Amazin’ Look Back – 9/5/1973: Mets Blank Phillies

By Danny Abriano
facebooktwitterreddit

Tonight at Shea Stadium, the Mets blanked Philadelphia 4-0 to remain within 5.5 games of the N.L East lead.

Apr 1, 2013; New York, NY, USA; New York Mets former player Rusty Staub throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the start of a MLB opening day game between the New York Mets and the San Diego Padres at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

The Mets broke through right away, plating a run in the first inning when Rusty Staub hit a solo homer with 2 outs.

In the fifth, the Mets extended their lead to 2-0.  With 2 outs, Phillies starter Wayne Twitchell uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Wayne Garrett to scamper home.

After Tug McGraw relieved Sadecki with 2 outs in the top of the sixth and escaped the inherited jam unscathed, the Mets added 2 more runs in the bottom of the sixth to put the game out of reach.  The runs came courtesy of a 2 out triple by Wayne Garrett that plated Jerry Grote and Bud Harrelson and gave the Mets a 4-0 lead.

McGraw hurled the next 3 innings to close out the shutout victory.

The win moved the Mets to 66-73 on the season.

Here’s the box score and starting lineups from the game:

New York Mets

Philadelphia Phillies

1.

Wayne Garrett

, 3B

1.

Terry Harmon

, 2B

2.

Felix Millan

, 2B2.

Mike Anderson

, RF

3.

Rusty Staub

, RF

3.

Willie Montanez

, 1B

4.

John Milner

, LF

4.

Greg Luzinski

, LF

5.

Ed Kranepool

, 1B

5.

Bill Robinson

, CF

6.

Jerry Grote

, C

6.

Bob Boone

, C

7.

Don Hahn

, CF

7.

Mike Schmidt

, 3B

8.

Bud Harrelson

, SS

8.

Larry Bowa

, SS

9

.

Ray Sadecki

, P

9.

Wayne Twitchell

, P

Next Up:

The Mets are off tomorrow.  They open a 7 game road trip with a doubleheader in Montreal on September 7th.

Thanks for reading! Be sure to follow@RisingAppleBlog on Twitter and Instagram, and Like Rising Apple’s Facebook page to keep up with the latest news, rumors, and opinion.

facebooktwitterreddit