Thrilling an Old Timers' Day crowd of 47,800, Willie Mays appeared in the Mets' lineup for only the second time since May 7 and smashed a homer to help beat the Dodgers, 4-2. The Mets started the scoring in the first inning with two runs on a single by Ted Martinez, pass to Mays and double by Rusty Staub. Mays' homer came in the third and was his first round-tripper since August 18, 1972. Staub hit his second double of the game and drove in the Mets' final run in the seventh. Jon Matlack hurled the route. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Saturday, June      9, 1973 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Mets         2  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   4  7  3


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   2   3   0     0   0   .342      Martinez 3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .225
Buckner 1b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .281      Millan 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .265
Davis cf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .293      Mays cf               3   2   1   1     1   1   .111
Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .294      Staub rf              4   0   2   3     0   0   .274
Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     1   0   .312      Fregosi ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .181
Mota lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .347      Milner 1b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .235
Crawford rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .317      Theodore lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .284
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .272      Dyer c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .148
Downing p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .087      Matlack p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .167
  Paciorek ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .213
  Rau p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garvey ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222

Totals               32   2   7   2     3   4             Totals               31   4   7   4     3   6

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 47,800
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Mets 6
DP: Dodgers 0, Mets 1
Errors: Fregosi, Milner, Matlack
Doubles: Lopes (6), Paciorek (2), Staub 2 (13)
Home Runs: Mays (1)
Stolen Bases: Davis (10), Lopes (15), Russell (7)
Caught Stealing: Lopes (3), Paciorek (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Buckner (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing L(5-3)          6     4   3   3   1   3   1  23   2.87
Rau                     1.2   3   1   1   2   3   0  10   6.20
Hough                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.08
Totals                  8     7   4   4   3   6   1  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(3-8)          9     7   2   1   3   4   0  36   4.22
Totals                  9     7   2   1   3   4   0  36

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Buckner singled to right
[Lopes to third]; Davis forced Buckner (second to shortstop)
[Lopes scored]; Davis stole second [Davis to third (error by
Milner)]; Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Cey grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets
0.

METS 1ST: Martinez singled to left; Millan grounded out (third
to first) [Martinez to second]; Mays walked; Staub doubled to
left [Mays scored, Martinez scored]; Fregosi grounded out
(second to first) [Staub to third]; Milner struck out; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Mota singled to left; Crawford struck out; Russell
flied to center; Downing struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Mets 2.

METS 2ND: Theodore grounded out (shortstop to first); Dyer
grounded out (pitcher to first); Matlack grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 2.

DODGERS 3RD: On a bunt Lopes singled; Lopes was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Matlack [Lopes to second]; Lopes
stole third; Buckner hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lopes scored
(unearned)]; Davis flied to center; Ferguson walked; Cey walked
[Ferguson to second]; Mota flied to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Martinez grounded out (third to first); Millan popped
to shortstop; Mays homered; Staub flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Crawford struck out; Russell singled to left;
Russell stole second; Downing was called out on strikes; Lopes
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

METS 4TH: Fregosi grounded out (second to first); Milner lined
to second; Theodore flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis
flied to right; Ferguson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: Dyer struck out; Matlack struck out; On a bunt
Martinez singled; Millan forced Martinez (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey flied to left; Mota walked; Crawford flied to
left; Russell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Mays flied to center; Staub grounded out (first to
pitcher); Fregosi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 7TH: PACIOREK BATTED FOR DOWNING; Paciorek doubled to
right; On a bunt Lopes singled to pitcher [Paciorek to third];
Lopes was caught stealing second (catcher to second) Paciorek
was caught stealing home (pitcher to first to shortstop to first
to second to first to second to right to catcher); Buckner flied
to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: RAU REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Milner struck out;
Theodore singled to right; Dyer forced Theodore (third to
second); Matlack was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Davis popped to third in foul territory; Ferguson
popped to second; Cey popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Martinez flied to right; Millan singled to right; Mays
was called out on strikes; Staub doubled to left [Millan
scored]; Fregosi walked; Milner walked [Staub to third, Fregosi
to second]; HOUGH REPLACED RAU (PITCHING); Theodore flied to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Mota flied to right; Crawford flied to left;
Russell reached on an error by Fregosi; GARVEY BATTED FOR HOUGH;
Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Mets 4.