Given a second chance when Bruce Boisclair dropped his foul fly to right, Davey Lopes crashed a three-run homer with two down in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Dodgers to a 5-3 decision over the Mets. Boisclair's sacrifice fly had put the Mets ahead in the top of the ninth after Los Angeles tied the score in the eighth on Reggie Smith's 18th homer. Steve Garvey singled home a first-inning Dodger run, but the Mets took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on two-out doubles by Steve Henderson and John Milner and a single by Joel Youngblood. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      24, 1977 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  7  1
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  3  -   5  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .309      Lopes 2b              5   1   1   3     0   0   .281
Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .219      Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Henderson lf          4   2   3   0     0   1   .296      Smith rf              3   2   2   1     1   0   .304
Milner 1b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .269      Cey 3b                3   0   0   0     1   1   .268
Stearns c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .287      Garvey 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .293
Youngblood rf         3   0   1   1     0   2   .197      Baker lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .281
  Boisclair ph,rf     0   0   0   1     0   0   .257      Burke cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .233
Mazzilli cf           2   0   1   0     2   0   .225        Powell ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Flynn ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .204      Yeager c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .284
Espinosa p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .094        Martinez pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .305
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      John p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .190
                                                            Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
                                                            Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .056
                                                            Mota ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .471

Totals               29   3   7   3     4   8             Totals               35   5   9   5     2   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 41,240
Left on Base: Mets 5, Dodgers 6
DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Boisclair
Doubles: Henderson (6), Milner (11), Burke (2)
Home Runs: Smith (18), Lopes (6)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Stearns (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Boisclair (1)
GIDP: Espinosa (2)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa                8.2   7   3   2   2   4   1  35   3.66
Apodaca L(3-4)          0     2   2   0   0   0   1   2   2.74
Totals                  8.2   9   5   2   2   4   2  37

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    7     5   2   2   1   8   0  24   3.15
Hough W(5-8)            2     2   1   1   3   0   0  11   3.38
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   8   0  35

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming


METS 1ST: Randle struck out; Millan grounded out (third to
first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to right; Russell grounded out
(third to first); Smith singled to center; Cey walked [Smith to
second]; Garvey singled to center [Smith scored, Cey to second];
Baker popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 1.

METS 2ND: Milner grounded out (first unassisted); Stearns struck
out; Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Burke doubled to left; Yeager struck out; John
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Burke to third]; Lopes grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 1.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli singled to right; Flynn forced Mazzilli
(second to shortstop); On a bunt Espinosa grounded into a double
play (catcher to shortstop to second) [Flynn out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell singled to shortstop; Smith flied out to
center; Cey struck out; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 1.

METS 4TH: Randle struck out; Millan struck out; Henderson
doubled to right; Milner doubled to center [Henderson scored];
Stearns walked; Youngblood singled to right [Milner scored,
Youngblood to second (on throw to home), Stearns out at home
(right to catcher to second to catcher)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker struck out; Burke grounded out (second to
first); Yeager grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

METS 5TH: Mazzilli flied out to center; Flynn grounded out
(third to first); Espinosa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: John flied out to right; Lopes grounded out
(catcher to first); Russell grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

METS 6TH: Randle grounded out (third to first); Millan grounded
out (third to first); Henderson singled to left; Henderson was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Smith walked; Cey flied out to center; Garvey
singled to right [Smith to second]; Baker struck out; Burke
forced Smith (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2,
Dodgers 1.

METS 7TH: Milner popped to second; Stearns flied out to left;
Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager flied out to right; GOODSON BATTED FOR JOHN;
Goodson flied to left in foul territory; Lopes popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

METS 8TH: HOUGH REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Mazzilli walked;
Flynn singled to third [Mazzilli to second]; Espinosa forced
Mazzilli (pitcher to third) [Flynn to second]; Randle flied out
to center; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell flied out to right; Smith homered; Cey
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 2.

METS 9TH: Henderson singled to third; Milner walked [Henderson
to second]; Stearns out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Henderson to third, Milner to second]; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR
YOUNGBLOOD; Boisclair hit a sacrifice fly to right [Henderson
scored, Milner to third]; Mazzilli walked; Flynn grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 9TH: BOISCLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Baker lined
to shortstop; POWELL BATTED FOR BURKE; Powell grounded out
(second to first); Yeager singled to center; MOTA BATTED FOR
HOUGH; MARTINEZ RAN FOR YEAGER; APODACA REPLACED ESPINOSA
(PITCHING); Mota singled to right [Martinez to third]; Boisclair
dropped a foul fly hit by Lopes for an error; Lopes homered
(unearned) [Martinez scored (unearned), Mota scored (unearned)];
3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 5.