Backed by the batting of Bill Russell and Steve Garvey, Don Sutton ended a personal three-game losing streak by pitching the Dodgers to a 10-3 victory over the Mets. Russell and Garvey each drove in three runs -- Russell with two doubles and a single and Garvey with one double and two singles. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 10, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Sunday, June      6, 1976 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  8  0
Dodgers      1  3  2    2  0  1    1  0  x  -  10 15  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Phillips ss           5   0   1   0     0   1   .253      Lopes 2b              3   3   2   1     2   0   .261
Garrett 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .239        Sizemore 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Milner lf             4   1   1   2     0   2   .336      Buckner lf            4   2   2   0     1   0   .303
Kingman rf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .244      Garvey 1b             5   1   3   3     0   0   .312
Kranepool 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Cey 3b                3   0   2   1     1   0   .333
Unser cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .213        Auerbach 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .108
Hodges c              3   0   1   0     1   0   .310      Ferguson rf           3   1   0   0     1   1   .232
Staiger 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .206      Baker cf              4   1   2   1     1   0   .254
Koosman p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .350      Yeager c              4   1   1   0     0   1   .245
  R. Baldwin p        1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000      Russell ss            5   1   3   3     0   0   .305
  Boisclair ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .365      Sutton p              4   0   0   0     0   0   .074
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Torre ph            0   0   0   1     1   0   .339

Totals               34   3   8   3     2   7             Totals               36  10  15   9     6   2

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 35,105
Left on Base: Mets 7, Dodgers 11
DP: Mets 1, Dodgers 2
Errors: Lopes
Doubles: Phillips (2), Boisclair (4), Russell 2 (4), Garvey (13), Baker (9), Lopes (7)
Home Runs: Milner (7)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (13), Buckner (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (2)
GIDP: Garrett (3), Phillips (1), Ferguson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Kingman (2,by Sutton), Yeager (3,by R. Baldwin), Ferguson (1,by R. Baldwin)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman L(6-3)          2    10   6   6   1   1   0  17   3.52
R. Baldwin              4     3   3   3   4   0   0  19   3.27
Sanders                 1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   1.86
Apodaca                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.85
Totals                  8    15  10  10   6   2   0  45

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(5-6)           9     8   3   3   2   7   1  37   4.59
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   7   1  37

Hit by Pitch: R. Baldwin 2 (2), Sutton (2)

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


METS 1ST: Phillips doubled to right; Garrett flied out to
center; Milner was called out on strikes; Kingman was hit by a
pitch; Kranepool flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Buckner singled to center [Lopes to
second]; Garvey flied out to left; Cey singled to left [Lopes
scored, Buckner to second]; Ferguson flied out to right; Baker
forced Cey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 1.

METS 2ND: Unser grounded out (third to first); Hodges walked;
Staiger forced Hodges (third to second); Koosman struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Yeager flied out to left; Russell singled to
center; Sutton out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Russell to second]; Lopes singled to center [Russell scored];
Buckner singled to center [Lopes to second]; Lopes stole third
and Buckner stole second; Garvey singled to center [Lopes
scored, Buckner scored]; Cey singled to left [Garvey to second];
Ferguson struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 4.

METS 3RD: Phillips struck out; Garrett singled to left; Milner
homered [Garrett scored]; Kingman struck out; Kranepool struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 3RD: Baker singled to shortstop; Yeager singled to
center [Baker to third, Yeager to second (on throw to 3b)];
Russell doubled to left [Baker scored, Yeager scored]; R.
BALDWIN REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Russell was picked off
second (catcher to shortstop); Sutton flied out to right; Lopes
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Dodgers 6.

METS 4TH: Unser flied out to right; Hodges popped to first in
foul territory; Staiger popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 6.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner walked; Garvey doubled to right [Buckner to
third]; Cey was walked intentionally; Ferguson grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Buckner scored (no RBI), Garvey
to third, Cey out at second]; Baker doubled to left [Garvey
scored]; Yeager was hit by a pitch; Russell grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 8.

METS 5TH: R. Baldwin singled to second; Phillips popped to
second; Garrett grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [R. Baldwin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Dodgers 8.

DODGERS 5TH: Sutton grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes
walked; Lopes stole second; Buckner grounded out (third to
first); Garvey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 8.

METS 6TH: Milner flied out to right; Kingman made an out to
shortstop; Kranepool made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 2, Dodgers 8.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson was
hit by a pitch; Baker walked [Ferguson to second]; Yeager forced
Baker (first to shortstop) [Ferguson to third]; Russell doubled
to left [Ferguson scored, Yeager to third]; Sutton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 9.

METS 7TH: AUERBACH REPLACED CEY (PLAYING 3B); Unser flied out to
left; Hodges reached on an error by Lopes; Staiger flied out to
right; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR R. BALDWIN; Boisclair doubled to
right [Hodges to third]; Phillips flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 9.

DODGERS 7TH: SANDERS REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Lopes
doubled to left; Buckner popped to shortstop; Garvey singled to
left [Lopes scored]; Auerbach lined to shortstop; Ferguson
walked [Garvey to second]; Baker forced Ferguson (second
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 10.

METS 8TH: SIZEMORE REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING 2B); Garrett grounded
out (shortstop to first); Milner struck out; Kingman struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 10.

DODGERS 8TH: APODACA REPLACED SANDERS (PITCHING); Yeager struck
out; Russell flied out to left; Sutton flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 10.

METS 9TH: Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted); Unser
singled to right; Hodges singled to left [Unser to second];
Staiger singled to left [Unser to third, Hodges to second];
TORRE BATTED FOR APODACA; Torre walked [Unser scored, Hodges to
third, Staiger to second]; Phillips grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Torre out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 10.