Scoring four runs after two were out in the eighth inning, the Mets subdued the Phillies, 6-2. New York took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Frank Taveras singled, stole second and tallied on a single by Lee Mazzilli.

Taveras began the eighth-inning uprising with a two-out single and stole second. After Mike Jorgensen walked, Dave Kingman doubled home Taveras, Jorgensen scored on a wild pitch, and an error by third baseman Mike Schmidt permitted the final two runs. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Game Played on Wednesday, June 3, 1981 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 - 6 10 1 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 5 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .276 Rose 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .332 Taveras ss 5 2 3 1 0 0 .246 Aguayo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Jorgensen rf,lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .242 Moreland ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Kingman 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .227 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bailor pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .229 Matthews lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .327 Mazzilli lf,1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .219 Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 D. Davis rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .389 Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .318 Maddox cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .287 Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Bowa ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .254 Harris p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Boone c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ruthven p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .107 Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Smith ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Aviles 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Totals 37 6 10 3 2 7 Totals 32 2 5 2 2 5 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 27,588 Left on Base: Mets 6, Phillies 5 DP: Mets 0, Phillies 1 Errors: Brooks, Schmidt Doubles: Kingman (6) Triples: Wilson (4) Stolen Bases: Taveras 3 (9) Caught Stealing: D. Davis (2) GIDP: Flynn (8) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Harris W(2-1) 7 2 2 2 2 5 0 25 4.09 Falcone 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.60 Allen SV(5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.07 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 5 0 34 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven L(7-3) 8 8 5 3 2 6 0 34 4.02 McGraw 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 4.50 Totals 9 10 6 4 2 7 0 39 Wild Pitches: Ruthven (3) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Paul Pryor METS 1ST: Wilson popped to catcher in foul territory; Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); Jorgensen lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Rose grounded out (third to first); Aguayo reached on an error by Brooks [Aguayo to first]; Matthews struck out; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 2ND: Kingman was called out on strikes; Mazzilli flied out to left; Stearns grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: D. Davis struck out; Maddox grounded out (third to first); Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 3RD: Brooks grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Flynn singled to pitcher; Harris struck out; Wilson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Boone flied out to left; Ruthven flied out to center; Rose singled to center; Aguayo forced Rose (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 4TH: Taveras singled to right; Jorgensen flied out to center; Kingman popped to first in foul territory; Taveras stole second; Mazzilli singled to center [Taveras scored]; Stearns grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Matthews struck out; Schmidt flied out to center; D. Davis singled to left; D. Davis was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. METS 5TH: Brooks singled to shortstop; Flynn forced Brooks (pitcher to shortstop); Harris struck out; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox grounded out (second to first); Bowa grounded out (second to first); Boone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. METS 6TH: Taveras flied out to left; Jorgensen struck out; Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Ruthven struck out; Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Aguayo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. METS 7TH: Mazzilli singled to right; Stearns singled to right [Mazzilli to third]; Brooks was called out on strikes; Flynn grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Stearns out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 7TH: Matthews flied out to center; Schmidt flied out to right; D. Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 0. METS 8TH: Harris struck out; Wilson flied out to center; Taveras singled to right; Taveras stole second; Jorgensen walked; Kingman doubled to left [Taveras scored, Jorgensen to third]; BAILOR RAN FOR KINGMAN; Mazzilli was walked intentionally; Ruthven threw a wild pitch [Jorgensen scored, Bailor to third, Mazzilli to second]; Stearns reached on an error by Schmidt [Bailor scored (unearned) (no RBI), Mazzilli scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Brooks grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 8TH: BAILOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); JORGENSEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MAZZILLI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Maddox walked; Bowa walked [Maddox to second]; FALCONE REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Boone flied out to left; SMITH BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Smith singled to center [Maddox to third, Bowa to second]; Rose singled to right [Maddox scored, Bowa scored, Smith to third]; MORELAND BATTED FOR AGUAYO; Moreland made an out to shortstop; ALLEN REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Matthews forced Rose (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Phillies 2. METS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MORELAND (PITCHING); AVILES REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING 2B); Flynn flied out to center; Allen was called out on strikes; Wilson tripled to center; Taveras singled to left [Wilson scored]; Taveras stole second; Jorgensen flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt singled to left; D. Davis flied out to left; Maddox flied out to right; Bowa flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Phillies 2.

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