The Giants scored six runs in the sixth inning, aided by the wildness of Nino Espinosa, and coasted to a 7-1 victory over the Mets. An unearned run put the Mets on the scoreboard first, but Gary Matthews homered for the matching tally in the Giants' half. Mickey Lolich, who started for the Mets, became ill and was forced to retire after four innings. Espinosa took over and lost the game in the sixth.

Matthews led off with a double, Bobby Murcer singled and Ken Reitz doubled to drive in Matthews. Espinosa then passed Gary Thomasson to load the bases and walked Chris Speier and Larry Herndon to force in two runs before Johnnie LeMaster capped the inning with a single, driving in the last two tallies. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 7, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    25, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  1
Giants       1  0  0    0  0  6    0  0  x  -   7 13  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Boisclair cf          4   1   0   0     0   2   .273      Herndon cf            4   1   1   1     1   0   .294
Millan 2b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .275      LeMaster ss           5   0   1   2     0   1   .203
Milner lf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .261      Matthews lf           5   2   3   2     0   0   .286
Kranepool 1b          4   0   3   0     0   0   .286      Murcer rf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .259
Vail rf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .233        Evans 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  Mangual ph,rf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .230      Reitz 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .287
Staiger 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Thomasson 1b,rf       3   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Hodges c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .255      Speier 2b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .218
Harrelson ss          2   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Sadek c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .219
  Phillips ph,ss      2   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Halicki p             3   0   1   0     0   1   .200
Lolich p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .133
  Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .173
  Espinosa p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Myrick p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torre ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .305
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200

Totals               34   1   8   0     2   9             Totals               34   7  13   7     3   2

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  3,974
Left on Base: Mets 8, Giants 8
DP: Mets 0, Giants 2
Errors: Vail, LeMaster, Halicki
Doubles: Kranepool (16), Murcer (15), Matthews (22), Reitz (18), Thomasson (14)
Home Runs: Matthews (15)
Stolen Bases: Halicki (1)
Caught Stealing: Millan (4), Murcer (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Halicki (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Speier (7)
GIDP: Kranepool (9), Staiger (5)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich                  4     5   1   1   0   0   1  16   2.97
Espinosa L(2-3)         1.2   4   6   6   3   2   0  12   3.70
Myrick                  0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.60
Sanders                 2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.51
Totals                  8    13   7   7   3   2   1  39

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki W(11-13)        9     8   1   0   2   9   0  36   3.83
Totals                  9     8   1   0   2   9   0  36

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Andy Olsen


METS 1ST: Boisclair reached on an error by Halicki (assist by
Thomasson); Millan singled to right [Boisclair to third]; Milner
walked [Millan to second]; Kranepool grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Boisclair scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Millan to third, Milner out at second]; Vail struck out; 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (second to first); LeMaster
grounded out (third to first); Matthews homered; Murcer singled
to right; Murcer was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 1.

METS 2ND: Staiger struck out; Hodges flied to left; Harrelson
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants
1.

GIANTS 2ND: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Thomasson
grounded out (second to first); Speier singled to center; Sadek
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 1.

METS 3RD: Lolich struck out; Boisclair struck out; Millan
singled to center; Milner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Halicki singled to left; Halicki stole second;
Herndon flied to right; LeMaster grounded out (third to first);
Matthews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 1.

METS 4TH: Kranepool singled to center; Vail flied to right;
Staiger grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Kranepool out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer doubled to right; Reitz flied to left [Murcer
to third]; Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted); Speier
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 1.

METS 5TH: Hodges grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson
grounded out (first unassisted); DWYER BATTED FOR LOLICH; Dwyer
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: ESPINOSA REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Sadek singled to
center; Halicki out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Sadek
to second]; Herndon flied to center; LeMaster was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 1.

METS 6TH: Boisclair struck out; Millan singled to center; Millan
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Milner
singled to left; Kranepool singled to right [Milner to third];
Vail popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Matthews doubled to right; Murcer singled to left
[Matthews stayed at second]; Reitz doubled to right [Matthews
scored, Murcer to third]; Thomasson was walked intentionally;
Speier hit a sacrifice fly to right [Murcer scored, Reitz to
third, Thomasson to second (error by Vail)]; Sadek was walked
intentionally; Halicki struck out; Herndon walked [Reitz scored,
Thomasson to third, Sadek to second]; MYRICK REPLACED ESPINOSA
(PITCHING); LeMaster singled to center [Thomasson scored, Sadek
scored, Herndon to third]; Matthews singled to center [Herndon
scored, LeMaster to second]; Murcer flied to left; 6 R, 5 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 7.

METS 7TH: EVANS REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING 1B); THOMASSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Staiger popped to third; Hodges walked;
PHILLIPS BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Phillips singled to center
[Hodges to second]; TORRE BATTED FOR MYRICK; Torre flied to
right; Boisclair flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 7.

GIANTS 7TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SANDERS
REPLACED TORRE (PITCHING); Reitz flied to left; Thomasson
doubled to right; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sadek flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 7.

METS 8TH: Millan popped to catcher in foul territory; Milner
grounded out (second to first); Kranepool doubled to center;
MANGUAL BATTED FOR VAIL; Mangual struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 7.

GIANTS 8TH: MANGUAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Halicki flied
to center; Herndon singled to left; LeMaster flied to right;
Matthews forced Herndon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Giants 7.

METS 9TH: Staiger reached on an error by LeMaster; Hodges flied
to center; Phillips flied to center; FOSTER BATTED FOR SANDERS;
Foster was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Giants 7.