Lee Lacy, the Dodgers' rookie second baseman, decided a duel between Claude Osteen and Tom Seaver by scoring one run and driving in another to beat the Mets, 2-0. Lacy singled in the first inning and crossed the plate on singles by Bill Buckner and Willie Davis. In the ninth, Duke Sims was safe on an error and, after a sacrifice, Lacy singled for his third hit of the game to score pinch-runner Billy Grabarkewitz. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 2, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Sunday, July      9, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  9  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               5   1   3   1     0   1   .351      Mays cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .237
Buckner lf            5   0   2   0     0   0   .305      Harrelson ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .211
Davis cf              4   0   3   1     0   0   .270      Milner lf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Robinson rf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .261      Fregosi 3b,1b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Parker 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .257      Beauchamp 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Lefebvre 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .199        Kranepool 1b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .207
Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .188        Grote ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Grabarkewitz pr     0   1   0   0     0   0   .164      Dyer c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
  Cannizzaro c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Martinez rf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .268
Wills ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .126      Garrett 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .193
Osteen p              4   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Seaver p              2   0   1   0     1   0   .186

Totals               33   2   9   2     3   5             Totals               30   0   6   0     2   3

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 50,084
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Mets 8
DP: Dodgers 0, Mets 1
Errors: Garrett
Doubles: Osteen (2), Dyer (9)
Caught Stealing: Mays (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Parker (4), Wills (6), Garrett (2), Milner (3)
GIDP: Lefebvre (2)
Hit by Pitch: Milner (3,by Osteen)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen W(9-6)           9     6   0   0   2   3   0  35   2.32
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   3   0  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(11-5)          9     9   2   1   3   5   0  38   2.90
Totals                  9     9   2   1   3   5   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Osteen (1)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lacy singled to center; Buckner singled to right
[Lacy to third]; Davis singled to left [Lacy scored, Buckner to
second]; Robinson made an out to first; Parker flied out to
left; Lefebvre made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Mays singled to center; Mays was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Harrelson struck out; Milner was
hit by a pitch; Fregosi grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Sims made an out to shortstop; Wills grounded out
(catcher to first); Osteen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Beauchamp grounded out (third to first); Dyer flied
out to center; Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lacy singled to right; Buckner grounded out (first
unassisted) [Lacy to second]; Davis popped to catcher in foul
territory; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Seaver walked;
Mays flied out to right; Harrelson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Parker lined to center; Lefebvre lined to first;
Sims grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Milner grounded out (shortstop to first); Fregosi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Beauchamp grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Osteen
doubled to right; Lacy was called out on strikes; Buckner flied
to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Dyer doubled to center; Martinez walked; Garrett out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dyer to third, Martinez
to second]; Seaver reached on a fielder's choice [Dyer out at
home (pitcher to catcher), Martinez to third]; Mays was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 6TH: KRANEPOOL REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PLAYING 1B); Davis
singled to center; Robinson walked [Davis to second]; Parker out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Davis to third, Robinson
to second]; Lefebvre was walked intentionally; Sims struck out;
Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Harrelson singled to left; Milner out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Harrelson to second]; Fregosi grounded
out (pitcher to first); Kranepool struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Osteen flied out to center; Lacy made an out to
first; Buckner lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Dyer flied out to right; Martinez grounded out (second
to first); Garrett singled to right; Seaver singled to right
[Garrett to third]; Mays flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Davis singled to right; Robinson struck out; Parker
walked [Davis to second]; Lefebvre grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Parker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Harrelson flied out to left; Milner grounded out
(second to first); Fregosi singled to left; GROTE BATTED FOR
KRANEPOOL; Grote forced Fregosi (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 9TH: GROTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); FREGOSI CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Sims reached on an error by Garrett
[Sims to first]; GRABARKEWITZ RAN FOR SIMS; Wills out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Grabarkewitz to second];
Osteen flied out to center; Lacy singled to center [Grabarkewitz
scored (unearned)]; Buckner singled to right [Lacy out at home
(right to second to shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: CANNIZZARO REPLACED GRABARKEWITZ (PLAYING C ); Dyer
flied out to right; Martinez flied out to center; Garrett flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 0.