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Mets
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
May 7, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets, played on May 7, 1977 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 7, 1977 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 7, 1977 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Mets |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jerry Koosman |
Home Starting Pitcher | John Montefusco |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 5,245 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 8 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Nick Colosi 1B: Frank Pulli 2B: Dutch Rennert 3B: John Kibler |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lenny Randle | Second Baseman |
John Stearns | Catcher |
John Milner | Left Fielder |
Dave Kingman | Right Fielder |
Ed Kranepool | First Baseman |
Mike Phillips | Shortstop |
Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
Roy Staiger | Third Baseman |
Jerry Koosman | Pitcher |
Joe Frazier | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Larry Herndon | Center Fielder |
Derrel Thomas | Second Baseman |
Jack Clark | Right Fielder |
Bill Madlock | Third Baseman |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Randy Elliott | Left Fielder |
Tim Foli | Shortstop |
Marc Hill | Catcher |
John Montefusco | Pitcher |
Joe Altobelli | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mets
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
May 7, 1977
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Montefusco
Randle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Montefusco
There's a wild pitch. Randle moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stearns vs. Montefusco
Stearns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randle moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Milner vs. Montefusco
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kingman vs. Montefusco
Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Randle tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Montefusco
Kranepool hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Koosman
Herndon strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Koosman
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Koosman
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Madlock vs. Koosman
Madlock hits a popup towards short. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Montefusco
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Montefusco
Mazzilli hits a line drive towards third. Madlock reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staiger vs. Montefusco
Staiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Koosman
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Koosman
Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Koosman
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koosman vs. Montefusco
Koosman strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Montefusco
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Montefusco
There goes Randle. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Randle steals second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stearns vs. Montefusco
There's a wild pitch. Randle moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stearns vs. Montefusco
Stearns hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark who is chasing the ball. Stearns reaches third base with a triple. Randle scores. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Milner vs. Montefusco
Milner hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stearns tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Montefusco
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Koosman
Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montefusco vs. Koosman
Montefusco is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Koosman
Herndon strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Montefusco
Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Montefusco
Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kranepool moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazzilli vs. Montefusco
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Staiger vs. Montefusco
Staiger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas misplays the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Kranepool moves to third. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Koosman vs. Montefusco
Koosman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kranepool scores. Phillips scores. Staiger moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randle vs. Montefusco
Randle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staiger scores. Koosman moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stearns vs. Cornutt
Terry Cornutt now pitching.
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Koosman
Bud Harrelson now playing shortstop. Mike Phillips now playing third base.
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Koosman
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Madlock vs. Koosman
Madlock hits a popup in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCovey vs. Koosman
Koosman spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Koosman. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCovey vs. Koosman
McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Cornutt
Milner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Cornutt
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Cornutt
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Cornutt
Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Koosman
Elliott strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Koosman
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Koosman
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Cornutt
Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrelson vs. Cornutt
There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Hill and he is out, Foli applying the tag. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Cornutt
Harrelson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koosman vs. Cornutt
Koosman strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randle vs. Cornutt
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Thomas covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Koosman
Rob Andrews pinch hits for Terry Cornutt.
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Koosman
Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Koosman
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Heaverlo
Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Rob Andrews now playing second base.
Stearns hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Heaverlo
Milner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Heaverlo
Kingman takes first base on ball four. Milner moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kranepool vs. Heaverlo
Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Heaverlo
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Koosman
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Koosman
Madlock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Koosman
McCovey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Koosman
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Heaverlo
Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrelson vs. Heaverlo
Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koosman vs. Heaverlo
Koosman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Koosman
Foli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Milner. Foli reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hill vs. Koosman
Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Andrews vs. Koosman
Andrews hits a fly ball into right field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Foli moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Herndon vs. Koosman
Herndon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomasson vs. Koosman
Gary Thomasson pinch hits for Dave Heaverlo.
Thomasson hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Williams
Charlie Williams now pitching.
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Williams
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Williams
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Williams covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Koosman
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Madlock vs. Koosman
Madlock hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Koosman
McCovey strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/7/1977 -- New York at San Francisco (D) New York AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Randle L, 2b 5 2 3 1 Herndon L, cf 3 0 0 0 Stearns J, c 5 1 2 1 Thomas D, 2b 3 0 1 0 Milner J, lf 3 0 1 1 Heaverlo D, p 0 0 0 0 Kingman D, rf 2 0 0 1 Thomasson G, ph 1 0 0 0 Kranepool E, 1b 4 1 1 0 Williams C, p 0 0 0 0 Phillips M, ss-3b 4 1 1 0 Clark J, rf 3 0 0 0 Mazzilli L, cf 3 0 1 0 Madlock B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Staiger R, 3b 2 1 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 4 0 0 0 Harrelson B, ss 1 0 0 0 Elliott R, lf 3 0 0 0 Koosman J, p 4 0 1 2 Foli T, ss 3 0 1 0 Hill M, c 3 0 0 0 Montefusco J, p 1 0 0 0 Cornutt T, p 0 0 0 0 Andrews R, ph-2b 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 6 10 6 30 0 3 0 New York 102 300 000 -- 6 San Francisco 000 000 000 -- 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Koosman J (W) 9.0 3 0 0 2 7 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Montefusco J (L) 3.1 8 6 5 0 1 Cornutt T 2.2 1 0 0 2 1 Heaverlo D 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 Williams C 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Thomas D, Koosman J DP -- San Francisco 2 LOB -- New York 6, San Francisco 5 2B -- Foli T 3B -- Stearns J SB -- Randle L CS -- Mazzilli L SF -- Kingman D, Milner J WP -- Montefusco J 2 T -- 2:08 A -- 5245
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