New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 1, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1977 at San Diego Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 8, San Diego Padres 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 4 2 1 0
Randle 2b 5 2 3 1
Torre 1b 4 0 1 2
Kingman lf 1 0 0 0
  Boisclair lf 3 0 0 0
Vail rf 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 1 1 0
Staiger 3b 4 1 2 2
Foster ss 3 1 1 0
Swan p 2 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 8 10 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 1 2 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 0 0 0 0
Almon ss 5 0 1 0
Winfield rf 4 0 2 1
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0
Ivie 1b 4 1 1 0
Sutherland 3b,2b 4 0 2 0
Champion 2b 2 0 1 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 1
  Rader 3b 1 0 0 0
Shirley p 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 0 0
  Bernal p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
New York 102 101 0038101
San Diego 000 001 1002101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan  W (1-2) 5.1 6 1 1 1 3
  Apodaca   1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Lockwood  SV (3) 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (2-3) 3.0 5 4 4 3 2
  Metzger   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bernal   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Fingers   2.0 3 3 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
8
6
5
5

  E–Foster (1), Ivie (3).  DP–New York 2, San Diego 1.  2B–New York Torre (2,off Shirley); Staiger (3,off Shirley).  3B–New York Randle (1,off Shirley).  HR–New York Staiger (2,6th inning off Bernal 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Swan (1,off Shirley).  SF–Torre (1,off Shirley).  IBB–Kingman (2,by Shirley).  SB–Stearns (1,2nd base off Fingers/Tenace); Randle (1,Home off Fingers/Tenace); Boisclair (1,2nd base off Fingers/Tenace).  CS–Randle (1,2nd base by Metzger/Tenace).  BK–Swan (1), Shirley (3).  IBB–Shirley (2,Kingman).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:27.  A–14,220.
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