Snapping out of a 1-for-18 slump, Dave Kingman smashed three homers and set a Mets' club record by driving in eight runs in an 11-0 drubbing of the Dodgers. Tom Seaver posted the shutout on a three-hitter and gained his first victory since May 4. New York Mets 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 0Game Played on Friday, June 4, 1976 (Night game) at Dodger StadiumMets 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 1 - 11 14 0 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillips ss 3 2 2 1 2 0 .239 Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Garrett 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .239 Buckner lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Milner lf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .336 Garvey 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .311 Boisclair lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .353 Cey 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .320 Kingman rf 5 3 3 8 0 1 .248 Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Kranepool 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .291 Rodriguez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Unser cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Cruz rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Brown cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Russell ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .288 Grote c 5 0 2 1 0 0 .292 Auerbach ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Staiger 3b 5 1 2 0 0 2 .200 Simpson cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Seaver p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .069 Hooton p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Wall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Walton ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Downing p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goodson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Totals 38 11 14 11 4 6 Totals 28 0 3 0 1 8 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 52,516 Left on Base: Mets 6, Dodgers 2 DP: Mets 1, Dodgers 1 Errors: Buckner Doubles: Grote 2 (2) Home Runs: Kingman 3 (20), Kranepool (4) Caught Stealing: Russell (2) Sacrifice Hits: Seaver 2 (3) GIDP: Lopes (2) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(5-4) 9 3 0 0 1 8 0 29 3.10 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 8 0 29 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton L(4-5) 4.2 7 7 7 2 1 3 23 4.58 Wall 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.24 Downing 3 6 4 4 2 5 1 17 3.95 Totals 9 14 11 11 4 6 4 44 Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - John Kibler METS 1ST: Phillips walked; Garrett flied out to left; Milner struck out; Kingman popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to first in foul territory; Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. METS 2ND: Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Unser grounded out (first unassisted); Grote grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. METS 3RD: Staiger singled to right; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Staiger to second]; Phillips grounded out (first unassisted) [Staiger to third]; Garrett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Russell singled to center; Russell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Simpson struck out; Hooton walked; Lopes flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. METS 4TH: Milner singled to center; Kingman homered [Milner scored]; Kranepool flied out to left; Unser grounded out (second to first); Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (second to first); Garvey grounded out (third to first); Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 0. METS 5TH: Staiger singled to left; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Staiger to second]; Phillips singled to right [Staiger scored]; Garrett walked [Phillips to second]; Milner flied out to center; Kingman homered [Phillips scored, Garrett scored]; Kranepool homered; WALL REPLACED HOOTON (PITCHING); Unser flied out to center; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson struck out; Cruz struck out; Russell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Dodgers 0. METS 6TH: Grote doubled to left [Grote to third (error by Buckner)]; Staiger flied into a double play (right to catcher) [Grote out at home]; Seaver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 6TH: Simpson grounded out (pitcher to first); WALTON BATTED FOR WALL; Walton singled to right; Lopes grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Walton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Dodgers 0. METS 7TH: DOWNING REPLACED WALTON (PITCHING); Phillips singled to center; Garrett lined to right; Milner singled to center [Phillips to second]; Kingman homered [Phillips scored, Milner scored]; Kranepool struck out; Unser walked; Grote forced Unser (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 10, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 7TH: Buckner struck out; Garvey flied out to right; Cey popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 10, Dodgers 0. METS 8TH: Staiger struck out; Seaver grounded out (shortstop to first); Phillips walked; Garrett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 10, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 8TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); BROWN REPLACED UNSER (PLAYING CF); Ferguson struck out; Cruz popped to first; Russell popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 10, Dodgers 0. METS 9TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); AUERBACH REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING SS); Boisclair singled to left; Kingman struck out; Kranepool singled to center [Boisclair to second]; Brown forced Kranepool (second to shortstop) [Boisclair to third]; Grote doubled to center [Boisclair scored, Brown to third]; Staiger struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 11, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 9TH: Simpson popped to third in foul territory; GOODSON BATTED FOR DOWNING; Goodson singled to center; Lopes forced Goodson (shortstop to second); Buckner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 11, Dodgers 0. |
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