Willie Crawford ended a 20-inning scoring drouth by the Dodgers with the first grand-slam homer of his major league career to lead the way to a 6-4 victory over the Mets before a Cap Night crowd of 53,825. An error by Bud Harrelson and singles by Manny Mota and Ron Cey loaded the bases for Crawford's clout in the fifth inning to wipe out the Mets' 3-0 lead. The Dodgers added what proved to be the deciding run in the sixth on a double by Bill Buckner, passed ball and sacrifice fly by Joe Ferguson. Mota drove in an extra run with a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 6, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Friday, May       25, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets         0  0  1    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  9  1
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  4  1    0  1  x  -   6  9  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett 3b            4   0   2   0     1   0   .253      Lopes 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .364
Millan 2b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .263      Buckner 1b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Theodore lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Davis cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Staub rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Ferguson c            1   1   0   1     2   0   .296
Fregosi 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .196      Mota lf               4   1   3   1     0   0   .337
Martinez cf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .212        Paciorek lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Dyer c                4   0   1   1     0   1   .134      Cey 3b                4   1   2   0     0   0   .295
Harrelson ss          4   1   2   1     0   0   .246      Crawford rf           3   1   1   4     0   0   .313
Matlack p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Russell ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Osteen p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .048
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Richert p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Beauchamp ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .286
  McAndrew pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .125

Totals               33   4   9   4     4   4             Totals               29   6   9   6     2   2

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 53,624
Left on Base: Mets 7, Dodgers 3
DP: Mets 1, Dodgers 2
Errors: Harrelson, Cey
Doubles: Buckner (6)
Triples: Cey (2)
Home Runs: Crawford (4)
Stolen Bases: Staub (1)
Caught Stealing: Garrett (2), Lopes (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Millan (4), Buckner (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Ferguson (4)
GIDP: Theodore (3), Martinez (2), Cey (9)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(2-6)          6     6   5   4   1   2   1  23   4.55
Sadecki                 1.2   3   1   1   1   0   0   9   4.76
Hennigan                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.98
Totals                  8     9   6   5   2   2   1  33

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen W(4-3)           8.1   9   4   4   4   4   0  36   3.75
Richert SV(2)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.08
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   4   0  38

Passed Balls: Dyer (2), Ferguson (6)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jerry Dale


METS 1ST: Garrett singled to left; Garrett was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Millan struck out; Theodore
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to second; Buckner grounded out (first
unassisted); Davis popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

METS 2ND: Staub walked; Staub stole second; Ferguson allowed a
passed ball [Staub to third]; Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to
first); Martinez struck out; Dyer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson walked; Mota flied to center; Cey grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Ferguson out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

METS 3RD: On a bunt Harrelson singled to pitcher; On a bunt
Matlack struck out; Garrett singled to shortstop [Harrelson to
third]; Millan singled to left [Harrelson scored, Garrett to
second]; Theodore grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Millan out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Crawford flied to left; Russell flied to right;
Osteen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Dodgers 0.

METS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Fregosi singled
to center; Martinez walked [Fregosi to second]; Dyer singled to
center [Martinez to third, Fregosi scored]; Harrelson forced
Dyer (third to second) [Martinez scored]; Matlack grounded out
(first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes popped to second; Buckner grounded out (first
unassisted); Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 0.

METS 5TH: Garrett walked; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Garrett to second]; Theodore grounded out (third to
first); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson reached on an error by Harrelson; Mota
singled to right [Ferguson to second]; Cey singled to left [Mota
to second, Ferguson to third]; Crawford homered [Ferguson scored
(unearned), Mota scored, Cey scored]; Russell popped to second;
Osteen struck out; Lopes singled to center; Lopes was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 4 R
(3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 4.

METS 6TH: Fregosi reached on an error by Cey; Martinez grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Fregosi out
at second]; Dyer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner doubled to right; Dyer allowed a passed
ball [Buckner to third]; Davis grounded out (first unassisted);
Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Buckner scored]; Mota
singled to left [Mota out at second (center to second)]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 5.

METS 7TH: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); BOSWELL
BATTED FOR MATLACK; Boswell grounded out (pitcher to first);
Garrett flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 7TH: SADECKI REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Cey tripled to
center; Crawford grounded out (second to first); Russell lined
to third; Osteen popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 5.

METS 8TH: Millan singled to center; Theodore singled to left
[Millan to second]; Staub flied to center [Millan to third];
Fregosi forced Theodore (second to shortstop) [Millan scored];
Martinez forced Fregosi (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Mets 4, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes singled to left; Buckner out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Lopes to second]; Davis popped to
shortstop; Ferguson walked; Mota singled to center [Ferguson to
second, Lopes scored]; HENNIGAN REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); Cey
forced Mota (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
4, Dodgers 6.

METS 9TH: PACIOREK REPLACED MOTA (PLAYING LF); Dyer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Harrelson singled to left; BEAUCHAMP
BATTED FOR HENNIGAN; Beauchamp walked [Harrelson to second];
MCANDREW RAN FOR BEAUCHAMP; RICHERT REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING);
Garrett popped to first in foul territory; Millan forced
Harrelson (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4,
Dodgers 6.