Deciding a pitchers' duel, Dave Kingman hit his 23rd homer of the season in the 14th inning to give the Mets a 1-0 victory over the Dodgers. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Game Played on Thursday, June      17, 1976 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   0  3  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   1  9  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buckner lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .305      Harrelson ss          6   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Sizemore 2b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Milner lf             6   0   1   0     0   1   .292
  Auerbach 2b         2   0   0   0     0   2   .100      Kingman rf            5   1   1   1     1   1   .239
  Goodson ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .205      Kranepool 1b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Garvey 1b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .312        Brown pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Cey 3b                5   0   0   0     0   0   .320        Torre 1b            2   0   1   0     0   1   .307
Baker cf              5   0   0   0     0   2   .255      Garrett 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Russell ss            5   0   1   0     0   1   .293      Unser cf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Yeager c              5   0   0   0     0   3   .227      Grote c               5   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Simpson rf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .063      Millan 2b             4   0   2   0     1   0   .236
Sutton p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .061      Swan p                2   0   1   0     0   0   .136
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Vail ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .197        Lockwood p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Hough p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .273

Totals               43   0   3   0     1  14             Totals               44   1   9   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 20,268
Left on Base: Dodgers 3, Mets 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Mets 0
Doubles: Unser (10)
Home Runs: Kingman (23)
Caught Stealing: Garvey (4), Unser (4), Kingman (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Buckner (5), Swan (3), Garrett (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  9     6   0   0   2   4   0  32   4.24
Marshall                2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.38
Hough L(7-2)            2.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   8   2.15
Totals                 13.1   9   1   1   2   6   1  48

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan                   10     3   0   0   0   8   0  32   3.61
Lockwood W(3-2)         4     0   0   0   1   6   0  13   2.21
Totals                 14     3   0   0   1  14   0  45

Balks: Swan (3)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Andy Olsen


DODGERS 1ST: Buckner flied out to right; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garvey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Milner
grounded out (pitcher to first); Kingman grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey popped to catcher in foul territory; Baker
struck out; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool singled to right; Garrett lined to second;
Unser forced Kranepool (second to shortstop); Unser was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager flied out to left; Simpson struck out;
Sutton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
singled to right; Swan out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Millan to second]; Harrelson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner singled to center; Swan balked [Buckner to
second]; Sizemore struck out; Garvey flied out to center; Cey
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: AUERBACH REPLACED SIZEMORE (PLAYING 2B); Milner was
called out on strikes; Kingman walked; Kingman was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Kranepool grounded out
(pitcher to third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Baker grounded out (second to first); Russell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Yeager struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Unser doubled
to left; Grote lined to left; Millan was walked intentionally;
Swan singled to left [Unser out at home (left to catcher),
Millan to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Simpson grounded out (second to first); Sutton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner popped to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Harrelson was called out on strikes; Milner popped to
second; Kingman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Auerbach was called out on strikes; Garvey singled
to center; Garvey was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Kranepool singled to right; BROWN RAN FOR KRANEPOOL;
Garrett out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Brown to
second]; Unser grounded out (pitcher to first) [Brown to third];
Grote was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 8TH: TORRE REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 1B); Baker flied out
to center; Russell singled to left; Yeager struck out; Simpson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Millan flied out to right; Swan flied out to left;
Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 9TH: Sutton grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Milner flied out to center; Kingman struck out; Torre
singled to left; Garrett flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 10TH: Garvey popped to second; Cey flied out to center;
Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 10TH: MARSHALL REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Unser flied out
to right; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
singled to center; VAIL BATTED FOR SWAN; Vail grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 11TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); Russell struck
out; Yeager struck out; Simpson lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 11TH: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Milner
singled to center; Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory;
Torre struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 12TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Cruz walked; Buckner out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cruz to second]; GOODSON
BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Goodson struck out; Garvey flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 12TH: GOODSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HOUGH REPLACED
CRUZ (PITCHING); Garrett flied out to left; Unser flied out to
right; Grote flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 13TH: Cey flied out to center; Baker was called out on
strikes; Russell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 13TH: Millan flied out to right; Lockwood struck out;
Harrelson flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 14TH: Yeager flied out to left; Simpson was called out
on strikes; Hough struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 0.

METS 14TH: Milner lined to right; Kingman homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 1.