Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 26, 1975

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August 25, 1975
Mets 4, Padres 0 1975 Regular Season Game 130
August 26, 1975
Mets 7, Padres 2 Next Game:
August 27, 1975
Mets 7, Padres 0

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE AUGUST 26, 1975 GAME:

rht
March 27, 2008
I watched this on TV. I guess the only reason this game stands out for me other than Randy Tate actually WINNING a ballgame was that he also WALKED!!! (I swear it's true!!!) It's the only time I remember him as a baserunner. I would like to say it was Dave Freisleben who walked him, but I can't be sure.

NYB Buff
November 11, 2022
In response to the entry from rht, Tate drew a walk leading off the top of the sixth with Padres reliever (and ex-Met) Rich Folkers on the mound. It was the only time that Randy, who was 0-for-41 in his only major league season, got on base without hitting into a force play or reaching on an error. His pitching was the real story of this game. He went the full nine innings (how many pitchers do that anymore?) to record the fifth and final win of his career.

Dave VW
May 5, 2025
I find it very strange that, after tossing a complete game here, and looking pretty competent throughout the month of August (despite winning just 1 game, he had a 3.67 ERA, held the opposition to a .216 batting average, and struck out better than a batter per inning over 5 starts), Tate wasn't given any more starting assignments until the second-to-last game of the season. He did come in out of the bullpen 3 times, so I don't think he was hurt. It sure seemed like he earned his rotation spot, but I guess Roy McMillan and company had other plans.

Aside from Tate, the other Met to take notice of in this game was Mike Vail. A throw-in from the Cardinals in the trade that sent Ted Martinez to St. Louis, Vail hit an astounding .342 at AAA in 1975 to earn a late-season promotion. After collecting 3 hits in this game, he was now hitting .500 over his first 20 big-league at-bats, and even tallied the first outfield assist of his career when he threw out Bobby Tolan trying to score from second on a single by Enzo Hernandez in the 2nd inning. It sure would have been nice to have him be the one to permanently fill the shoes of the departed Cleon Jones in LF, but he'd prove to be nothing more than a flash in the pan in 1976. Too bad.

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