| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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