Lonnie Smith, extending his hitting streak to 17 games, banged out three hits and scored three runs to spark the Phillies to a 12-4 rout of the Mets. Seven Mets pitchers gave up 12 hits, six walks and hit three batters. Larry Christenson, the third Philadelphia pitcher, relieved in the sixth and raised his record to 4-6 with four shutout frames. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 12, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Monday, September 28, 1981 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         1  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  3
Phillies     0  0  5    2  2  3    0  0  x  -  12 12  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .283      Smith cf              4   3   3   0     0   0   .302
Stearns c             4   1   2   1     1   0   .272        Christenson p       1   0   0   0     0   1   .100
Valentine rf          5   1   1   0     0   1   .212      Rose 1b               2   2   2   1     1   0   .332
Kingman 1b            3   0   1   1     1   2   .220        G. Vukovich lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .364
Mazzilli lf           5   0   1   0     0   2   .226      Matthews lf           2   1   1   1     0   1   .295
Cubbage 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .211        Gross cf            1   1   0   0     1   0   .234
Flynn 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .226      Schmidt 3b            2   2   1   1     1   0   .310
Gardenhire ss         4   0   3   1     0   1   .289        Boone c             0   0   0   0     1   0   .219
Lynch p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .143      McBride rf            3   1   0   1     0   0   .284
  Leach p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Davis ph,rf      2   1   1   1     0   0   .352
  Jorgensen ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .210      Moreland c            3   0   2   3     1   0   .271
  Boitano p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Aviles 3b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .231
  Searage p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Bowa ss               4   1   2   1     0   0   .282
  Giles ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Aguayo 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .289
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sandberg ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Staub ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Noles p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .118
  Harris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Virgil ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Unser lf,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               37   4  11   4     3  10             Totals               34  12  12   9     6   3

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 20,403
Left on Base: Mets 10, Phillies 7
DP: Mets 2, Phillies 1
Errors: Valentine, Kingman, Marshall, Bowa
Doubles: Gardenhire (1), Kingman (11), D. Davis (6)
Triples: Wilson (8), Smith (3)
Stolen Bases: Gardenhire (1)
Caught Stealing: Stearns (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (2)
GIDP: Noles (1), McBride (5)
Hit by Pitch: Rose (2,by Lynch), Matthews (3,by Boitano), Schmidt (3,by Boitano)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lynch L(4-5)            2.1   4   5   4   4   1   0  17   2.87
Leach                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.67
Boitano                 0     2   2   2   0   0   0   4   5.51
Searage                 2     3   2   1   0   0   0   7   3.68
Jones                   0     3   3   3   1   0   0   4   4.85
Marshall                2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.73
Harris                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.46
Totals                  8    12  12  10   6   3   0  43

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Noles                   4.2   8   4   3   3   4   0  25   4.05
Brusstar                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.66
Christenson W(4-6)      4     3   0   0   0   5   0  15   3.56
Totals                  9    11   4   3   3  10   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Lynch (1), Boitano 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


METS 1ST: Wilson tripled to right; Stearns singled to left
[Wilson scored]; Valentine grounded out (third to first)
[Stearns to second]; Kingman walked; Mazzilli struck out while
Stearns was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Smith lined to right; Rose walked; Matthews struck
out; Schmidt forced Rose (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Cubbage struck out; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to
first); Gardenhire singled to center; Gardenhire stole second;
Lynch struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: McBride grounded out (second to first); Moreland
walked; Bowa singled to shortstop [Moreland to second]; Trillo
grounded out (third to first) [Moreland to third, Bowa to
second]; Noles lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 0.

METS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Stearns
grounded out (second to first); Valentine grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Smith tripled to center; Rose was hit by a pitch;
Matthews singled to left [Smith scored, Rose to second]; Schmidt
walked [Rose to third, Matthews to second]; McBride reached on
an error by Kingman [Rose scored, Matthews scored (no RBI),
Schmidt to second]; Moreland singled to left [Schmidt scored,
McBride to third]; Bowa grounded out (pitcher to second)
[McBride scored (unearned), Moreland to second]; LEACH REPLACED
LYNCH (PITCHING); Trillo walked (walk was charged to Lynch);
Noles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Trillo out at second]; 5 R (4 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 5.

METS 4TH: Kingman struck out; Mazzilli singled to center;
Cubbage forced Mazzilli (second to shortstop); Flynn reached on
an error by Bowa [Cubbage to second]; Gardenhire singled to
center [Cubbage scored (unearned), Flynn to second]; JORGENSEN
BATTED FOR LEACH; Jorgensen walked [Flynn to third, Gardenhire
to second]; Wilson flied to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
 Mets 2, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 4TH: BOITANO REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Smith
singled to shortstop; Rose singled to right [Smith to third];
Matthews was hit by a pitch [Rose to second]; Schmidt was hit by
a pitch [Smith scored, Rose to third, Matthews to second];
SEARAGE REPLACED BOITANO (PITCHING); McBride grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rose scored,
Matthews to third, Schmidt out at second]; Moreland grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 7.

METS 5TH: Stearns walked; Valentine singled to right [Stearns to
third]; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Stearns scored];
Mazzilli flied to center; Cubbage singled to left [Valentine to
second]; Flynn singled to center [Valentine scored, Cubbage to
third]; BRUSSTAR REPLACED NOLES (PITCHING); Gardenhire struck
out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa singled to center; Trillo flied to center;
VIRGIL BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; Virgil popped to catcher in foul
territory; Smith singled to left [Bowa to second]; Rose singled
to right [Bowa scored, Smith scored (error by Valentine)
(unearned), Rose out at home (right to second to catcher)]; 2 R
(1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 9.

METS 6TH: UNSER REPLACED VIRGIL (PLAYING LF); CHRISTENSON
REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); GROSS REPLACED MATTHEWS (PLAYING CF);
GILES BATTED FOR SEARAGE; Giles popped to second; Wilson flied
to right; Stearns flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4,
Phillies 9.

PHILLIES 6TH: JONES REPLACED GILES (PITCHING); Gross walked;
Schmidt singled to center [Gross to third]; D. DAVIS BATTED FOR
MCBRIDE; D. Davis doubled to left [Gross scored, Schmidt to
third]; Moreland singled to center [Schmidt scored, D. Davis
scored]; MARSHALL REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Bowa popped to
second; Trillo flied to left; Moreland was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Marshall [Moreland to second]; Unser
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Phillies 12.

METS 7TH: D. DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); G. VUKOVICH
REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING LF); BOONE REPLACED SCHMIDT (PLAYING C );
AVILES REPLACED MORELAND (PLAYING 3B); AGUAYO REPLACED BOWA
(PLAYING 2B); SANDBERG REPLACED TRILLO (PLAYING SS); UNSER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Valentine struck out; Kingman
struck out; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4,
Phillies 12.

PHILLIES 7TH: Christenson struck out; G. Vukovich flied to
center; Gross flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4,
Phillies 12.

METS 8TH: Cubbage struck out; Flynn flied to right; Gardenhire
doubled to left; STAUB BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Staub flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 12.

PHILLIES 8TH: HARRIS REPLACED STAUB (PITCHING); Boone walked; D.
Davis flied to right; Aviles struck out; Aguayo forced Boone
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 12.

METS 9TH: Wilson struck out; Stearns singled to left; Valentine
forced Stearns (second to shortstop); Kingman doubled to left
[Valentine to third]; Mazzilli flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 12.