Lenny Randle, obtained from the Rangers, who got rid of the second baseman because of his attack on manager Frank Lucchesi, made an outstanding debut as a starter with the Mets in an 8-2 victory over the Padres. Randle tripled in his first time at bat in the N. L. and collected two other hits in five trips and also stole home. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 8, San Diego Padres 2
Game Played on Sunday, May       1, 1977 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         1  0  2    1  0  1    0  0  3  -   8 10  1
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2 10  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazzilli cf           4   2   1   0     1   0   .227      Richards lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .167
Randle 2b             5   2   3   1     0   1   .600        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Torre 1b              4   0   1   2     0   1   .286        Roberts ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .217
Kingman lf            1   0   0   0     1   0   .290      Almon ss              5   0   1   0     0   1   .259
  Boisclair lf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Winfield rf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .316
Vail rf               4   0   0   0     1   2   .200      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Stearns c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .236      Hendrick cf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .315
Staiger 3b            4   1   2   2     0   1   .236      Ivie 1b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .260
Foster ss             3   1   1   0     1   0   .333      Sutherland 3b,2b      4   0   2   0     0   0   .438
Swan p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Champion 2b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .197
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   1     0   0   .333
  Lockwood p          1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000        Rader 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .269
                                                          Shirley p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Valentine ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            Bernal p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Turner ph,lf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .200

Totals               34   8  10   5     5   5             Totals               35   2  10   2     3   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 14,220
Left on Base: Mets 6, Padres 9
DP: Mets 2, Padres 1
Errors: Foster, Ivie
Doubles: Torre (2), Staiger (3)
Triples: Randle (1)
Home Runs: Staiger (2)
Stolen Bases: Stearns (1), Randle (1), Boisclair (1)
Caught Stealing: Randle (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Swan (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Torre (1)
GIDP: Stearns (3), Sutherland (1), Valentine (2)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan W(1-2)             5.1   6   1   1   1   3   0  21   6.08
Apodaca                 1.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   8   5.40
Lockwood SV(3)          2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   5.87
Totals                  9    10   2   2   3   5   0  38

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley L(2-3)          3     5   4   4   3   2   0  16   1.98
Metzger                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.19
Bernal                  2     1   1   1   1   0   1   8   3.07
Fingers                 2     3   3   1   1   3   0  11   2.55
Totals                  9    10   8   6   5   5   1  41

Balks: Swan (1), Shirley (3)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Dick Stello


METS 1ST: Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
tripled to right; Torre hit a sacrifice fly to center [Randle
scored]; Kingman flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
grounded out (second to first); Winfield grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 2ND: Vail walked; Stearns grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Vail out at second]; Staiger
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Tenace walked; Hendrick singled to third [Tenace to
second]; Ivie flied out to center; Sutherland grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hendrick out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Padres 0.

METS 3RD: Foster singled to right; Swan out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Foster to second]; Mazzilli singled to
pitcher [Foster to third]; Shirley balked [Foster scored,
Mazzilli to second]; Randle struck out; Torre doubled to left
[Mazzilli scored]; Kingman was walked intentionally; Vail forced
Kingman (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3,
Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Champion flied out to right; Shirley grounded out
(pitcher to first); Richards singled to shortstop [Richards to
second (error by Foster)]; Almon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Padres 0.

METS 4TH: Stearns walked; Staiger doubled to right [Stearns
scored]; METZGER REPLACED SHIRLEY (PITCHING); Foster grounded
out (third to first) [Staiger to third]; Swan grounded out
(pitcher to first); Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING LF); Winfield
singled to second; Tenace made an out to shortstop; Hendrick
struck out; Ivie struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Padres 0.

METS 5TH: Randle singled to center; Randle was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Torre lined to center; Boisclair
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Sutherland grounded out (pitcher to first); Champion
singled to left; VALENTINE BATTED FOR METZGER; Valentine
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Champion out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres
0.

METS 6TH: BERNAL REPLACED VALENTINE (PITCHING); Vail grounded
out (second to first); Stearns grounded out (shortstop to
first); Staiger homered; Foster walked; Swan forced Foster
(third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Richards singled to left; Swan balked [Richards to
second]; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first) [Richards to
third]; Winfield singled to left [Richards scored]; APODACA
REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Tenace forced Winfield (second to
shortstop); Hendrick struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5,
Padres 1.

METS 7TH: Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); Randle flied
out to center; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: Ivie singled to third; Sutherland singled to right
[Ivie to third]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR CHAMPION; Rettenmund
forced Sutherland (third to second) [Ivie scored]; TURNER BATTED
FOR BERNAL; Turner lined to left; Richards grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 2.

METS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED RICHARDS (PITCHING); TURNER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); RADER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING 3B);
SUTHERLAND CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Boisclair flied out
to left; Vail struck out; Stearns singled to right; Stearns
stole second; Staiger flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 5, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: Almon singled to right; LOCKWOOD REPLACED APODACA
(PITCHING); Winfield flied to right in foul territory; Tenace
flied out to right; Hendrick forced Almon (third to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Padres 2.

METS 9TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Lockwood singled
to center; Mazzilli walked [Lockwood to second]; Randle singled
to center [Lockwood scored, Mazzilli to second]; Torre struck
out; Boisclair reached on an error by Ivie [Mazzilli scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Randle to third, Boisclair to first];
Randle stole home and Boisclair stole second; Vail was called
out on strikes; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 8, Padres 2.

PADRES 9TH: Ivie flied out to center; Sutherland singled to
right; Rader struck out; Turner walked [Sutherland to second];
ROBERTS BATTED FOR FINGERS; Roberts walked [Sutherland to third,
Turner to second]; Almon forced Roberts (third to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 8, Padres 2.