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Sunday April 29, 1979
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New York Mets 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, April 29, 1979 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Dodgers      0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  0
Mets         3  0  0    0  1  1    1  0  x  -   6  9  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   0   2   1     0   0   .208      Taveras ss            2   1   0   0     1   0   .239
Russell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .289      Hebner 3b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .242
Thomasson cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Mazzilli cf           4   1   2   2     0   1   .324
Garvey 1b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .319      Montanez 1b           3   1   0   0     1   1   .156
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Stearns c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .214
Baker lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .325      Youngblood rf,lf      4   1   2   1     0   0   .316
Joshua rf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .316      Henderson lf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .258
Yeager c              3   0   1   1     0   1   .175        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Flynn 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Messersmith p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Scott p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Sutcliffe p         2   0   0   0     0   1   .167        Bernard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .185        Boisclair ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .313
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murray p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monday ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .303        Flores rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .556
  Martinez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               37   3  10   3     0   4             Totals               30   6   9   6     3   3

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 19,982
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Mets 4
DP: Dodgers 0, Mets 1
Errors: Taveras, Murray
Doubles: Stearns (4), Boisclair (1)
Home Runs: Youngblood (4)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (6), Taveras (4), Hebner (1), Mazzilli (5)
Caught Stealing: Stearns (2), Youngblood (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (1)
GIDP: Sutcliffe (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith             0.1   1   3   3   2   0   0   4   4.94
Sutcliffe L(1-2)        5.2   6   2   2   0   2   1  22   2.53
Hough                   2     2   1   1   1   1   0   8   6.00
Totals                  8     9   6   6   3   3   1  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Scott                   4.1   6   3   3   0   1   0  17   3.97
Bernard                 0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.61
Murray W(1-2)           3.2   3   0   0   0   2   0  16   2.76
Lockwood SV(3)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.38
Totals                  9    10   3   3   0   4   0  37

Passed Balls: Yeager (3)

Umpires: HP - Steve Fields, 1B - Bob Nelson, 2B - Don Slattery, 3B - Harold Siroka


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Russell
singled to left; Russell was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras walked; Taveras stole second; Hebner flied out
to center; Mazzilli singled to center [Taveras scored]; Montanez
walked [Mazzilli to second]; SUTCLIFFE REPLACED MESSERSMITH
(PITCHING); Stearns doubled to left [Mazzilli scored, Montanez
to third]; Youngblood grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson
singled to second [Montanez scored, Stearns to third]; Flynn
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Mets 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey popped to second; Cey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baker lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

METS 2ND: Scott struck out; Taveras popped to second; Hebner
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Joshua singled to right; Yeager struck out;
Sutcliffe grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Joshua out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 3.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli struck out; Montanez flied out to center;
Stearns singled to center; Stearns was caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes popped to second; Russell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Thomasson grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

METS 4TH: Youngblood popped to third in foul territory;
Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first to shortstop to
first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey singled to center; Cey flied out to center;
Baker singled to left [Garvey to second]; Joshua singled to
center [Garvey scored, Baker to second]; Yeager singled to left
[Baker scored, Joshua to second]; BERNARD REPLACED SCOTT
(PITCHING); Sutcliffe struck out; Lopes singled to center
[Joshua scored, Yeager to second]; Russell flied out to left; 3
R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR BERNARD; Boisclair doubled to
left; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Boisclair to third]; Hebner singled to center [Boisclair
scored]; Yeager allowed a passed ball [Hebner to second];
Mazzilli flied out to left; Montanez flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 4.

DODGERS 6TH: MURRAY REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Thomasson
grounded out (first unassisted); Garvey struck out; Cey grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 4.

METS 6TH: Stearns grounded out (third to first); Youngblood
homered; Henderson popped to second; Flynn grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 5.

DODGERS 7TH: Baker reached on an error by Taveras [Baker to
first]; Joshua grounded out (first unassisted) [Baker to
second]; Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); SMITH BATTED
FOR SUTCLIFFE; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 5.

METS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Murray popped to
shortstop; Taveras flied out to left; Hebner walked; Hebner
stole second; Mazzilli singled to center [Hebner scored];
Mazzilli stole second; Montanez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 6.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes singled to left; Lopes stole second; Russell
flied out to right; Thomasson lined to second; Garvey singled to
third [Lopes to third]; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 6.

METS 8TH: Stearns grounded out (catcher unassisted); Youngblood
singled to left; Youngblood was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Henderson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 6.

DODGERS 9TH: Baker grounded out (second to first); Joshua
grounded out (second to first); DAVALILLO BATTED FOR YEAGER;
Davalillo reached on an error by Murray [Davalillo to first];
MONDAY BATTED FOR HOUGH; Monday singled to center [Davalillo to
second]; MARTINEZ RAN FOR MONDAY; LOCKWOOD REPLACED HENDERSON
(PITCHING); FLORES REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING RF); YOUNGBLOOD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Lopes forced Davalillo
(shortstop to third); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Mets 6.



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