Tommie Agee doubled and Ken Singleton singled for a run in the 10th inning to give the Mets a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers. Cleon Jones drove in the Mets' first two runs with a triple in the third. The Dodgers tied the score in the eighth on singles by Duke Sims and Bill Sudakis, a double by Maury Wills and infield out by Manny Mota. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    18, 1971 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   3  7  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  -   2  7  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          4   1   0   0     0   0   .267      Wills ss              5   0   2   1     0   0   .281
Garrett 3b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .297      Mota lf               5   0   0   1     0   1   .309
Jones lf              4   0   1   2     0   2   .322      Davis cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .313
Kranepool 1b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .274        Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Clendenon ph,1b     1   0   0   0     0   1   .230        Haller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Boswell 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Allen 1b,3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Agee cf,rf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .273      Parker rf,1b          2   0   0   0     2   1   .287
Singleton rf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .245      Lefebvre 2b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .251
  Hahn cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Garvey 3b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .228
Grote c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .275        Buckner ph,rf       1   0   1   0     0   0   .283
Sadecki p             3   0   1   0     0   1   .257      Sims c                4   1   1   0     0   1   .263
  Frisella p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .175
                                                            Sudakis ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .188
                                                            Russell pr,cf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .229
                                                            Crawford ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .298

Totals               36   3   7   3     0   8             Totals               37   2   7   2     2   9

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 27,203
Left on Base: Mets 3, Dodgers 7
DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Allen
Doubles: Agee (19), Wills 2 (12), Lefebvre (10), Crawford (12)
Triples: Jones (4)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki                 7.1   5   2   2   1   5   0  28   2.72
Frisella W(6-3)         2.2   2   0   0   1   4   0  11   2.25
Totals                 10     7   2   2   2   9   0  39

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  8     4   2   2   0   6   0  28   2.72
Brewer L(5-4)           2     3   1   1   0   2   0   8   2.05
Totals                 10     7   3   3   0   8   0  36

Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - John McSherry


METS 1ST: Harrelson popped to catcher in foul territory; Garrett
singled to center; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Garrett to second]; Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Wills doubled to left; Mota grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Wills to third]; Davis popped to third; Allen
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 0.

METS 2ND: Boswell flied to center; Agee was called out on
strikes; Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker struck out; Lefebvre doubled to left; Garvey
struck out; Sims lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Dodgers 0.

METS 3RD: Grote grounded out (second to first); Sadecki singled
to left; Harrelson forced Sadecki (pitcher to shortstop);
Garrett singled to center [Harrelson to second]; Jones tripled
to right [Garrett scored, Harrelson scored]; Kranepool struck
out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton was called out on strikes; Wills lined to
second; Mota grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

METS 4TH: Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); Agee was
called out on strikes; Singleton grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); Allen
grounded out (third to first); Parker walked; Lefebvre was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

METS 5TH: Grote grounded out (second to first); Sadecki reached
on an error by Allen; Harrelson forced Sadecki (first to
shortstop); Harrelson was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey struck out; Sims grounded out (second to
first); Sutton popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Dodgers 0.

METS 6TH: Garrett flied to right; Jones struck out; Kranepool
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Wills flied to center; Mota grounded out (third to
first); Davis popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Dodgers 0.

METS 7TH: Boswell flied to right; Agee popped to shortstop;
Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Allen lined to left; Parker grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lefebvre popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

METS 8TH: Grote grounded out (third to first); Sadecki was
called out on strikes; Harrelson grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey flied to center; Sims singled to center;
SUDAKIS BATTED FOR SUTTON; Sudakis singled to left [Sims to
second]; RUSSELL RAN FOR SUDAKIS; Wills doubled to left [Russell
to third, Sims scored]; FRISELLA REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING);
Mota grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wills to third, Russell
scored]; Davis struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2,
Dodgers 2.

METS 9TH: BREWER REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); RUSSELL STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); Garrett grounded out (shortstop to first);
Jones was called out on strikes; CLENDENON BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL;
Clendenon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 9TH: CLENDENON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Allen lined
to shortstop; Parker walked; Lefebvre struck out; BUCKNER BATTED
FOR GARVEY; Buckner singled to left [Parker to third]; Sims
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 2.

METS 10TH: BUCKNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ALLEN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); PARKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Boswell popped to second; Agee doubled to center; Singleton
singled to right [Agee scored, Singleton out at second (right to
first to shortstop to first to second)]; Grote singled to left;
Frisella grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 10TH: HAHN REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); AGEE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CRAWFORD BATTED FOR RUSSELL; Crawford
doubled to left; On a bunt Wills grounded out (pitcher to
second) [Crawford to third]; Mota struck out; HALLER BATTED FOR
BREWER; Haller flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Dodgers 2.