Getting six-hit pitching from Burt Hooton, the Dodgers won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 3-2, but then lost the second game to the Mets, 5-3, on a wild throw by Lance Rautzhan in the ninth inning. With the score tied, 2-2, in the opener, Davey Lopes singled in the sixth inning, took second on a bunt by Bill Russell, stole third and scored the Dodgers' winning run on a sacrifice fly by Steve Garvey. Los Angeles Dodgers 3, New York Mets 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Saturday, September 2, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger StadiumMets 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Dodgers 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 3 8 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .239 Lopes 2b 4 2 2 0 0 1 .274 Valentine 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Russell ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262 Smith rf 1 0 0 1 2 0 .310 Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Garvey 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .294 Stearns c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269 S. Henderson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Baker lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Boisclair rf 4 1 1 1 0 3 .233 North cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Flynn ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Monday cf,lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Bruhert p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Yeager c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .199 Grieve ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Hooton p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .161 Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 32 2 6 2 1 4 Totals 27 3 8 3 2 3 Time of Game: 1:58 Left on Base: Mets 5, Dodgers 6 DP: Mets 1, Dodgers 0 Errors: Russell Doubles: Lopes (21), Baker (21), Russell (25) Home Runs: Boisclair (4) Stolen Bases: Lopes (39) Caught Stealing: Montanez (3) Sacrifice Hits: Valentine (6), Russell 2 (11) Sacrifice Flies: Smith (12), Garvey (7) GIDP: Cey (12) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bruhert L(3-7) 6 5 3 3 1 2 0 23 4.83 Bernard 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 10 2.73 Totals 8 8 3 3 2 3 0 33 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton W(16-8) 9 6 2 2 1 4 1 34 2.76 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 4 1 34 Wild Pitches: Hooton (3) Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli METS 1ST: Randle singled to center; Valentine out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Randle to second]; Mazzilli singled to right [Randle scored]; Montanez flied out to right; Stearns struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Lopes to third]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lopes scored]; Garvey grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Dodgers 1. METS 2ND: S. Henderson singled to center; Boisclair struck out; Flynn reached on an error by Russell (assist by Hooton) [S. Henderson to second, Flynn to first]; Bruhert forced S. Henderson (first to third) [Flynn to second]; Hooton threw a wild pitch [Flynn to third]; Randle walked [Bruhert to second]; Valentine forced Randle (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 1, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 2ND: Cey grounded out (third to first); Baker doubled to left; Monday flied out to center; Yeager singled to left [Baker scored]; Hooton popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Dodgers 2. METS 3RD: Mazzilli flied out to left; Montanez flied out to left; Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 3RD: Lopes struck out; Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Dodgers 2. METS 4TH: S. Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Boisclair homered; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Bruhert lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 4TH: Garvey singled to center; Cey grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; Baker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 2. METS 5TH: Randle grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Valentine flied out to left; Mazzilli flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 5TH: Monday popped to third; Yeager grounded out (first unassisted); Hooton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 2. METS 6TH: Montanez singled to left; Montanez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Stearns flied out to center; S. Henderson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 6TH: Lopes singled to second; Lopes stole second; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Lopes to third]; Smith was walked intentionally; Garvey hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lopes scored]; Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. METS 7TH: Boisclair struck out; Flynn grounded out (first unassisted); GRIEVE BATTED FOR BRUHERT; Grieve lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 7TH: BERNARD REPLACED GRIEVE (PITCHING); Baker flied out to center; Monday struck out; Yeager singled to left; Hooton singled to left [Yeager to second]; Lopes flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. METS 8TH: NORTH REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING CF); MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Randle popped to catcher in foul territory; Valentine flied out to center; Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 8TH: Russell doubled to left; Smith walked; Garvey grounded out (first unassisted) [Russell to third, Smith to second]; Cey grounded out (pitcher to first); North reached on a fielder's choice [Smith out at third (shortstop to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. METS 9TH: Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); Stearns popped to first in foul territory; S. Henderson singled to second; Boisclair struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. |
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".