The Mets, who literally walked their way into a tie with two runs in the ninth, proceeded to beat the Dodgers, 4-3, on a single by pinch-hitter Lee Mazzilli in the 14th inning. Davey Lopes homered with a man on base for the Dodgers, who sailed along with a 3-1 lead until the ninth when Charlie Hough, in relief of Doug Rau, walked Felix Millan and Steve Henderson.

Elias Sosa came in and struck out John Stearns. Lance Rautzhan took over and retired John Milner on a pop fly, but Mike Vail singled, driving in Millan. Joel Youngblood beat out an infield hit to load the bases and Doug Flynn walked to force in Henderson with the tying run. In the 14th, Youngblood singled for his third hit of the game, advanced on a balk by Mike Garman, reached third on a sacrifice bunt by Flynn and scored the winning run on Mazzilli's pinch-hit. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, August 3, 1977 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Dodgers      1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   3 14  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  -   4 10  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   2   2     1   0   .275      Randle 3b             5   0   1   0     1   1   .313
Russell ss            2   1   1   0     0   0   .287      Millan 2b             3   1   0   1     1   0   .238
  Martinez ss         5   0   0   0     0   0   .289        Kranepool ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Smith rf              6   0   3   0     0   2   .307      Henderson lf,cf       5   1   0   0     1   3   .299
Cey 3b                6   0   0   0     0   3   .263      Stearns c             6   0   0   0     0   4   .287
Garvey 1b             6   0   2   0     0   0   .297      Milner 1b             5   0   2   0     1   0   .268
Baker lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Vail rf               6   0   1   1     0   1   .299
  Simpson lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Youngblood cf,2b      5   1   3   0     1   1   .256
  Lacy ph,lf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Flynn ss              4   0   1   1     1   0   .217
Burke cf              6   0   3   0     0   1   .242      Espinosa p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Yeager c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .267        Boisclair ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .265
  Oates c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .287        Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rau p                 2   1   1   0     0   0   .173        Grote ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Goodson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .200        Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .056        Valentine ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Myrick p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rautzhan p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .302
  Mota ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .476        Siebert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garman p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Mazzilli ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .238

Totals               54   3  14   2     1  11             Totals               46   4  10   4     6  10

Time of Game: 3:47   Attendance: 13,283
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Mets 10
DP: Dodgers 2, Mets 1
Errors: Stearns
Doubles: Rau (1), Garvey (16), Boisclair (10)
Home Runs: Lopes (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Lopes (3), Flynn (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Millan (2)
GIDP: Randle (9), Millan (7)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau                     6     3   1   1   1   4   0  21   3.54
Hough                   2     0   2   2   3   2   0   9   3.50
Sosa                    0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.39
Rautzhan                2.2   3   0   0   1   2   0  11   0.00
Garman L(4-3)           2.1   4   1   1   1   1   0  12   2.31
Totals                 13.1  10   4   4   6  10   0  54

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa                6     6   3   3   0   4   1  24   3.91
Baldwin                 2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.81
Apodaca                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.75
Myrick                  3     4   0   0   0   3   0  13   2.72
Siebert W(2-0)          2     2   0   0   1   2   0   8   4.50
Totals                 14    14   3   3   1  11   1  56

Wild Pitches: Rau (2), Hough (4)
Balks: Garman (1), Espinosa (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jerry Crawford


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

METS 1ST: Randle struck out; Millan flied out to right;
Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Baker lined to right; Burke grounded out (first
unassisted); Yeager flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Stearns popped to shortstop in foul territory; Milner
flied out to right; Vail struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Rau doubled to right; Lopes homered [Rau scored];
Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to right;
Cey popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets
0.

METS 3RD: MARTINEZ REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING SS); Youngblood
walked; Flynn singled to right [Youngblood to third]; Espinosa
popped to first in foul territory; Randle grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Flynn out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey popped to third; Baker struck out; Burke
singled to center; Yeager struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Millan flied out to left; Henderson popped to first in
foul territory; Stearns struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Mets 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Rau flied out to center; Lopes grounded out
(shortstop to first); Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Milner singled to center; Vail flied out to center;
Youngblood flied out to right; Flynn forced Milner (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Smith struck out; Cey struck out; Garvey singled to
left; Baker popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Mets 0.

METS 6TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR ESPINOSA; Boisclair doubled to
left; Rau threw a wild pitch [Boisclair to third]; Randle lined
to shortstop; Millan hit a sacrifice fly to left [Boisclair
scored]; Henderson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Mets 1.

DODGERS 7TH: BALDWIN REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Burke popped
to second; Yeager struck out; GOODSON BATTED FOR RAU; Goodson
singled to left; Lopes flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: OATES REPLACED YEAGER (PLAYING C ); HOUGH REPLACED
GOODSON (PITCHING); Stearns struck out; Milner walked; Vail
grounded out (third to first) [Milner to second]; Youngblood
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Martinez flied out to right; Smith singled to left;
Cey forced Smith (third to second); Garvey forced Cey (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: Flynn popped to shortstop; GROTE BATTED FOR BALDWIN;
Grote flied out to center; Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 1.

DODGERS 9TH: APODACA REPLACED GROTE (PITCHING); Baker flied out
to center; Burke was called out on strikes; Oates flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: SIMPSON REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); Millan walked;
Hough threw a wild pitch [Millan to second]; Henderson walked;
SOSA REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Stearns struck out; RAUTZHAN
REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Milner popped to second; Vail singled
to left [Millan scored, Henderson to second]; Youngblood singled
to shortstop [Henderson to third, Vail to second]; Flynn walked
[Henderson scored, Vail to third, Youngblood to second];
VALENTINE BATTED FOR APODACA; Valentine flied out to right; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

DODGERS 10TH: MYRICK REPLACED VALENTINE (PITCHING); Rautzhan
struck out; Lopes singled to shortstop; Martinez flied out to
left; Smith singled to third [Lopes to second]; Cey struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

METS 10TH: Randle singled to left; Millan grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Randle out at second];
Henderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

DODGERS 11TH: Garvey grounded out (first unassisted); LACY
BATTED FOR SIMPSON; Lacy lined to second; Burke singled to left;
Oates flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Mets 3.

METS 11TH: LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Stearns was called
out on strikes; Milner grounded out (pitcher to first); Vail
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

DODGERS 12TH: MOTA BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; Mota singled to left;
Lopes out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mota to
second]; Martinez grounded out (third to first); Smith struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

METS 12TH: GARMAN REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Youngblood singled
to left; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first) [Youngblood to
second]; HODGES BATTED FOR MYRICK; Hodges popped to shortstop;
Randle was walked intentionally; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR MILLAN;
Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

DODGERS 13TH: KRANEPOOL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HENDERSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); YOUNGBLOOD CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 2B); SIEBERT REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Cey struck
out; Garvey doubled to center; Lacy hit into a double play
(shortstop to second) [Garvey out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

METS 13TH: Henderson struck out; Stearns flied out to left;
Milner singled to right; Vail flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

DODGERS 14TH: Burke singled to center; Burke was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Stearns [Burke to third];
Oates flied out to right; On a bunt Garman struck out; Lopes was
walked intentionally; Martinez grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

METS 14TH: Youngblood singled to center; Garman balked
[Youngblood to second]; Flynn out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Youngblood to third]; MAZZILLI BATTED FOR SIEBERT;
Mazzilli singled to right [Youngblood scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 4.

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