Sunday June 8, 1975
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A wild pitch by Elias Sosa in the 14th inning enabled Felix Millan to score the run that gave the Mets a 7-6 victory over the Braves. Joe Torre, hitting safely in his 15th straight game, had a triple, double and two singles in six trips and drove in three runs. The Braves erupted for five runs in the fifth with the aid of a triple by Ralph Garr and added their other run on a homer by Rod Gilbreath in the sixth.

The Mets, who were losing, 6-5, tied the score in the seventh with a single by Del Unser, sacrifice by Millan and single by Torre. In the 14th, Millan singled. Torre followed with a fly ball that center fielder Cito Gaston dropped for an error, putting runners on second and third. The Braves then walked Rusty Staub intentionally to load the bases before Sosa uncorked his wild pitch with Gene Clines at bat. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 7, Atlanta Braves 6

Game Played on Sunday, June 8, 1975 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Braves 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 2 Mets 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 14 2 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 6 1 2 2 1 0 .256 Unser cf 7 2 3 0 0 1 .316 Gilbreath 2b 6 1 1 1 1 0 .214 Millan 2b 6 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Evans 3b 6 0 0 0 1 1 .261 Torre 3b 6 2 4 3 1 0 .281 Gaston cf 7 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Staub rf 6 0 0 1 1 1 .290 Baker rf 6 1 1 0 0 1 .232 Kranepool 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .380 Correll c 4 1 0 1 1 0 .248 Clines pr,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .170 Blanks ss 6 1 2 0 0 0 .271 Kingman lf,1b 6 1 1 1 0 1 .225 Beall 1b 5 1 2 0 1 1 .280 Phillips ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .243 Capra p 1 0 0 1 0 0 .043 Alou ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .345 Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Heidemann ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Stearns c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .182 May ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Hall p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Apodaca p 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Office ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Parker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Baldwin p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 51 6 10 5 5 3 Totals 52 7 14 6 4 7 Time of Game: 4:06 Attendance: 24,928 Left on Base: Braves 10, Mets 12 DP: Braves 0, Mets 0 Errors: Gaston, Sosa, Millan, Heidemann Doubles: Baker (6), May (2), Beall (2), Torre (9), Kingman (5), Unser (7) Triples: Garr (4), Torre (1) Home Runs: Gilbreath (1) Stolen Bases: Stearns (1) Sacrifice Hits: Stearns (1) Sacrifice Flies: Capra (1), Correll (1) Hit by Pitch: Millan (4,by Sosa) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Capra 6 6 5 5 2 1 0 26 4.25 Leon 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 2.95 House 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 10 5.88 Sosa L(0-4) 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 14 4.18 Totals 13 14 7 6 4 7 0 58 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hall 4.1 4 5 5 3 2 1 20 4.88 Apodaca 2.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 1.27 Parker 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.97 Baldwin 4.1 3 0 0 1 0 0 18 3.22 Webb W(1-2) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 5.01 Totals 14 10 6 6 5 3 1 58 Hit by Pitch: Sosa (2) Wild Pitches: Sosa (2), Apodaca (1), Webb (1) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Tom Gorman BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Gilbreath popped to shortstop; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Unser flied out to center; Millan flied out to center; Torre doubled to left; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 0. BRAVES 2ND: Gaston flied out to center; Baker struck out; Correll grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kranepool singled to left; Kingman flied out to left; Phillips popped to second; Stearns struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 0. BRAVES 3RD: Blanks popped to catcher in foul territory; Beall was called out on strikes; Capra popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Hall flied out to right; Unser flied to left in foul territory; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 0. BRAVES 4TH: Garr singled to right; Gilbreath flied out to right; Evans walked [Garr to second]; Gaston flied out to right; Baker popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Torre walked; Staub popped to second; Kranepool flied out to left; Kingman doubled to left [Torre scored]; Phillips singled to left [Kingman scored]; Stearns popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 2. BRAVES 5TH: Correll walked; Blanks singled to left [Correll to second]; Beall walked [Correll to third, Blanks to second]; Capra hit a sacrifice fly to center [Correll scored, Blanks to third]; Garr tripled to right [Blanks scored, Beall scored, Garr scored (error by Millan)]; Gilbreath homered; APODACA REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Evans flied out to left; Gaston flied out to center; 5 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 2. METS 5TH: Apodaca walked; Unser doubled to right [Apodaca to third]; Millan flied out to center; Torre tripled to right [Apodaca scored, Unser scored]; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first) [Torre scored]; Kranepool flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Mets 5. BRAVES 6TH: Baker doubled; Apodaca threw a wild pitch [Baker to third]; Correll hit a sacrifice fly to center [Baker scored]; Blanks flied out to center; Beall flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 5. METS 6TH: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Phillips grounded out (second to first); Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 5. BRAVES 7TH: LUM BATTED FOR CAPRA; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr flied out to right; Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 5. METS 7TH: LEON REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); MILNER BATTED FOR APODACA; Milner flied out to right; Unser singled to center; Millan grounded out (pitcher to first) [Unser to second]; Torre singled to center [Unser scored]; Staub lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. BRAVES 8TH: PARKER REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Gaston grounded out (second to first); Baker popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. METS 8TH: Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Kingman struck out; Phillips flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. BRAVES 9TH: Correll grounded out (third to first); Blanks flied out to center; Beall singled to center; MAY BATTED FOR LEON; May doubled to pitcher [Beall to third]; Dave May lined the ball off Harry Parker's left knee; ROBINSON RAN FOR MAY; BALDWIN REPLACED PARKER (PITCHING); Garr was walked intentionally; Gilbreath grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. METS 9TH: HOUSE REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); On a bunt Stearns singled; Baldwin struck out; On a bunt Unser singled [Stearns to second]; Millan flied out to left; Torre flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. BRAVES 10TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Gaston lined to second; Baker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. METS 10TH: Staub flied out to left; Kranepool singled to shortstop; CLINES RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; Kingman grounded out (pitcher to first) [Clines to second]; ALOU BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Alou was walked intentionally; Stearns forced Alou (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. BRAVES 11TH: CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KINGMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); HEIDEMANN REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING SS); Correll flied out to right; Blanks singled to shortstop; Beall doubled to left [Blanks to third]; OFFICE BATTED FOR HOUSE; Office reached on a fielder's choice [Blanks out at home (second to catcher), Beall to third]; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. METS 11TH: SOSA REPLACED OFFICE (PITCHING); Baldwin struck out; Unser grounded out (first unassisted); Millan was hit by a pitch; Torre singled to right [Millan out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. BRAVES 12TH: Gilbreath grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans flied out to center; Gaston singled to right; Baker made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. METS 12TH: Staub struck out; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. BRAVES 13TH: Correll grounded out (third to first); Blanks popped to second; Beall reached on an error by Heidemann; Sosa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. METS 13TH: Heidemann singled to left; Stearns reached on an error by Sosa on a sacrifice bunt [Heidemann to second]; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Heidemann was picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Stearns stole second; Gallagher struck out; Unser struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. BRAVES 14TH: WEBB REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); Garr flied out to right; Gilbreath walked; Webb threw a wild pitch [Gilbreath to second]; Evans struck out; Gaston popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 6. METS 14TH: Millan singled to right; Torre reached on an error by Gaston [Millan to third, Torre to second]; Staub was walked intentionally; Sosa threw a wild pitch [Millan scored (unearned), Torre to third, Staub to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Mets 7.

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