Tom Seaver gained his fifth victory of the season and 100th of his major league career as the Mets won the afternoon half of separate-admission, day-and-night games with the Dodgers, 2-1. The Dodgers came back to prevail under the lights, 6-4. In the sunshine contest, the Mets scored both their runs in the fifth inning, the first coming on a homer by Ed Kranepool. Then, after issuing three walks, Dodger starter Bill Singer threw wildly in an attempted pickoff play at second base and the Mets' second run scored. Seaver was lifted in the ninth after giving up a leadoff single to Bill Buckner. The Dodgers scored on singles by Willie Davis and Wes Parker before Danny Frisella brought the game to a close.

In the night game, Davis and Willie Crawford homered in the fourth inning. The Dodgers then exploded for four more runs in the seventh on a triple by Crawford, double by Billy Grabarkewitz, single by Chris Cannizzaro, a hit batsman, a sacrifice and double by Bill Russell. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, May       11, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grabarkewitz 3b       3   0   0   0     1   2   .000      Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .256
Buckner rf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .189      Boswell 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .164
Davis cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .293      Milner lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .357
Crawford lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Staub rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .295
Parker 1b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .304      Jones cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Sims c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .167      Fregosi 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Russell ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .472      Kranepool 1b          3   1   1   1     0   0   .259
Valentine 2b          2   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Dyer c                2   1   0   0     1   2   .333
Singer p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .077      Seaver p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .176
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .302        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wilhelm p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   7   1     4   6             Totals               27   2   5   1     4   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  8,299
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Mets 6
DP: Dodgers 1, Mets 4
Errors: Singer
Doubles: Davis (4)
Home Runs: Kranepool (3)
Caught Stealing: Buckner (1), Valentine (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (1)
GIDP: Buckner (2), Crawford (2), Staub (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Singer L(2-3)           7     5   2   1   3   5   1  28   2.61
Wilhelm                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   5.79
Totals                  8     5   2   1   4   5   1  32

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(5-1)           8     5   1   1   4   6   0  29   1.93
Frisella SV(1)          1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.80
Totals                  9     7   1   1   4   6   0  33

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - John McSherry


DODGERS 1ST: Grabarkewitz grounded out (shortstop to first);
Buckner singled to center; Buckner was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Davis flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson popped to catcher in foul territory; Boswell
flied to left; Milner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford struck out; Parker walked; Sims singled to
center [Parker to second]; Russell singled to center [Parker to
third, Sims to second]; Valentine struck out; Singer grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Jones grounded
out (second to first); Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Grabarkewitz walked; Buckner grounded into a double
play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Grabarkewitz out at
second]; Davis doubled to right; Crawford lined to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted); Dyer was
called out on strikes; Seaver singled to right; Harrelson
singled to right [Seaver to second]; Boswell popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); Sims was
called out on strikes; Russell grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Milner singled to center; Staub grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Milner out at second];
Jones singled to left; Fregosi popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Valentine walked; On a bunt Singer grounded out
(pitcher to second) [Valentine stayed at first]; Bill Singer
called for interference; Grabarkewitz struck out while
Valentine was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Kranepool homered; Dyer walked; Seaver out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Dyer to second]; Harrelson
walked; Boswell walked [Dyer to third, Harrelson to second];
Milner flied to left; Boswell was picked off first but was safe
on an error by Singer [Dyer scored (unearned), Harrelson to
third, Boswell to second]; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner walked; Davis flied to right in foul
territory; Crawford grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Buckner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); Fregosi flied
to left; Kranepool grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Parker flied to center; Sims popped to shortstop;
Russell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Dyer was called out on strikes; Seaver was called out
on strikes; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

DODGERS 8TH: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); MOTA
BATTED FOR SINGER; Mota was called out on strikes; Grabarkewitz
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: WILHELM REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Boswell popped to
third in foul territory; Milner grounded out (second to first);
Staub walked; Jones grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Buckner singled to left; FRISELLA REPLACED SEAVER
(PITCHING); On a bunt Davis singled to third [Buckner to
second]; Crawford flied to center; Parker singled to left
[Buckner scored, Davis to second]; Sims lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Parker out at first]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Mets 2.