The Mets expoded for six runs in the first inning, three scoring on a homer by Dave Kingman, and that was more than Jon Matlack needed to defeat the Dodgers, 6-1. Kingman's clout completed a cycle for the Mets' slugger, who had hit for the circuit in every N. L. park this season.

Matlack, who gained his career high 16th victory, surprised himself at bat with two hits, one of them driving in two runs. The Dodgers averted a shutout with a homer by Lee Lacy in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Game Played on Friday, August 29, 1975 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Mets 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 1 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .282 Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Millan 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Lacy lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .308 Vail lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .412 Wynn cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Staub rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .271 Garvey 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .312 Kingman 1b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .245 Cey 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .268 Garrett 3b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .263 Yeager c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .241 Phillips ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .251 Paciorek rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .203 Stearns c 3 1 1 0 1 2 .193 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Matlack p 4 0 2 2 0 2 .089 Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .117 Downing p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hough p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 6 12 6 4 5 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 7 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 27,401 Left on Base: Mets 10, Dodgers 5 DP: Mets 1, Dodgers 1 Errors: Unser Doubles: Staub (23), Phillips (9), Yeager (13) Home Runs: Kingman (28), Lacy (6) Stolen Bases: Kingman (6) GIDP: Vail (2), Cey (13) Hit by Pitch: Kingman (4,by Hough) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(16-8) 9 6 1 1 1 7 1 33 3.24 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 7 1 33 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton L(16-11) 0.2 7 6 6 1 0 1 10 2.72 Downing 5.1 5 0 0 2 2 0 22 2.84 Hough 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 11 3.38 Totals 9 12 6 6 4 5 1 43 Hit by Pitch: Hough (5) Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Satch Davidson METS 1ST: Unser flied to right; Millan flied to right; Vail singled to shortstop; Staub doubled to left [Vail to third]; Kingman homered [Vail scored, Staub scored]; Garrett singled to center; Phillips doubled to left [Garrett to third]; Stearns was walked intentionally; Matlack singled to center [Stearns to third, Phillips scored, Garrett scored]; Unser singled to center [Matlack to third, Stearns scored]; DOWNING REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Millan lined to pitcher; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes lined to left; Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. METS 2ND: Vail grounded out (second to first); Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey struck out; Cey walked; Yeager singled to center [Cey to second]; Paciorek struck out; Russell forced Yeager (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. METS 3RD: Garrett flied to right in foul territory; Phillips grounded out (second to first); Stearns struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Downing flied to center; Lopes singled to center; Lacy was called out on strikes; Wynn popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. METS 4TH: Matlack singled to center; Unser singled to center [Matlack to second]; Millan popped to second; Vail flied to center; Staub flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Garvey lined to third; Cey flied to center; Yeager doubled to left; Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. METS 5TH: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Garrett walked; Phillips singled to right [Garrett to second]; Stearns singled to left [Phillips to second, Garrett to third]; Matlack was called out on strikes; Unser grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 5TH: Russell was called out on strikes; Downing was called out on strikes; Lopes flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. METS 6TH: Millan singled to left; Vail grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Millan out at second]; Staub walked; Kingman flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 6TH: Lacy homered; Wynn flied to center; Garvey singled to center [Garvey to second (error by Unser)]; Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 1. METS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED DOWNING (PITCHING); Garrett flied to center; Phillips flied to left; Stearns was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 7TH: Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Hough flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 1. METS 8TH: Matlack struck out; Unser flied to center; Millan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 8TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Lacy popped to first in foul territory; Wynn flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 1. METS 9TH: Vail grounded out (pitcher to first); Staub struck out; Kingman was hit by a pitch; Kingman stole second; Garrett walked; Phillips popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 9TH: Garvey singled to center; Cey grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; Yeager struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Dodgers 1.

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