A double by Joe Ferguson over left fielder Steve Henderson's head climaxed a three-run ninth-inning rally that brought the Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Mets. The Dodgers trailed, 4-2, going into the ninth when Reggie Smith began the uprising with a leadoff walk.

Steve Garvey singled and Henderson bobbled the ball for an error. Skip Lockwood replaced starter Craig Swan and gave up an RBI single to Ron Cey, sacrifice fly by Lee Lacy and Feguson's double, which Henderson misjudged. [The Sporting News]
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Sunday, August 20, 1978 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  3  -   5  9  1
Mets         2  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   4 12  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .240      Maddox cf             5   1   4   1     0   0   .269
Russell ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .271      Valentine 2b          1   1   1   0     2   0   .261
Smith rf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .306        Ferrer pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Garvey 1b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .294      S. Henderson lf       3   1   1   0     2   1   .278
Cey 3b                4   1   2   1     0   1   .263      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .262
Monday lf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .260      Stearns c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .275
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Youngblood rf         5   0   1   0     0   1   .258
  Baker ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Randle 3b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .232
Lacy 2b,lf            3   0   0   1     0   0   .297      Flynn ss,2b           4   1   0   0     0   0   .230
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Swan p                4   0   1   0     0   0   .170
Ferguson c            4   0   1   1     0   2   .214        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Rau p                 1   0   0   0     0   1   .160        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davalillo ph        1   1   1   1     0   0   .306
  Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lopes 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .266

Totals               34   5   9   5     1  12             Totals               34   4  12   4     5   2

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 34,745
Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Mets 12
DP: Dodgers 2, Mets 0
Errors: Garvey, S. Henderson
Doubles: Ferguson (12), S. Henderson (24), Maddox (15), Youngblood (10)
Home Runs: Davalillo (1)
Caught Stealing: Stearns (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Valentine (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Lacy (2), Montanez (9)
GIDP: S. Henderson (17), Youngblood (2)
Hit by Pitch: Stearns (6,by Rau), Ferrer (1,by Hough)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rau                     5     5   2   2   4   1   0  23   3.35
Rautzhan                1.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   8   1.51
Hough W(4-3)            1.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   8   2.45
Forster SV(16)          1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.54
Totals                  9    12   4   4   5   2   0  43

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan                    8     7   4   4   1  10   1  31   2.47
Lockwood L(7-11)        0.2   2   1   1   0   1   0   4   3.43
Murray                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.07
Totals                  9     9   5   5   1  12   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Rau (2), Hough (3)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Terry Tata


DODGERS 1ST: North struck out; Russell struck out; Smith struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Maddox flied out to right; Valentine walked; S.
Henderson doubled to left [Valentine to third]; Montanez
grounded out (first unassisted) [Valentine scored, S. Henderson
to third]; Stearns singled to left [S. Henderson scored];
Stearns was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to center; Cey struck out; Monday
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

METS 2ND: Youngblood struck out; Randle popped to first in foul
territory; Flynn flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Lacy made an out to first; Ferguson struck out; Rau
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Swan grounded out (second to first); Maddox doubled to
left; Valentine walked; S. Henderson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

DODGERS 4TH: North grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Montanez flied out to right; Stearns was hit by a
pitch; Youngblood doubled to right [Stearns to third]; Randle
was walked intentionally; Flynn flied out to center; Swan forced
Youngblood (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey flied out to left; Cey singled to left;
Monday struck out; Lacy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Maddox singled to left; Valentine out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Maddox to second]; S. Henderson
walked; Montanez flied out to center [Maddox to third]; Stearns
popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson struck out; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR RAU;
Davalillo homered; North singled to left; Russell singled to
right [North out at third (right to third)]; Smith singled to
right [Russell to third]; Garvey singled to left [Russell
scored, Smith to second]; Cey flied out to left; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: RAUTZHAN REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Youngblood
flied out to right; Randle flied out to right; Flynn grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Monday struck out; Lacy made an out to second;
Ferguson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Swan grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox singled
to left; Valentine singled to center [Maddox to second]; FERRER
RAN FOR VALENTINE; S. Henderson walked [Maddox to third, Ferrer
to second]; Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Maddox
scored, Ferrer to third]; HOUGH REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING);
LOPES REPLACED RAUTZHAN (PLAYING 2B); LACY CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); Stearns lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 8TH: FERRER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); FLYNN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Lopes flied out to right; North flied
out to left; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Youngblood popped to third; Randle singled to first
[Randle to second (error by Garvey)]; Flynn reached on a
fielder's choice [Randle out at third (shortstop to third)];
Swan singled to left [Flynn to second]; Maddox singled to left
[Flynn scored, Swan to second]; Ferrer was hit by a pitch [Swan
to third, Maddox to second]; S. Henderson was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Mets 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Smith walked; Garvey singled to left [Smith to
second]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Cey singled to left
[Smith scored, Garvey to third (error by S. Henderson)]; BAKER
BATTED FOR HOUGH; Baker was called out on strikes; Lacy hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Garvey scored]; Ferguson doubled to
left [Cey scored]; MURRAY REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); Lopes
was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Mets 4.

METS 9TH: BAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FORSTER REPLACED
LACY (PITCHING); Montanez singled to left; Stearns singled to
left [Montanez to second]; Youngblood grounded into a double
play (third to first) [Stearns to second, Montanez out at
third]; Randle popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Mets 4.
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