Rick Rhoden helped himself to his 11th victory against one defeat by hitting a double in the fourth inning when the Dodgers scored all their runs to edge the Mets, 4-3. The Mets counted their markers in the first on a walk to Bruce Boisclair, single by Felix Millan and homer by John Milner. Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 3Game Played on Tuesday, August 17, 1976 (Night game) at Dodger StadiumMets 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Dodgers 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x - 4 8 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Boisclair cf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .283 Buckner lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Millan 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .265 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Milner lf,1b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .264 Garvey 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .307 Torre 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .311 Cey 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .285 Mangual lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Russell ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 .303 Vail rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Lacy cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .286 Staiger 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Baker rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .242 Hodges c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Rodriguez c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .220 Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Rhoden p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .304 Matlack p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .185 Phillips ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 Totals 32 3 7 3 1 2 Totals 31 4 8 4 3 3 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 24,416 Left on Base: Mets 3, Dodgers 7 DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 2 Doubles: Boisclair (7), Rhoden (3) Home Runs: Milner (13) Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (2) GIDP: Milner (10), Staiger (3) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(12-7) 7 8 4 4 2 1 0 31 2.84 Lockwood 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 2.64 Totals 8 8 4 4 3 3 0 35 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden W(11-1) 9 7 3 3 1 2 1 33 2.87 Totals 9 7 3 3 1 2 1 33 Passed Balls: Hodges (5) Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Satch Davidson METS 1ST: Boisclair walked; Millan singled to right [Boisclair to second]; Milner homered [Boisclair scored, Millan scored]; Torre singled to right; Vail flied to left; Staiger flied to center; Hodges forced Torre (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Buckner grounded out (second to first); Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Garvey singled to left; Cey flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 0. METS 2ND: Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Matlack was called out on strikes; Boisclair doubled to left; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Russell popped to second; Lacy popped to second; Baker singled to center; Rodriguez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 0. METS 3RD: Milner grounded out (first unassisted); Torre flied to center; Vail flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Rhoden grounded out (third to first); Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 0. METS 4TH: Staiger grounded out (third to first); Hodges grounded out (second to first); Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: On a bunt Garvey singled to third; Cey walked [Garvey to second]; Russell singled to left [Garvey scored, Cey to second]; Lacy singled to left [Cey scored, Russell to second]; Hodges allowed a passed ball [Russell to third, Lacy to second]; Baker grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Russell scored, Lacy to third]; Rhoden doubled to left [Lacy scored]; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. METS 5TH: Matlack flied to center; Boisclair struck out; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 5TH: Sizemore popped to catcher in foul territory; Garvey popped to second; Cey singled to right; Russell singled to center [Cey to second]; Lacy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. METS 6TH: Milner popped to second; Torre flied to right; Vail grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 6TH: MANGUAL REPLACED TORRE (PLAYING LF); MILNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez walked; Rhoden struck out; Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. METS 7TH: Staiger grounded out (shortstop to first); Hodges flied to left; Harrelson flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 7TH: Sizemore popped to shortstop; Garvey popped to catcher in foul territory; Cey popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. METS 8TH: PHILLIPS BATTED FOR MATLACK; Phillips grounded out (second to first); Boisclair singled to center; Millan singled to center [Boisclair to second]; Milner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Millan out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 8TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED PHILLIPS (PITCHING); Russell struck out; Lacy struck out; Baker walked; Rodriguez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. METS 9TH: Mangual popped to first; Vail singled to center; Staiger grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Vail out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Dodgers 4. |
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