Dave Kingman hit his fourth homer in two games as Jon Matlack pitched the Mets to a 3-1 victory over the Dodgers to bring the lefthander's record to 6-1 with his seventh complete game. The Mets bunched singles by Joe Torre, Roy Staiger and Mike Phillips in the second for the first earned run off Doug Rau in 27 innings.

Kingman homered in the sixth. Phillips walked in the seventh, stole second and scored on a single by Leon Brown before Ron Cey broke Matlack's bid for a shutout with a homer in the Dodgers' half. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      5, 1976 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets         0  1  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brown cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .222      Lopes 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Heidemann 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Buckner lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Milner lf             2   0   1   0     2   1   .339      Garvey 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .306
  Unser lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Cey 3b                2   1   2   1     1   0   .328
Kingman rf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .248      Ferguson rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Torre 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .339      Baker cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Grote c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .291      Yeager c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .244
Staiger 3b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .203      Russell ss            3   0   2   0     0   0   .295
Phillips ss           3   1   2   1     1   0   .257      Rau p                 1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Matlack p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .143        Walton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
                                                            Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .313
                                                            Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   5             Totals               29   1   6   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 36,117
Left on Base: Mets 5, Dodgers 2
DP: Mets 3, Dodgers 3
Errors: Cey
Doubles: Milner (7), Yeager (5)
Home Runs: Kingman (21), Cey (9)
Stolen Bases: Phillips (1)
Caught Stealing: Grote (2), Brown (2)
GIDP: Torre 2 (9), Baker (11), Ferguson (2), Garvey (5)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(6-1)          9     6   1   1   1   4   1  30   2.65
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   4   1  30

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau L(5-3)              6     7   2   2   1   3   1  25   2.59
Hough                   2     1   1   1   2   1   0   7   2.21
Marshall                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.11
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   5   1  35

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Jerry Crawford


METS 1ST: Brown flied out to center; Heidemann flied out to
right; Milner doubled to right; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes popped to second; Buckner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garvey made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

METS 2ND: Torre singled to center; Grote flied out to left;
Staiger singled to left [Torre to second]; Phillips singled to
right [Torre scored, Staiger to third]; Matlack made an out to
third; Brown popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey singled to center; Ferguson popped to first in
foul territory; Baker grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Cey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Dodgers 0.

METS 3RD: Heidemann flied out to center; Milner walked; Kingman
reached on an error by Cey [Milner to second, Kingman to first];
Torre grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager flied out to center; Russell flied out to
center; Rau struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 0.

METS 4TH: Grote flied out to left; Staiger flied out to left;
Phillips singled to third; Matlack grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
flied out to right; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Dodgers 0.

METS 5TH: Brown flied out to center; Heidemann lined to third;
Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey walked; Ferguson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Cey out at second]; Baker
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Dodgers 0.

METS 6TH: Kingman homered; Torre grounded out (second to first);
Grote singled to left; Staiger struck out while Grote was caught
stealing second (catcher to second to first to shortstop); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Yeager doubled to left; Russell singled to center
[Yeager out at third (center to third), Russell to second (on
throw to 3b)]; WALTON BATTED FOR RAU; Walton struck out; Lopes
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
2, Dodgers 0.

METS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED WALTON (PITCHING); Phillips walked;
Phillips stole second; Matlack struck out; Brown singled to left
[Phillips scored]; Brown was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Heidemann flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); Garvey
grounded out (third to first); Cey homered; Ferguson grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 1.

METS 8TH: Milner walked; Kingman popped to second; Torre
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Milner
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 8TH: UNSER REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); Baker grounded
out (third to first); Yeager struck out; Russell singled to
right; MOTA BATTED FOR HOUGH; Mota grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 1.

METS 9TH: MARSHALL REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Grote grounded out
(third to first); Staiger struck out; Phillips grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Lopes flied out to left; Buckner singled to right;
Garvey grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Buckner
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 1.