With Gaylord Perry getting credit for his 260th career victory, the Padres defeated the Mets, 9-2. The Padres broke the game open with four runs in the third inning. The first run was driven in by Dave Winfield with a two-out double. Winfield then scored on a double by Oscar Gamble. Tucker Ashford capped the rally with a home run. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 9, New York Mets 2

Game Played on Thursday, August 17, 1978 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Padres 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 - 9 12 1 Mets 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .293 Randle 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .231 Turner lf,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Foli ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .258 Smith ss 3 2 3 1 1 0 .266 Hodges c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Baker pr,ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 .244 Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Perkins 1b 5 0 3 2 0 0 .235 Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Winfield cf 4 2 2 3 0 1 .294 Stearns c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Reynolds lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Ferrer ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Gamble rf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .287 Youngblood lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .265 Beswick rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maddox rf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .260 Ashford 2b 5 1 1 2 0 3 .231 Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Thomas 3b 1 0 0 0 3 1 .237 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lolich p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Sweet c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .230 Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .113 Berenguer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Almon ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Grieve ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Valentine 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Totals 36 9 12 9 5 7 Totals 30 2 5 2 2 0 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 9,003 Left on Base: Padres 7, Mets 4 DP: Padres 1, Mets 0 Errors: Ashford Doubles: Winfield (21), Gamble (15), Smith 2 (15), Perkins (8) Triples: Youngblood (6) Home Runs: Ashford (3), Winfield (19) Stolen Bases: Randle (11) Sacrifice Hits: Perry (9) Sacrifice Flies: Winfield (5), Maddox (4) GIDP: Hodges (4) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(14-5) 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 23 3.14 Lolich SV(1) 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 1.10 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 0 0 33 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Berenguer L(0-1) 3 4 5 5 4 2 1 17 15.00 Bernard 2.2 5 4 4 0 1 1 12 3.91 Murray 1.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 4.21 Kobel 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.30 Totals 9 12 9 9 5 7 2 43 Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Paul Runge PADRES 1ST: Richards walked; Debut game for Juan Berenguer; Smith walked [Richards to second]; Perkins flied out to right [Richards to third]; Winfield hit a sacrifice fly to left [Richards scored]; Gamble was called out on strikes; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 0. METS 1ST: On a bunt Randle made an out to pitcher; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 0. PADRES 2ND: Ashford struck out; Thomas walked; Sweet flied out to right; Perry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); Stearns grounded out (third to first); Youngblood lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Mets 0. PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith singled to left; Perkins flied out to center; Winfield doubled to left [Smith scored]; Gamble doubled to right [Winfield scored]; Ashford homered [Gamble scored]; Thomas walked; Sweet made an out to third; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Maddox flied out to left; Flynn flied out to right; GRIEVE BATTED FOR BERENGUER; Grieve flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Mets 0. PADRES 4TH: BERNARD REPLACED GRIEVE (PITCHING); Perry flied out to center; Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith doubled to right; Perkins doubled to left [Smith scored]; Perkins was picked off second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 6, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Randle singled to left; Foli forced Randle (first to shortstop); On a bunt Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first) [Foli to second]; Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 6, Mets 0. PADRES 5TH: Winfield homered; Gamble grounded out (second to first); Ashford grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 7, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Stearns grounded out (second to first); Youngblood tripled to left; Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to left [Youngblood scored]; Flynn flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 7, Mets 1. PADRES 6TH: Sweet singled to right; Perry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Sweet to second]; Richards grounded out (pitcher to first) [Sweet to third]; Smith doubled to right [Sweet scored]; BAKER RAN FOR SMITH; MURRAY REPLACED FLYNN (PITCHING); VALENTINE REPLACED BERNARD (PLAYING 2B); Perkins singled to right [Baker scored]; Winfield struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 9, Mets 1. METS 6TH: BAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); TURNER REPLACED RICHARDS (PLAYING LF); BESWICK REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING RF); Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle singled to right; Randle stole second [Randle to third (error by Ashford)]; Foli singled to right [Randle scored]; Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted) [Foli to second]; Montanez singled to shortstop [Foli to third]; Stearns popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 9, Mets 2. PADRES 7TH: HODGES REPLACED FOLI (PLAYING C ); FERRER REPLACED STEARNS (PLAYING SS); Beswick flied out to center; Ashford struck out; Thomas walked; Sweet singled to left [Thomas to second]; ALMON BATTED FOR PERRY; Almon forced Sweet (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 9, Mets 2. METS 7TH: ALMON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LOLICH REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Youngblood walked; Maddox flied out to right; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR MURRAY; On a bunt Boisclair made an out to first; Valentine forced Youngblood (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 9, Mets 2. PADRES 8TH: KOBEL REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Turner flied out to center; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); Perkins singled to right; Winfield flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 9, Mets 2. METS 8TH: TURNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); REYNOLDS REPLACED WINFIELD (PLAYING LF); Randle walked; Hodges grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Randle out at second]; Mazzilli flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 9, Mets 2. PADRES 9TH: Beswick made an out to shortstop; Ashford struck out; Lolich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 9, Mets 2. METS 9TH: Montanez made an out to second; Ferrer grounded out (third to first); Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 9, Mets 2.

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