Led by Bill Russell, who hit a home run and two singles and drove in five runs, the Dodgers routed the Mets, 14-1. The Dodgers scored three runs in the first inning on a single by Davey Lopes, a stolen base, a single by Russell and a homer by Ron Cey. The Dodgers batted around in the third with a two-run homer by Russell highlighting the bombardment. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 14, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Thursday, May       10, 1979 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Dodgers      3  0  6    0  3  2    0  0  x  -  14 14  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .221      Lopes 2b              3   2   1   0     2   0   .220
Maddox rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .211      Russell ss            5   3   3   5     0   1   .309
Mazzilli cf           3   1   2   1     0   0   .314      Smith rf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .170
  Flores cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .455        Joshua lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Hebner 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Garvey 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .293
  Chapman 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .156        Guerrero 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Henderson lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .275      Cey 3b                2   2   2   2     2   0   .301
Kranepool 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .182        Martinez pr,3b      1   1   0   0     0   0   .600
Stearns c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Thomasson lf,rf       5   1   3   2     0   0   .278
  Trevino c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .412      Thomas cf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .246
Flynn 2b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .207      Yeager c              2   2   1   2     1   1   .172
Swan p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .158        Oates c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Messersmith p         4   1   2   2     0   1   .133
  Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .320        Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Bernard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .319
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   6   1     3   4             Totals               36  14  14  14     6   5

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 26,399
Left on Base: Mets 5, Dodgers 5
DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 1
Doubles: Mazzilli (5), Thomasson (1), Messersmith (1)
Triples: Thomasson (1)
Home Runs: Mazzilli (4), Cey (6), Russell (2), Yeager (4)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (8), Lopes (9), Russell (1), Garvey (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Yeager (1)
GIDP: Stearns (5)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(3-3)             2.1   6   8   8   2   3   2  15   3.71
Twitchell               1.2   1   1   1   3   2   0   9   7.94
Bernard                 2     6   5   5   1   0   1  12   4.91
Murray                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.60
Totals                  8    14  14  14   6   5   3  43

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(2-2)      7     6   1   1   3   4   1  27   5.03
Hough                   2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   6.10
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   4   1  33

Wild Pitches: Murray (2)

Umpires: HP - Boyd Mauer, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Jim Scott, 3B - Dale Williams


METS 1ST: Taveras singled to shortstop [Taveras out at second
(shortstop to second)]; Maddox grounded out (third to first);
Mazzilli doubled to right; Hebner popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to left; Lopes stole second; Russell
singled to right [Lopes scored]; Russell stole second; Smith
popped to second; Garvey struck out; Cey homered [Russell
scored]; Thomasson popped to first; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Dodgers 3.

METS 2ND: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool
walked; Stearns grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Kranepool out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 2ND: Thomas flied out to center; Yeager struck out;
Messersmith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 3.

METS 3RD: Flynn singled to left; Swan struck out; Taveras forced
Flynn (shortstop to second); Taveras stole second; Maddox
walked; Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes walked; Russell homered [Lopes scored]; Smith
grounded out (pitcher to first); Garvey singled to left; Garvey
stole second; Cey walked; Thomasson doubled to right [Garvey
scored, Cey to third]; TWITCHELL REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING);
Thomas was walked intentionally; Yeager hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Cey scored]; Messersmith doubled to center [Thomasson
scored, Thomas scored]; Lopes walked; Russell struck out; 6 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 9.

METS 4TH: Hebner popped to shortstop; Henderson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kranepool flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 9.

DODGERS 4TH: Smith struck out; Garvey popped to catcher in foul
territory; Cey walked; Thomasson popped to shortstop in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 9.

METS 5TH: Stearns popped to third in foul territory; Flynn
singled to right; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Boisclair
struck out; Taveras singled to right [Flynn out at third (right
to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 9.

DODGERS 5TH: BERNARD REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Thomas flied
out to center; Yeager walked; Messersmith singled to left
[Yeager to second]; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Yeager to third, Messersmith to second]; Russell singled to
right [Yeager scored, Messersmith scored, Russell to second (on
throw to home)]; Smith singled to left [Russell scored]; Garvey
forced Smith (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Dodgers 12.

METS 6TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli
homered; Hebner struck out; Henderson walked; Kranepool grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers
12.

DODGERS 6TH: TREVINO REPLACED STEARNS (PLAYING C ); Cey singled
to right; MARTINEZ RAN FOR CEY; Thomasson tripled to right
[Martinez scored, Thomasson out at home (right to shortstop to
pitcher to catcher to third)]; Thomas grounded out (third to
first); Yeager homered; Messersmith grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 14.

METS 7TH: MARTINEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GUERRERO
REPLACED GARVEY (PLAYING 1B); JOSHUA REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING
LF); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Trevino grounded
out (second to first); Flynn lined to third; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED
FOR BERNARD; Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
1, Dodgers 14.

DODGERS 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); FLORES
REPLACED MAZZILLI (PLAYING CF); CHAPMAN REPLACED HEBNER (PLAYING
3B); Lopes lined to second; Russell flied out to right; Joshua
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 14.

METS 8TH: HOUGH REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); OATES REPLACED
YEAGER (PLAYING C ); Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first);
Maddox flied out to center; Flores flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 14.

DODGERS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); Martinez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson singled to left;
Murray threw a wild pitch [Thomasson to second]; Thomas popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Dodgers 14.

METS 9TH: Chapman popped to first; Henderson grounded out
(second to first); Kranepool flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 14.