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Saturday September 2, 1978
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New York Mets 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, September 2, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium

Mets         0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  3  -   5  8  1
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  9  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Lopes 2b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .276
Valentine 2b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .270      North cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Mazzilli cf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .264      Garvey 1b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .295
Kranepool lf          2   0   0   1     1   0   .192      Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Ferrer pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .143        Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  S. Henderson lf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .275        Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Montanez 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .258      Baker lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .274
Boisclair rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Monday rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Hodges c              4   0   2   0     0   1   .267      Ferguson c            4   0   2   1     0   1   .223
Flynn ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Russell ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .274
Espinosa p            2   1   1   0     0   1   .232      Welch p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .249        Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .299
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Martinez 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
                                                            Lacy ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .270

Totals               32   5   8   3     1   4             Totals               36   3   9   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 49,818
Left on Base: Mets 3, Dodgers 7
DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 1
Errors: Mazzilli, Rautzhan
Doubles: Hodges (3), Valentine (6), Ferguson (13)
Home Runs: Garvey (19)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (40)
Caught Stealing: Baker (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Boisclair (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Kranepool (3)
GIDP: Flynn (13)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa                7     9   3   3   1   1   1  31   4.69
Murray W(7-5)           2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.96
Totals                  9     9   3   3   1   3   1  37

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch                   7     5   2   2   0   3   0  26   2.06
Hough L(5-4)            1     1   2   2   1   1   0   5   2.96
Rautzhan                1     2   1   1   0   0   0   4   1.58
Totals                  9     8   5   5   1   4   0  35

Wild Pitches: Hough (6)
Balks: Espinosa (2)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Eric Gregg


METS 1ST: Randle flied out to center; Valentine lined to second;
Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; North grounded out (pitcher to
first); Garvey singled to left; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Boisclair struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Baker walked; Baker was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Monday flied out to right; Ferguson singled
to left; Russell singled to left [Ferguson to second]; Welch
forced Russell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

METS 3RD: Hodges was called out on strikes; Flynn grounded out
(second to first); Espinosa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes singled to second; North grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Lopes to second]; Garvey popped to first
in foul territory; Cey lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

METS 4TH: Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Valentine
singled to left; Mazzilli flied out to right; Kranepool grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker singled to left; Monday popped to second;
Ferguson doubled to left [Baker scored]; Russell singled to
center [Ferguson to third]; Welch popped to first; Lopes
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 1.

METS 5TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Boisclair
popped to third in foul territory; Hodges doubled to center;
Flynn flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers
1.

DODGERS 5TH: North popped to shortstop; Garvey popped to first
in foul territory; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 1.

METS 6TH: On a bunt Espinosa singled to third; Randle flied out
to center; Valentine doubled to right [Espinosa to third];
Mazzilli singled to right [Espinosa scored, Valentine to third];
Kranepool hit a sacrifice fly to right [Valentine scored];
Montanez flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Baker reached on an error by Mazzilli [Baker to
first]; Monday popped to shortstop; Ferguson flied out to left;
Russell forced Baker (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

METS 7TH: Boisclair popped to shortstop; Hodges flied out to
right; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 7TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR WELCH; Davalillo popped to
first in foul territory; Lopes singled to left; Espinosa balked
[Lopes to second]; Lopes stole third; North grounded out (second
to first); Garvey homered [Lopes scored]; Cey lined to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 3.

METS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING 3B); HOUGH
REPLACED CEY (PITCHING); YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR ESPINOSA;
Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Randle struck out;
Valentine grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Baker flied
out to center; Monday struck out; Ferguson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 3.

METS 9TH: Mazzilli singled to right; Hough threw a wild pitch
[Mazzilli to second]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING);
Kranepool walked (walk was charged to Hough); FERRER RAN FOR
KRANEPOOL; Montanez singled to right [Mazzilli scored, Ferrer to
second]; Boisclair reached on an error by Rautzhan on a
sacrifice bunt [Ferrer scored (no RBI), Montanez scored (no
RBI), Boisclair out at third (left to third)]; Hodges singled to
center; Flynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Hodges out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5,
Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 9TH: S. HENDERSON REPLACED FERRER (PLAYING LF); Russell
popped to first; LACY BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Lacy popped to
second; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 5, Dodgers 3.



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