The Dodgers used a pair of RBIs by Ron Cey and homers by Steve Garvey and Jim Wynn to defeat the Mets, 4-3. Mike Marshall hurled three scoreless innings for his seventh relief victory. Wynn and Garvey singled off reliever Ken Sanders to open the Dodger eighth and advanced on a sacrifice before Cey's hit to center.

The Mets had taken a 3-2 lead in the sixth when Dave Kingman was safe on Garvey's throwing error, took second on Joe Torre's single, moved to third on Rusty Staub's sacrifice and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jack Heidemann. Two-out doubles by Torre and Staub and an RBI single by Heidemann scored the Mets' runs in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Friday, August    8, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      0  1  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   4 12  1
Mets         0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0  -   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   2   .252      Clines cf,lf          5   0   1   0     0   1   .214
Buckner lf            5   0   1   0     0   2   .242      Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .297
Wynn cf               5   2   2   1     0   1   .254      Alou lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Garvey 1b             4   2   3   1     0   0   .325        Unser ph,cf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Crawford rf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Kingman 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .249
Cey 3b                4   0   2   2     0   1   .267        Garrett pr,3b       1   1   0   0     1   0   .265
Yeager c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Torre 3b,1b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .266
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .189      Staub rf              2   1   1   1     1   0   .275
Rau p                 1   0   0   0     1   0   .186      Grote c               2   0   0   0     2   0   .285
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Heidemann ss          3   0   3   2     0   0   .234
  Marshall p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .083      Tate p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kranepool ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .357
                                                            Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .429

Totals               36   4  12   4     2   8             Totals               33   3   9   3     4   3

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 42,049
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Mets 11
DP: Dodgers 1, Mets 1
Errors: Rau
Doubles: Russell (5), Torre (13), Staub (20)
Home Runs: Garvey (13), Wynn (17)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (49)
Sacrifice Hits: Crawford (4), Staub (1), Millan (14), Unser (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Heidemann (2)
GIDP: Torre (19)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau                     6     5   3   2   3   3   0  27   3.38
Marshall W(7-11)        3     4   0   0   1   0   0  14   3.12
Totals                  9     9   3   2   4   3   0  41

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tate                    6     6   2   2   2   8   2  25   4.54
Sanders L(0-1)          2     4   2   2   0   0   0  10   2.10
Apodaca                 1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.78
Totals                  9    12   4   4   2   8   2  39

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Ed Vargo


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

METS 1ST: Clines flied to right; Millan lined to third; Alou
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey homered; Crawford grounded out (second to
first); Cey singled to center; Yeager singled to left [Cey to
second]; Russell flied into a double play (center to second to
shortstop) [Cey out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory; Torre
flied to left; Staub walked; Grote grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Rau grounded out (second to first); Lopes was
called out on strikes; Buckner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Heidemann singled to left; Tate popped to catcher in
foul territory; Clines grounded out (third to first) [Heidemann
to second]; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey
flied to center; Crawford singled to left; Cey struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Alou flied to left; Kingman struck out; Torre doubled
to left; Staub doubled to left [Torre scored]; Grote walked;
Heidemann singled to left [Grote to third, Staub scored]; Tate
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Yeager struck out; Russell popped to first; Rau
walked; Lopes walked [Rau to second]; Buckner struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Clines struck out; Millan grounded out (shortstop to
first); Alou lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Mets 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Wynn homered; Garvey singled to center; Crawford
was called out on strikes; Cey flied to center; Yeager grounded
out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Kingman reached on an error by Rau; GARRETT RAN FOR
KINGMAN; Torre singled to shortstop [Garrett to second]; Staub
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Torre to second,
Garrett to third]; Grote was walked intentionally; Heidemann hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Garrett scored (unearned)]; MILNER
BATTED FOR TATE; Milner flied to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 7TH: GARRETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TORRE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); SANDERS REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING);
Russell doubled to left; LEE BATTED FOR RAU; Lee grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Russell to third]; Lopes grounded out
(second to first); Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Clines singled to
right; Millan reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt
[Clines to second]; UNSER BATTED FOR ALOU; Unser out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Millan to second, Clines to
third]; Garrett was walked intentionally; Torre grounded into a
double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Clines out at home];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 8TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CLINES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Wynn singled to left; Garvey singled to
left [Wynn to second]; Crawford out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Garvey to second, Wynn to third]; Cey singled to
center [Garvey scored, Wynn scored]; Yeager forced Cey (first to
shortstop); Russell grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); Grote flied to
left; On a bunt Heidemann singled to third; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR
SANDERS; Kranepool singled to center [Heidemann to second];
Clines flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Mets 3.

DODGERS 9TH: APODACA REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Marshall
singled to left; Lopes forced Marshall (pitcher to shortstop);
Lopes stole second; Buckner singled to right [Lopes to third,
Buckner out at second (right to catcher to shortstop)]; Wynn
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Mets 3.

METS 9TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser
singled to right; Garrett popped to second; Torre lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Mets 3.