Pat Zachry scored the deciding run on a balk in the Mets' 3-2 victory and gained his sixth career decision over the Padres without a defeat. With the score tied at 2-2, Zachry singled in the seventh inning, stopped at third on a double by Lee Mazzilli and trotted home when Bob Owchinko was called for a balk. Zachry, who struck out 10 for his career high, gave way in the eighth inning to Skip Lockwood, who received credit for his eighth save. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 3, San Diego Padres 2

Game Played on Saturday, June 3, 1978 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Padres 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 Mets 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 x - 3 7 2 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .270 Mazzilli cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .304 Smith ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Maddox 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .237 Gamble lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .232 S. Henderson lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .259 Winfield rf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .278 Montanez 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .256 Tenace 1b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .223 Grieve rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .286 Thomas 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Youngblood rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Ashford 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Stearns c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Almon 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .291 Foli ss 4 0 0 1 0 0 .195 Sweet c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .229 Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Roberts pr,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zachry p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .091 Owchinko p 2 0 1 1 0 1 .130 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Totals 31 2 9 1 4 12 Totals 31 3 7 2 3 4 Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 7,452 Left on Base: Padres 8, Mets 7 DP: Padres 0, Mets 0 Errors: Maddox, Stearns Doubles: Richards (6), S. Henderson (7), Mazzilli (13) Triples: Richards (4) Stolen Bases: Winfield 2 (7), Mazzilli (7) Sacrifice Hits: Smith (11), Owchinko (2) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Owchinko L(3-5) 6.2 7 3 3 2 2 0 29 3.76 D'Acquisto 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 1.16 Totals 8 7 3 3 3 4 0 34 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zachry W(6-1) 7 8 2 1 3 10 0 29 3.34 Lockwood SV(8) 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 3.20 Totals 9 9 2 1 4 12 0 37 Wild Pitches: Owchinko (1) Balks: Owchinko (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Andy Olsen PADRES 1ST: Richards doubled to right; Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Richards to third]; Gamble was called out on strikes; Winfield walked; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Mazzilli grounded out (third to first); Maddox struck out; S. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. PADRES 2ND: Thomas walked; Almon forced Thomas (third to second); Sweet singled to right [Almon to third, Sweet out at second (right to third to shortstop)]; Owchinko singled to left [Almon scored]; Owchinko was out trying to advance to second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Montanez singled to right; Grieve singled to left [Montanez to third]; Stearns popped to third in foul territory; Foli forced Grieve (right to shortstop) [Montanez scored]; Flynn flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 1. PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Smith struck out; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Zachry popped to right; Mazzilli popped to first in foul territory; Maddox flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 1. PADRES 4TH: Winfield singled to center; Winfield stole second [Winfield to third (error by Stearns)]; Tenace struck out; Thomas struck out; Almon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 1. METS 4TH: S. Henderson doubled to left; Montanez flied out to left; Grieve singled to center [S. Henderson scored]; Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first) [Grieve to second]; Foli flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 2. PADRES 5TH: Sweet flied out to right; Owchinko struck out; Richards tripled to left [Richards scored (error by Maddox) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Smith made an out to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 2. METS 5TH: Flynn flied out to right; Zachry grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli singled to center; Mazzilli stole second; Maddox walked; Owchinko threw a wild pitch [Mazzilli to third, Maddox to second]; S. Henderson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 2. PADRES 6TH: Gamble singled to center; Winfield struck out; Tenace singled to left [Gamble to second]; Thomas forced Gamble (pitcher to third) [Tenace to second]; Almon singled to right [Tenace out at home (right to catcher), Thomas to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 2. METS 6TH: ASHFORD REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING 2B); Montanez grounded out (second to first); Grieve flied out to right; Stearns lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 2. PADRES 7TH: Sweet walked; ROBERTS RAN FOR SWEET; Owchinko out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Roberts to second]; Richards struck out; Smith made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 2. METS 7TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Foli popped to first; Flynn grounded out (third to first); Zachry singled to left; Mazzilli doubled to left [Zachry to third]; Owchinko balked [Zachry scored, Mazzilli to third]; Maddox walked; D'ACQUISTO REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); S. Henderson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 3. PADRES 8TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING RF); LOCKWOOD REPLACED ZACHRY (PITCHING); Gamble popped to catcher in foul territory; Winfield singled to left; Winfield stole second; Tenace walked; Ashford popped to second; Almon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 3. METS 8TH: Montanez walked; Youngblood made an out to shortstop; Stearns struck out; Foli flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 3. PADRES 9TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); TURNER BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Turner was called out on strikes; Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 3.

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