
Schmidt was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Luzinski
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: CHAPMAN BATTED FOR SWAN; Chapman struck out (catcher
to first); Taveras singled to center; Maddox lined to third;
Mazzilli popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Mets 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: JACKSON REPLACED CHAPMAN (PITCHING); Boone
grounded out (third to first); Maddox flied out to left; Bowa
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Stearns popped to shortstop; Youngblood grounded out
(third to first); Norman doubled to center [Norman out at third
(center to second to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Mets 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Lerch lined to shortstop; Rose lined to left;
Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Trevino grounded out (pitcher to first); Flynn
grounded out (second to first); BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR JACKSON;
Boisclair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: REARDON REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); McBride
flied out to center; Schmidt grounded out (third to first);
Luzinski lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Mets 0.

METS 8TH: VUKOVICH REPLACED SCHMIDT (PLAYING 3B); UNSER REPLACED
MCBRIDE (PLAYING RF); Taveras flied out to center; Maddox flied
out to left; On a bunt Mazzilli singled to pitcher; Lerch threw
a wild pitch [Mazzilli to second]; Stearns grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone singled to right; Maddox reached on an error
by Taveras [Boone to second, Maddox to first]; Bowa walked
[Boone to third, Maddox to second]; Lerch grounded into a double
play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Maddox to third, Bowa to
second, Boone out at home]; Rose was walked intentionally;
Trillo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Youngblood struck out; Norman struck out; Trevino
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 0.