ALLEN BLASTS 3 HRS AS PHILS WHIP METS
Philly 1B Drives in 7
PHILADELPHIA, May 26 (AP) - Dick Allen belted three home runs and drove in seven
as the Philadelphia Phillies won their third straight over the New York Mets
with an 8-5 victory at Veterans Stadium. Allen becomes the fourth major
leaguer this year to hit three home runs in a game. Dave Kingman of the
Mets accomplished the feat just three days ago in a win over the Montreal Expos.
The Phillies and starter Steve Carlton spotted New York a 3-0 lead. The
Mets scored twice in the first, when Felix Millan drew a one-out walk and scored
on Joe Torre's triple. Torre than came home on Kingman's base hit.
In the fourth, John Milner's two-out solo home run increased the New York lead
to three runs.
But Allen keyed the Philadelphia comeback in the fourth. With two outs,
Ollie Brown singled off Mets starter Jon Matlack. Gary Maddox advanced
Brown to second with a base hit of his own and Allen then deposited a Matlack
offering far into the seats in straight away left field for a game-tying
three-run home run.
In the sixth, the Phillies took their first lead. Greg Luzinski led off
with a double off the left field wall and took third when Brown grounded a
single to left. Matlack struck out Maddox, bringing Allen to the
plate. Matlack tried to work carefully, but left a 1-0 breaking ball over
the plate and Allen didn't miss the mistake. The baseball landed only a
few rows away from the fourth inning home run, and the three-run shot gave the
Phillies a 6-3 advantage.
The Mets fought back in the seventh. Milner drew a lead-off walk and Jerry
Grote followed with a single to center, advancing Milner to second. Roy
Staiger's slow roller to third moved the runners to second and third with one
out and Bud Harrelson drove home both of them with a double to right, cutting
the deficit to 6-5.
Philadelphia added some insurance in the eighth, and once again Allen was in the
middle of it. Facing reliever Skip Lockwood with two outs, Allen hit his
third home run of the game. This one landed in the third row of seats
above the bullpen, just inside the left field line. Tim McCarver followed
Allen's blast with one of his own, about 20 feet inside the right field foul
pole, accounting for the final margin.
The Phillies have now won six straight games and nine of their last ten contests
and stand in first place in the National League East, five games ahead of the
Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates, who are tied for second.
5/26/1976, NYN76-Phi76, Veterans Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1976 Mets 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 0 2 1 1976 Phillies 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 x 8 10 0 4 1 Mets AB R H BI AVG Phillies AB R H BI AVG Brown,L cf 4 0 0 0 .000 Cash 2b 4 0 1 0 .322 Millan 2b 3 1 0 0 .231 Bowa ss 3 0 1 0 .273 Torre 1b 4 1 2 1 .318 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 .287 Kingman rf 4 0 1 1 .207 Luzinski lf 4 1 1 0 .264 Milner lf 3 2 1 1 .297 Martin lf 0 0 0 0 .278 Grote c 3 1 1 0 .198 Brown,O rf 2 2 2 0 .212 Garrett,W ph 1 0 0 0 .197 Tolan ph 1 0 0 0 .253 Staiger 3b 3 0 0 0 .182 Maddox,G cf 4 1 1 0 .320 Phillips ph 1 0 0 0 .258 Allen 1b 4 3 3 7 .367 Harrelson ss 3 0 1 2 .244 McCarver c 4 1 1 1 .250 Matlack p 2 0 1 0 .273 Carlton p 2 0 0 0 .105 Ayala ph 1 0 0 0 .042 Reed p 1 0 0 0 .000 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 .000 33 8 10 8 32 5 7 5 Mets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Matlack L 4-2 6.0 7 6 6 2 6 94 57 3.08 Lockwood 2.0 3 2 2 0 4 34 23 2.45 8.0 10 8 8 2 10 128 80 Phillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Carlton W 7-0 6.2 7 5 5 2 4 102 62 3.92 Reed S 4 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 21 18 3.52 9.0 7 5 5 2 5 123 80 NYN: Ayala batted for Matlack in the 7th Garrett,W batted for Grote in the 9th Phillips batted for Staiger in the 9th Phi: Tolan batted for Brown,O in the 8th Martin inserted at lf in the 9th Tolan moved to rf in the 9th 2B-Harrelson(3), Luzinski(4). 3B-Torre(2). HR-Milner(3), Allen 3(8), McCarver(2). RBI-Torre(11), Kingman(28), Milner(14), Harrelson 2(15), Allen 7(20), McCarver(6). CS-Kingman. K-Milner 2, Staiger, Matlack, Ayala, Cash, Schmidt 3, Luzinski, Maddox,G 2, Allen, McCarver, Tolan. BB-Millan, Milner, Bowa, Brown,O. HBP-Carlton. PB-McCarver. HB-Matlack. GWRBI: Allen Temperature: 75, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 8 MPH. Attendance: 27,304 Game Time: 2:21