The Mets rallied for two runs off Mike Marshall in the ninth inning and defeated the Dodgers, 3-2, to complete a sweep of the three-game series. The Dodgers counted a run in the third inning on a single by Bill Buckner, his theft of second and single by Willie Crawford. The Mets tied the score in their half when Tom Seaver walked, Bud Harrelson and Rusty Staub singled and Cleon Jones hit a sacrifice fly. Von Joshua singled for the Dodgers in the fourth, stole second, advanced to third on a sacrifice and crossed the plate on a single by Doug Rau.

Both starting pitchers, Seaver and Rau, subsequently were removed for pinch-hitters and Tug McGraw gained the victory. Ken Boswell drew a walk from Marshall to open the ninth and McGraw sacrificed. Ron Hodges hit a liner to center field, where Tom Paciorek dropped the ball, Boswell scoring the tying run on the error. Felix Millan singled, sending Hodges to third, and Staub followed with a single for his third hit of the game to drive in Hodges with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    14, 1974 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  1
Mets         0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  9  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     1   0   .253      Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .234
Buckner lf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .309        Hodges ph           1   1   0   0     0   0   .262
Crawford rf           3   0   1   1     2   0   .298      Millan 2b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .257
Garvey 1b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .321      Staub rf              4   0   3   1     1   0   .273
Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Jones lf              3   0   1   1     0   1   .282
Joshua cf             3   1   2   0     0   1   .280      Milner 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .253
  Paciorek ph,cf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Hahn cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Russell ss            3   0   2   0     0   0   .267      Grote c               3   0   2   0     0   0   .272
Yeager c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .269        Dyer c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .114
Rau p                 2   0   1   1     0   0   .154      Martinez 3b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .202
  Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .295        Boswell ph,3b       1   1   0   0     1   0   .245
  Marshall p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Seaver p              1   1   0   0     1   0   .065
                                                            Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .342
                                                            McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               36   2  12   2     3   4             Totals               32   3   9   2     5   1

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 33,125
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Mets 11
DP: Dodgers 0, Mets 1
Errors: Paciorek
Stolen Bases: Buckner 2 (26), Joshua (2)
Caught Stealing: Lopes (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Russell (7), McGraw (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Jones (3)
GIDP: Lopes (8)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau                     5     5   1   1   3   1   0  22   2.80
Marshall L(11-8)        3.1   4   2   1   2   0   0  17   2.32
Totals                  8.1   9   3   2   5   1   0  39

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver                  7     8   2   2   2   4   0  30   3.51
McGraw W(3-6)           2     4   0   0   1   0   0  10   4.68
Totals                  9    12   2   2   3   4   0  40

Wild Pitches: Marshall (3)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Buckner flied out to left; Crawford
walked; Garvey singled to left [Crawford to third]; Cey flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Millan
singled to left; Staub forced Millan (second to shortstop);
Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Joshua struck out; Russell grounded out (third to
first); Yeager was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Milner grounded out (pitcher to first); Hahn grounded
out (first unassisted); Grote singled to center; Martinez forced
Grote (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Rau grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner singled to left;
Buckner stole second; Crawford singled to center [Buckner
scored]; Garvey singled to right [Crawford to third]; Cey popped
to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Seaver walked; Harrelson singled to left [Seaver to
second]; Millan flied out to left; Staub singled to right
[Seaver to third, Harrelson to second]; Jones hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Seaver scored]; Harrelson was picked off second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Joshua singled to right; Joshua stole second;
Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Joshua to
third]; Yeager was called out on strikes; Rau singled to center
[Joshua scored]; Lopes flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Milner walked; Hahn forced Milner (shortstop to
second); Grote singled to center [Hahn to second]; Martinez
popped to second; Seaver flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Buckner flied out to right; Crawford grounded out
(pitcher to first); Garvey lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
flied out to right; Staub walked; Jones forced Staub (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Joshua
singled to third; Russell singled to center [Joshua to second];
Yeager flied out to left; MOTA BATTED FOR RAU; Mota struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: MARSHALL REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Milner flied out to
center; Hahn grounded out (second to first); Grote grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes grounded out (second to first); Buckner flied
out to left; Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Boswell flied out to
center; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR SEAVER; Kranepool grounded out
(first unassisted); Harrelson walked; Millan lined to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

DODGERS 8TH: DYER REPLACED GROTE (PLAYING C ); BOSWELL STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); MCGRAW REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Garvey
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey singled to right;
PACIOREK BATTED FOR JOSHUA; Paciorek flied out to left; Russell
singled to center [Cey to second]; Yeager forced Russell (third
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: PACIOREK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Staub singled to
left; Marshall threw a wild pitch [Staub to second]; Jones
singled to left [Staub to third]; Milner reached on a fielder's
choice [Staub out at home (first to catcher), Jones to second];
Hahn flied out to center; Dyer grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Marshall singled to left; On a bunt Lopes grounded
into a double play (catcher to shortstop to second) [Marshall
out at second]; Buckner singled to left; Buckner stole second;
Crawford walked; Garvey flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Dodgers 2, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: Boswell walked; McGraw out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Boswell to second]; HODGES BATTED FOR
HARRELSON; Hodges reached on an error by Paciorek [Boswell
scored (no RBI), Hodges to second]; Millan singled to left
[Hodges to third]; Staub singled to center [Hodges scored
(unearned), Millan to second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Mets 3.