Dave Marshall's failure to bunt turned into a winning break for the Mets when the pinch-hitter swung away and homered with two men on base in the seventh inning to beat the Dodgers, 6-4. With Willie Davis hitting for the circuit, the Dodgers held a 4-2 lead going into the seventh. Ron Swoboda walked to open the Mets' rally and stopped at second on a single by Jerry Grote. Marshall then batted for Danny Frisella and tried unsuccessfully to sacrifice before becoming the game's hero. The Mets added another run before the inning ended on a single by Bud Harrelson, a forceout by Joe Foy and a double by Ken Singleton. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      25, 1970 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   4 11  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  2  0    4  0  x  -   6  7  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grabarkewitz ss       3   1   1   0     2   0   .326      Harrelson ss          1   0   1   1     2   0   .262
Mota lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .309      Foy 3b                4   1   0   0     0   2   .248
Davis cf              5   2   3   1     0   0   .309      Singleton lf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .280
Parker 1b             4   1   2   1     1   1   .301        McAndrew p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .120
Lefebvre 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Shamsky 1b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .305
Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .258      Jones cf,lf           2   0   0   0     2   0   .238
Russell rf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .190      Garrett 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Joshua ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Swoboda rf            2   2   0   0     2   0   .242
Torborg c             2   0   1   0     1   0   .221      Grote c               4   2   2   0     0   0   .262
  Haller ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Sadecki p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .194
Foster p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .089        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Marshall ph         1   1   1   3     0   0   .268
  Mikkelsen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Agee cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  Wills ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .270

Totals               33   4  11   4     5   1             Totals               27   6   7   5     7   2

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 45,433
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Mets 6
DP: Dodgers 0, Mets 2
Errors: Mota, Sadecki
Doubles: Grabarkewitz (12), Singleton (4)
Triples: Mota (6)
Home Runs: Davis (5), Marshall (5)
Stolen Bases: Davis (29), Parker (6)
Caught Stealing: Shamsky (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Foster (4), Mota (10), Sadecki (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrelson (5)
GIDP: Sizemore 2 (8)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster                  6     4   4   3   6   2   0  26   3.72
Pena L(4-3)             0.1   3   2   2   0   0   1   4   2.93
Mikkelsen               1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.63
Totals                  8     7   6   5   7   2   1  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki                 5.2  10   4   4   1   0   1  25   3.60
Frisella W(3-0)         1.1   0   0   0   3   0   0   7   2.31
McAndrew SV(2)          2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.41
Totals                  9    11   4   4   5   1   1  40

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Frank Dezelan, 3B - Shag Crawford


DODGERS 1ST: Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first); Mota
grounded out (third to first); Davis homered; Parker grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Harrelson was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Foy struck out; Singleton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Lefebvre singled to left; Sizemore grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lefebvre out at
second]; Russell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky popped to third; Jones grounded out (third to
first); Garrett lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Torborg singled to left; Foster out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Torborg to second]; Grabarkewitz
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Torborg to third]; Mota flied
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Swoboda flied to right; Grote flied to right; Sadecki
singled to right; Harrelson walked [Sadecki to second]; Foy
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis lined to right; Parker singled to left;
Lefebvre singled to center [Parker to third]; Sizemore grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lefebvre out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Singleton flied to left in foul territory; Shamsky
singled to center; Shamsky was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Jones walked; Garrett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell popped to catcher in foul territory;
Torborg grounded out (third to first); Foster grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Swoboda walked; Grote singled to left [Swoboda scored
(error by Mota) (no RBI), Grote to second]; Sadecki out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Grote to third]; Harrelson
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Grote scored (unearned)]; Foy
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Mets 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Grabarkewitz doubled to left; Mota tripled to right
[Grabarkewitz scored, Mota out at home (second to catcher)];
Davis singled to first; Davis stole second; Davis was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Sadecki [Davis to third];
Parker singled to center [Davis scored]; Lefebvre popped to
catcher in foul territory; Parker stole second; Sizemore was
walked intentionally; Russell singled to left [Sizemore to
third, Parker scored]; FRISELLA REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING);
Torborg walked [Russell to second]; Foster grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Shamsky
popped to third in foul territory; Jones walked; Garrett
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
4, Mets 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Grabarkewitz walked; Mota out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Grabarkewitz to second]; Davis popped to
second; Parker walked; Lefebvre grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Swoboda walked; Grote singled to left [Swoboda to
second]; PENA REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); MARSHALL BATTED FOR
FRISELLA; Marshall homered [Swoboda scored, Grote scored];
Harrelson singled to center; Foy forced Harrelson (first to
shortstop); Singleton doubled to left [Foy scored]; MIKKELSEN
REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); Shamsky was walked intentionally;
Jones forced Shamsky (shortstop to second) [Singleton to third];
Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Mets 6.

DODGERS 8TH: MCANDREW REPLACED SINGLETON (PITCHING); AGEE
REPLACED MARSHALL (PLAYING CF); JONES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Sizemore grounded out (third to first); JOSHUA BATTED FOR
RUSSELL; Joshua grounded out (second to first); HALLER BATTED
FOR TORBORG; Haller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Mets 6.

METS 8TH: HALLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); JOSHUA STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); Swoboda grounded out (second to first); Grote
grounded out (third to first); Agee grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Mets 6.

DODGERS 9TH: WILLS BATTED FOR MIKKELSEN; Wills popped to second;
Grabarkewitz walked; Mota flied to right in foul territory;
Davis singled to left [Grabarkewitz to second]; Parker struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Mets 6.