Joe Torre hit a two-run homer in the second inning and the Mets used two errors in a two-run sixth to defeat the Giants, 4-2, as Craig Swan notched his first victory of the season. The Mets' final rally started when Dave Rader dropped Dave Kingman's pop fly.

After Torre walked and was forced at second on Jerry Grote's grounder, Jack Heidemann hit a grounder that Chris Speier threw into right field, allowing pinch-runner Wayne Garrett to score and sending Grote to third. Swan then hit a soft liner to second that Derrel Thomas elected to let fall. The double play attempt, however, failed as Grote scored. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 4, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Saturday, August 16, 1975 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 2 Mets 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 4 5 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Joshua cf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .327 Clines cf,lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Thomas 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Millan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Alou lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Matthews lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .276 Unser cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Staub rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .282 Thomasson rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .218 Kingman 1b 2 1 0 0 1 1 .246 Rader c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .313 Garrett pr,3b 1 1 0 0 0 1 .268 Ontiveros 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .278 Torre 3b,1b 2 1 1 2 2 1 .269 Robinson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .068 Grote c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .296 Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .039 Heidemann ss 3 0 1 1 1 1 .224 Adams ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .295 Swan p 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Hill ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Totals 33 2 6 1 5 4 Totals 29 4 5 4 5 7 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 20,751 Left on Base: Giants 9, Mets 7 DP: Giants 0, Mets 0 Errors: Speier, Rader, Clines Doubles: Rader (13), Thomasson (9) Home Runs: Torre (5) Sacrifice Hits: Swan (1) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone L(8-8) 6 4 4 2 5 3 1 28 3.79 Lavelle 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 2.83 Totals 8 5 4 2 5 7 1 35 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan W(1-0) 8.1 5 2 2 5 3 0 35 2.16 Apodaca SV(10) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.66 Totals 9 6 2 2 5 4 0 38 Balks: Swan (1) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert GIANTS 1ST: Joshua struck out; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); Montanez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Clines struck out; Millan flied to center; Alou grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 2ND: Matthews walked; Swan balked [Matthews to second]; Speier popped to catcher in foul territory; Thomasson singled to center [Matthews scored (error by Clines) (no RBI)]; Rader doubled to right [Thomasson to third]; Ontiveros reached on a fielder's choice [Thomasson out at home (second to catcher), Rader to third]; Falcone forced Ontiveros (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kingman walked; Torre homered [Kingman scored]; Grote popped to catcher in foul territory; Heidemann walked; Swan lined to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. GIANTS 3RD: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Thomas grounded out (second to first); Montanez singled to center; Matthews flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. METS 3RD: Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan singled to left; Alou forced Millan (second to shortstop); Staub walked [Alou to second]; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. GIANTS 4TH: Speier popped to shortstop; Thomasson doubled to right; Rader popped to third; Ontiveros was walked intentionally; Falcone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. METS 4TH: Torre walked; Grote singled to left [Torre to second]; Heidemann struck out; Swan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Grote to second, Torre to third]; Clines lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. GIANTS 5TH: Joshua flied to center; Thomas flied to center; Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. METS 5TH: Millan grounded out (third to first); Alou flied to left; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. GIANTS 6TH: UNSER REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING CF); CLINES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Matthews popped to second; Speier popped to first in foul territory; Thomasson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 2. METS 6TH: Kingman reached on an error by Rader; GARRETT RAN FOR KINGMAN; Torre walked [Garrett to second]; Grote forced Torre (pitcher to second to shortstop) [Garrett to third]; Heidemann singled to shortstop [Garrett scored (unearned), Grote to third (error by Speier)]; Swan forced Heidemann (second to shortstop) [Grote scored (unearned)]; Clines popped to shortstop; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 4. GIANTS 7TH: GARRETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TORRE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Rader flied to center; Ontiveros flied to center; ADAMS BATTED FOR FALCONE; Adams walked; Joshua singled to center [Adams to second]; Thomas popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 4. METS 7TH: LAVELLE REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser struck out; Staub singled to left; Garrett struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 4. GIANTS 8TH: Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 4. METS 8TH: Torre struck out; Grote struck out; Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Mets 4. GIANTS 9TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Rader walked; Ontiveros walked [Rader to second]; ROBINSON RAN FOR ONTIVEROS; HILL BATTED FOR LAVELLE; APODACA REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Hill was called out on strikes; Joshua singled to left [Robinson to second, Rader scored]; Thomas popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 2, Mets 4.

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