A two-run double by Johnny Oates in the fifth inning carried the Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the Mets, who scored their lone run on a homer by John Milner in the opening frame. In the fifth, Ollie Brown and Garry Maddox singled and Bobby Tolan sacrificed before Oates rifled his double off Jon Matlack. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 2, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Saturday, July      31, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Dwyer rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Brown cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Schmidt 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .279      Boisclair cf,rf       3   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .309        Torre ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
  Martin pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .294        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brown rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .277      Milner lf             4   1   3   1     0   1   .267
Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .319      Kranepool 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Tolan 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .255      Hodges c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Oates c               3   0   2   2     1   0   .283        Grote ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Christenson p         2   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Phillips 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Millan ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                          Staiger 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .223
                                                          Harrelson ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .206
                                                          Matlack p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .158
                                                            Vail ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
                                                            Mangual rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .253

Totals               33   2   8   2     1   7             Totals               32   1   5   1     0   4

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 22,792
Left on Base: Phillies 6, Mets 4
DP: Phillies 0, Mets 0
Doubles: Oates (1), Schmidt (21), Luzinski (24)
Home Runs: Milner (11)
Stolen Bases: Brown (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Tolan (1)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(10-5)     5.2   4   1   1   0   3   1  21   3.85
McGraw SV(7)            3.1   1   0   0   0   1   0  11   2.54
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   4   1  32

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(10-6)         8     6   2   2   1   7   0  30   2.72
Sanders                 1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.64
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash struck out; Bowa grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Dwyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Boisclair
flied out to center; Milner homered; Kranepool flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (second to first); Brown
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Maddox struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 2ND: Hodges popped to second; Phillips flied out to left;
Staiger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Tolan grounded out (shortstop to first); Oates
walked; Christenson popped to pitcher; Cash lined to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Harrelson flied out to left; Matlack singled to
center; Dwyer popped to third; Boisclair flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa grounded out (third to first); Schmidt flied
out to left; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Milner singled to second; Kranepool lined to center;
Hodges struck out; Phillips flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Brown singled to left; Maddox singled to center
[Brown to second]; Tolan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Brown to third, Maddox to second]; Oates doubled to
right [Brown scored, Maddox scored]; Christenson struck out;
Cash singled to left [Oates out at home (left to catcher)]; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Staiger grounded out (third to first); Harrelson flied
out to center; Matlack struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt doubled to
center; Luzinski grounded out (third to first) [Schmidt to
third]; Brown struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Dwyer flied out to center; Boisclair grounded out
(first unassisted); Milner singled to right; MCGRAW REPLACED
CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Kranepool popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: BROWN REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING CF); BOISCLAIR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Maddox grounded out (second to
first); Tolan struck out; Oates singled to second; McGraw flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: GROTE BATTED FOR HODGES; Grote grounded out (third to
first); MILLAN BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Millan grounded out (third
to first); Staiger singled to left; Harrelson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: GROTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MILLAN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowa
flied out to center; Schmidt popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: VAIL BATTED FOR MATLACK; Vail flied out to center;
Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); TORRE BATTED FOR
BOISCLAIR; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: MANGUAL REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING RF); SANDERS
REPLACED TORRE (PITCHING); Luzinski doubled to center; MARTIN
RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Brown reached on a fielder's choice [Martin
out at third (pitcher to third)]; Brown stole second; Maddox
flied out to center; Tolan singled to shortstop [Brown to
third]; Oates flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 2, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Milner struck out;
Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Grote grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Mets 1.