A two-run homer by Derrel Thomas with two out in the ninth inning lifted the Padres to a 2-1 victory over the Mets. The Padres trailed, 1-0, going into the ninth. After Dave Winfield stroked a one-out double, Mets' starter Jerry Koosman was derricked in favor of Skip Lockwood, who got pinch-hitter Jerry Turner to foul out, but Thomas then belted ball into the right field bullpen. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 2, New York Mets 1

Game Played on Wednesday, August 16, 1978 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 0 Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .295 Maddox 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .261 Smith ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .261 Foli ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Gamble rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Perkins 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Stearns c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .271 Winfield cf,rf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .292 Montanez 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .262 Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Grieve lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Boisclair lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Baker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Thomas 1b,cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .238 Youngblood rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Almon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Sweet c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Koosman p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .103 Tenace ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Roberts c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .210 Owchinko p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .164 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashford ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Beswick pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Totals 34 2 9 2 1 8 Totals 28 1 4 1 2 8 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 10,263 Left on Base: Padres 6, Mets 2 DP: Padres 1, Mets 1 Doubles: Winfield (20) Home Runs: Thomas (2) Stolen Bases: Almon (12) GIDP: Richards (7), Stearns (11) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Owchinko 5.1 4 1 1 2 6 0 20 2.82 Lee 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.31 D'Acquisto W(3-3) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.23 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 8 0 30 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman 8.1 7 1 1 1 7 0 31 3.87 Lockwood L(7-10) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 3.36 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 8 1 35 Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry PADRES 1ST: Richards was called out on strikes; Smith singled to center; Gamble forced Smith (first to shortstop); Winfield singled to left [Gamble to second]; Gonzalez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Foli grounded out (third to first); Stearns flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. PADRES 2ND: Thomas flied out to left; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Sweet grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Montanez flied out to left; Grieve struck out; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. PADRES 3RD: On a bunt Owchinko singled to third; Richards struck out; On a bunt Smith singled to first [Owchinko to second]; Gamble forced Smith (second to shortstop) [Owchinko to third]; Winfield walked [Gamble to second]; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Youngblood grounded out (second to first); Flynn made an out to shortstop; Koosman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. PADRES 4TH: Thomas struck out; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Sweet grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Maddox singled to left; Foli grounded out (second to first) [Maddox to second]; Stearns was walked intentionally; Montanez singled to right [Maddox scored, Stearns to second]; Stearns was picked off second (pitcher to second); Grieve walked [Montanez to second]; Montanez was picked off second (pitcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. PADRES 5TH: Owchinko was called out on strikes; Richards singled to first; Richards was picked off first (pitcher to first); Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Mazzilli flied out to right; Youngblood struck out; Flynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. PADRES 6TH: Gamble popped to second; Winfield struck out; Gonzalez made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Koosman was called out on strikes; Maddox singled to left; Foli singled to right [Maddox to third]; LEE REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Stearns grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Foli out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. PADRES 7TH: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon flied out to center; TENACE BATTED FOR SWEET; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. METS 7TH: ROBERTS REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING C ); Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Grieve flied out to right; Mazzilli lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. PADRES 8TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING LF); ASHFORD BATTED FOR LEE; Ashford singled to center; BESWICK RAN FOR ASHFORD; Richards grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Beswick out at second]; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. METS 8TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED BESWICK (PITCHING); Youngblood popped to first; Flynn was called out on strikes; Koosman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Mets 1. PADRES 9TH: Gamble lined to second; Winfield doubled to center; LOCKWOOD REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); TURNER BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; Turner flied to right in foul territory; Thomas homered [Winfield scored]; Almon singled to left; Almon stole second; Roberts was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 1. METS 9TH: BAKER REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING 2B); PERKINS REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 1B); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Maddox flied out to right; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR FOLI; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Stearns lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Mets 1.

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