Posting his fifth shutout of the season, Jon Matlack yielded only four hits and pitched the Mets to a 3-0 victory over the Dodgers. The Mets pinned the defeat on Al Downing when Don Hahn walked in the fifth inning and Jerry Grote hit his first homer since May 13. Felix Millan tripled and Rusty Staub hit a sacrifice fly for the other run in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    13, 1974 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  x  -   3  6  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .256      Harrelson ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Buckner lf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Millan 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .254
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Staub rf              3   0   2   1     0   0   .268
  Zahn p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jones lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .281
Wynn cf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .284        Gosger lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .320      Milner 1b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .255
Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Hahn cf               2   1   0   0     1   0   .293
Paciorek rf,lf        3   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Grote c               3   1   1   2     0   0   .268
Russell ss            3   0   1   0     0   1   .265      Martinez 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .274      Matlack p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .093
Downing p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McMullen ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Crawford rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .298

Totals               31   0   4   0     1   8             Totals               29   3   6   3     1   5

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 35,870
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Mets 4
DP: Dodgers 0, Mets 0
Triples: Cey (2), Millan (1)
Home Runs: Grote (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (5)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing L(4-6)          5.1   5   3   3   1   5   1  22   4.48
Hough                   1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.28
Zahn                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.69
Totals                  8     6   3   3   1   5   1  31

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(11-9)         9     4   0   0   1   8   0  32   2.53
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   8   0  32

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Tom Gorman


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Buckner popped to shortstop; Wynn
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Millan
struck out (catcher to first); Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey was called out on strikes; Cey flied out to
left; Paciorek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner
singled to left; Hahn flied out to left; Grote grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to center; Yeager popped to
shortstop; Downing grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Martinez lined to right; Matlack was called out on
strikes; Harrelson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner popped
to shortstop; Wynn singled to left; Garvey flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Millan flied out to right; Staub singled to center;
Jones struck out; Milner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey popped to second; Paciorek singled to center;
Russell singled to catcher [Paciorek to second]; Yeager struck
out; Downing grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Hahn walked; Grote homered [Hahn scored]; Martinez
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Matlack struck out;
Harrelson lined to third; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets
2.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes flied out to center; Buckner grounded out
(second to first); Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Millan tripled to right; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Millan scored]; Jones singled to left; HOUGH REPLACED
DOWNING (PITCHING); Milner flied out to center; Hahn flied out
to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey flied out to left; Cey tripled to left;
Paciorek lined to left; Russell was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: Grote flied out to center; Martinez flied out to left;
Matlack popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Yeager was called out on strikes; MCMULLEN BATTED
FOR HOUGH; McMullen popped to catcher in foul territory; Lopes
walked; MOTA BATTED FOR BUCKNER; Mota lined to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: ZAHN REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); PACIOREK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CRAWFORD REPLACED MCMULLEN (PLAYING RF);
Harrelson flied out to left; Millan popped to shortstop; Staub
singled to right; Jones forced Staub (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

DODGERS 9TH: GOSGER REPLACED JONES (PLAYING LF); Wynn grounded
out (third to first); Garvey flied out to center; Cey struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.