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Tuesday May 8, 1979
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A sacrifice fly by Joe Ferguson produced the tie-breaking run in the seventh inning as the Dodgers edged the Mets, 3-2. With the score 2-2, Dusty Baker led off the seventh with a double, advanced to third on a single by Gary Thomasson and scored on Ferguson's fly ball to deep right field. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 3, New York Mets 2

Game Played on Tuesday, May 8, 1979 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

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


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .210      Lopes 2b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .222
  Trevino ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .438      Russell ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Hebner 3b             2   1   1   0     2   0   .264      Smith rf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .150
Mazzilli cf           3   0   2   1     1   0   .316      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Kranepool rf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .267      Cey 3b                2   0   1   1     1   0   .268
Stearns c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Baker lf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .301
Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .155      Thomasson cf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Youngblood lf         3   0   1   0     1   1   .333        Thomas cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Flynn 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Ferguson c            1   1   0   1     1   0   .222
  Hodges ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .188      Sutcliffe p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .083
  Henderson pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .284        Davalillo ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Scott p               1   1   0   0     1   0   .000        Welch p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Flores ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .500

Totals               30   2   6   2     6   4             Totals               25   3   6   3     4   3

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 27,092
Left on Base: Mets 8, Dodgers 4
DP: Mets 1, Dodgers 1
Errors: Stearns
Doubles: Baker (7)
Triples: Lopes (3)
Stolen Bases: Smith (3)
Caught Stealing: Youngblood (3), Garvey (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (2), Russell (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Ferguson (3)
GIDP: Stearns (4), Baker (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Scott                   6     3   2   1   4   3   0  23   2.84
Murray L(2-4)           2     3   1   1   0   0   0   8   3.91
Totals                  8     6   3   2   4   3   0  31

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutcliffe W(3-2)        7     5   2   2   5   2   0  29   2.41
Welch SV(2)             2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   2.65
Totals                  9     6   2   2   6   4   0  37

Umpires: HP - Dale Williams, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Boyd Mauer, 3B - Charlie Lupo


METS 1ST: Taveras popped to catcher in foul territory; Hebner
walked; Mazzilli singled to right [Hebner to third]; Kranepool
singled to right [Hebner scored, Mazzilli to third]; Stearns
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Kranepool out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
grounded out (third to first); Smith grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 0.

METS 2ND: Montanez lined to shortstop; Youngblood struck out;
Flynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey
walked; Baker grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Cey out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Dodgers 0.

METS 3RD: Scott walked; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Scott to second]; Hebner singled to right [Scott to
third]; Mazzilli singled to right [Scott scored, Hebner to
second]; Kranepool flied out to center; Stearns singled to third
[Hebner to third, Mazzilli to second]; Montanez lined to right;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Ferguson
walked; Sutcliffe struck out; Stearns dropped a foul fly hit by
Lopes for an error; Lopes tripled to center [Ferguson scored
(unearned)]; Russell popped to third in foul territory; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

METS 4TH: Youngblood walked; Youngblood was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Flynn flied out to right; Scott
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Smith walked; Garvey struck out; Cey popped to
shortstop; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

METS 5TH: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
walked; Mazzilli walked [Hebner to second]; Kranepool flied out
to center; Stearns flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Thomasson flied out to right; Ferguson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Sutcliffe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

METS 6TH: Montanez popped to third; Youngblood flied out to
center; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes singled to left; Russell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Lopes to second]; Smith walked; Garvey
flied out to center [Lopes to third]; Smith stole second; Cey
singled to left [Lopes scored, Smith out at home (left to
catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 2.

METS 7TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR SCOTT; Boisclair was called out
on strikes; Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); Hebner
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Baker doubled
to left; Thomasson singled to center [Baker to third]; Ferguson
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Baker scored]; DAVALILLO BATTED
FOR SUTCLIFFE; Davalillo grounded out (third to first)
[Thomasson to second]; Lopes lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 3.

METS 8TH: WELCH REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Mazzilli grounded
out (first unassisted); Kranepool flied out to left; Stearns
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
2, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell flied out to right; Smith flied out to
left; Garvey singled to right; Garvey was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 3.

METS 9TH: THOMAS REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING CF); Montanez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Youngblood singled to center;
HODGES BATTED FOR FLYNN; Hodges walked [Youngblood to second];
HENDERSON RAN FOR HODGES; FLORES BATTED FOR MURRAY; Flores
struck out; TREVINO BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Trevino struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Dodgers 3.



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