Jon Matlack, who is the leading candidate for Rookie Pitcher of the Year honors in the N. L., allowed only five hits and beat the Phillies, 5-3, for his 14th victory in a game that saw the Mets tie a league record with four sacrifice flies. All three runs off Matlack were unearned.

Cleon Jones, Rusty Staub, Wayne Garrett and Duffy Dyer hit scoring flies to equal the record held by many clubs, but the Mets also were the last to achieve it previously against the Giants July 16, 1967. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   3  5  0
Mets         1  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  x  -   5  8  2


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harmon 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .279      Garrett 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .228
Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Boswell 2b            2   1   0   0     1   0   .201
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Kranepool 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .263
Luzinski lf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .276      Staub rf              2   0   0   1     1   0   .304
Lis 1b                2   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Jones lf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .255
  Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schneck cf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .194
  Schmidt ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Dyer c                2   1   0   1     0   0   .241
  Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Martinez ss           4   0   3   0     0   0   .228
  Bateman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Matlack p             2   0   0   0     1   1   .139
B. Robinson cf        4   1   2   0     0   0   .242
Freed rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .237
Boone c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .222
Nash p                0   0   0   0     1   0   .176
  Johnson ph,1b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               32   3   5   1     3   4             Totals               26   5   8   5     4   2

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 14,465
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Mets 8
DP: Phillies 0, Mets 2
Errors: Garrett, Martinez
Doubles: Harmon (7), B. Robinson (8), Kranepool (14), Jones (15)
Triples: Schneck (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Boswell (8), Matlack (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Jones (4), Staub (5), Garrett (4), Dyer (3)
GIDP: Johnson (7)
Hit by Pitch: Dyer (5,by Nash)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nash L(1-8)             5     4   3   3   3   1   0  23   5.65
Lersch                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.59
Selma                   2     3   2   2   1   0   0  10   5.59
Totals                  8     8   5   5   4   2   0  37

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(14-9)         9     5   3   0   3   4   0  35   2.31
Totals                  9     5   3   0   3   4   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Nash (2)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli


PHILLIES 1ST: Harmon struck out; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to
first); Money grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Garrett flied out to right; Boswell walked; Kranepool
doubled to right [Boswell to third]; Staub walked; Jones hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Boswell scored]; Schneck grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (second to first); Lis made
an out to second; B. Robinson singled to center; Freed struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 2ND: Dyer grounded out (second to first); Martinez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Matlack grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); Nash
walked; Harmon hit into a double play (first unassisted) [Nash
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Garrett singled to right; Boswell flied out to center;
Kranepool singled to center [Garrett to third]; Staub hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Garrett scored]; Jones grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa grounded out (third to first); Money flied
out to center; Luzinski singled to center; Lis popped to
pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Schneck struck out; Dyer was hit by a pitch; Martinez
singled to center [Dyer to third]; Matlack walked [Martinez to
second]; Garrett hit a sacrifice fly to center [Dyer scored];
Boswell grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Freed
struck out; Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher); Staub flied
out to center; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: JOHNSON BATTED FOR NASH; Johnson grounded out
(third to first); Harmon grounded out (third to first); Bowa
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: LERSCH REPLACED LIS (PITCHING); JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 1B); Schneck flied out to right; Dyer made an out to
shortstop; Martinez singled to third; Matlack struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: Money flied out to center; Luzinski singled to
center; SCHMIDT BATTED FOR LERSCH; Schmidt made an out to first;
B. Robinson forced Luzinski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: SELMA REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Garrett walked;
Boswell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Garrett to
second]; Kranepool flied out to center; Staub grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: Freed reached on an error by Martinez; Boone
walked [Freed to second]; Johnson grounded into a double play
(third to first) [Boone to second, Freed out at third]; Harmon
doubled to left [Boone scored (unearned)]; Bowa struck out; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Jones doubled to right; Schneck tripled [Jones
scored]; Dyer hit a sacrifice fly to right [Schneck scored];
Martinez singled to center; Matlack out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Martinez to second]; Garrett grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Money grounded out (third to first); Luzinski
walked; BATEMAN BATTED FOR SELMA; Bateman popped to second; B.
Robinson doubled to left [Luzinski to third]; Freed reached on
an error by Garrett [Luzinski scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.
Robinson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Boone grounded out (second
to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Mets 5.