The Mets' string of three victories under Joe Torre as their new manager came to an end with a 1-0 loss to the Phillies. Jim Lonborg, who pitched the first seven innings, combined with reliever Ron Reed to pin the Mets with their first shutout defeat of the season. The Phillies scored their run off Jon Matlack in the third on singles by Larry Bowa and Ted Sizemore around a sacrifice by Lonborg. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 1, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Friday, June      3, 1977 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .269      Randle 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .340
Sizemore 2b           3   0   2   1     1   0   .289      Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .218
Schmidt 3b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .238      Milner 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .267
Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .357      Kingman lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .220
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Kranepool rf          3   0   0   0     1   2   .315
Brown lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .200      Stearns c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Mazzilli cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .210
Martin rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .156
Bowa ss               3   1   1   0     0   0   .224      Matlack p             2   0   0   0     1   1   .087
Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Luzinski ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .317
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     1   6             Totals               29   0   5   0     4   5

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 20,013
Left on Base: Phillies 5, Mets 7
DP: Phillies 2, Mets 0
Errors: Randle
Stolen Bases: Stearns (3), Randle (10)
Caught Stealing: Sizemore (3), Harrelson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Lonborg (1)
GIDP: Randle (2)
Hit by Pitch: Stearns (2,by Lonborg)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(1-0)          7     2   0   0   3   3   0  25   0.00
Reed SV(5)              2     3   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.19
Totals                  9     5   0   0   4   5   0  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(3-7)          9     6   1   1   1   6   0  33   3.78
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   6   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (2)
Balks: Matlack (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Eric Gregg


PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox struck out; Sizemore walked; Schmidt struck
out; Matlack balked [Sizemore to second]; Johnson flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Randle was called out on strikes; Millan lined to
third; Milner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Boone
grounded out (third to first); Martin grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool
struck out; Stearns was hit by a pitch; Stearns stole second;
Mazzilli walked; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa singled to left; Lonborg out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Bowa to third (error by Randle)];
Maddox struck out; Sizemore singled to second [Bowa scored];
Sizemore was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Matlack grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
grounded out (first to pitcher); Millan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt singled to left; Johnson popped to third
in foul territory; Brown singled to left [Schmidt to second];
Boone grounded out (third to first) [Schmidt to third, Brown to
second]; Martin made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Milner flied out to right; Kingman grounded out (third
to first); Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Lonborg
was called out on strikes; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Stearns singled to left; Mazzilli singled to center
[Stearns to second]; Harrelson flied out to left; Matlack walked
[Stearns to third, Mazzilli to second]; Randle grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Matlack out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Sizemore flied out to left; Schmidt singled to
center; Johnson flied out to right; Brown struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Millan flied out to right; Milner grounded out (second
to first); Kingman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Boone flied out to center; Martin flied out to
center; Bowa flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Kranepool walked; Stearns lined into a double play
(shortstop unassisted) [Kranepool out at second]; Mazzilli
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: LUZINSKI BATTED FOR LONBORG; Luzinski struck out;
Maddox grounded out (first unassisted); Sizemore singled to
left; Schmidt made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: REED REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); Harrelson singled
to left; On a bunt Matlack struck out; Harrelson was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Randle singled to left;
Randle stole second; Millan flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Johnson flied out to center; Brown grounded out
(shortstop to first); Boone grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Milner walked;
On a bunt Kingman singled to third [Milner to second]; Kranepool
struck out; Stearns grounded out (first unassisted) [Milner to
third, Kingman to second]; Mazzilli grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.