Saturday August 28, 1976
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Although Jon Matlack pitched a three-hitter, the Mets needed an unearned run in the ninth inning to defeat the Dodgers, 2-1. The Dodgers scored on doubles by Ron Cey and Dusty Baker in the second inning. The Mets, who collected seven hits off Rick Rhoden, tied the score with Bruce Boisclalr's first major league homer in the fifth.

Roy Staiger was safe on an error by Bill Russell in the ninth. Leo Foster, coming in as pinch-runner, advanced on a sacrifice by Mike Phillips. Joe Torre batted for Matlack and singled off Steve Garvey's glove, with Foster taking third. Felix Millan then hit a dribbler down the third base line to Cey, whose throw home was too late to catch Foster. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Game Played on Saturday, August 28, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Dodgers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 3 Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .223 Boisclair cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .277 Buckner lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .303 Millan 2b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .279 Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Milner lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .303 Kingman rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .234 Cey 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279 Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Lacy cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Hodges c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Baker rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .247 Staiger 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Yeager c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Foster pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 Rhoden p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Phillips ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Matlack p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .186 Torre ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .307 Brown pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Totals 29 1 3 1 2 4 Totals 33 2 7 2 4 3 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 21,770 Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Mets 11 DP: Dodgers 1, Mets 0 Errors: Lopes, Russell 2 Doubles: Cey (14), Baker (13) Home Runs: Boisclair (1) Stolen Bases: Lopes (40) Sacrifice Hits: Russell (4), Phillips (3) GIDP: Hodges (4) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden L(11-3) 8.1 7 2 1 4 3 1 38 2.98 Totals 8.1 7 2 1 4 3 1 38 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(14-7) 9 3 1 1 2 4 0 32 2.64 Totals 9 3 1 1 2 4 0 32 Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Paul Runge DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Buckner lined to center; Russell grounded out (second to pitcher) [Lopes to third]; Garvey popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Boisclair flied to center; Millan reached on an error by Russell; Milner walked [Millan to second]; Kingman struck out; Kranepool singled to third [Millan to third, Milner to second]; Hodges flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey doubled to center; Lacy flied to center; Baker doubled to left [Cey scored]; Yeager grounded out (third to first); Rhoden flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Staiger flied to right; Phillips struck out; Matlack walked; Boisclair forced Matlack (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 0. DODGERS 3RD: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner popped to third in foul territory; Russell grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Millan singled to center; Milner reached on an error by Lopes [Millan to second]; Kingman singled to third [Millan to third, Milner to second]; Kranepool popped to first; Hodges grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 0. DODGERS 4TH: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Staiger grounded out (shortstop to first); Phillips grounded out (first to pitcher); Matlack flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 0. DODGERS 5TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Yeager struck out; Rhoden singled to center; Lopes forced Rhoden (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Boisclair homered; Millan walked; Milner flied to right; Kingman flied to left; Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 1. DODGERS 6TH: Buckner walked; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Buckner to second]; Garvey lined to left; Cey flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Hodges flied to right in foul territory; Staiger flied to center; Phillips singled to center; Matlack struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 1. DODGERS 7TH: Lacy struck out; Baker grounded out (third to first); Yeager popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 1. METS 7TH: Boisclair grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan flied to right; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 1. DODGERS 8TH: Rhoden flied to left; Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 1. METS 8TH: Kingman flied to left; Kranepool lined to center; Hodges flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 1. DODGERS 9TH: Russell grounded out (third to first); Garvey was called out on strikes; Cey popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 1. METS 9TH: Staiger reached on an error by Russell; FOSTER RAN FOR STAIGER; Phillips out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Foster to second]; TORRE BATTED FOR MATLACK; Torre singled to right [Foster to third]; BROWN RAN FOR TORRE; Boisclair was walked intentionally [Brown to second]; Millan singled to third [Foster scored (unearned), Brown to third, Boisclair to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 1, Mets 2.

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