Stroking three hits and driving in two runs, Von Joshua sparked the Dodgers to a 7-4 victory over the Mets. The Mets led, 3-1, in the sixth, but singles by Bill Russell, Steve Garvey and Joshua made it 3-2.

In the seventh, Russell and Reggie Smith doubled with one out, Garvey was intentionally walked, Ron Cey delivered one run with a single to tie the score and Joshua followed with an RBI on a ground-rule double to put the Dodgers ahead. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Tuesday, July      10, 1979 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  1    0  0  1    3  0  2  -   7 12  3
Mets         0  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  6  3


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas 2b             5   0   2   2     0   0   .249      Taveras ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Russell ss            5   2   2   0     1   1   .276      Stearns c             5   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Smith rf              5   1   1   1     0   3   .268      Mazzilli cf           3   0   0   0     2   0   .330
Garvey 1b             3   1   1   0     2   0   .306      Hebner 3b             4   2   1   1     0   0   .284
Cey 3b                4   0   1   1     0   1   .270      Youngblood 2b         3   1   0   0     1   1   .286
  Martinez 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .317      Montanez 1b           4   1   1   3     0   1   .211
Joshua lf             4   1   3   2     1   0   .325      Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Thomasson cf          3   1   0   0     2   1   .236      Maddox rf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .253
Yeager c              4   1   1   0     1   1   .201      Swan p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .083
Welch p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Kranepool ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .175
  Oates ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Ferrer pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lewallyn p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sutcliffe ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .256        Hausman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Brett p             1   0   1   1     0   0   .500        Flores ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  12   7     7   8             Totals               35   4   6   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 12,218
Left on Base: Dodgers 13, Mets 8
DP: Dodgers 0, Mets 1
Errors: Russell, Garvey, Yeager, Hebner, Youngblood, Maddox
Doubles: Yeager (3), Russell (18), Smith (11), Joshua (4), Taveras (15)
Home Runs: Montanez (5), Hebner (6)
Stolen Bases: Mazzilli (21), Taveras (21)
Sacrifice Hits: Welch (3), Hough (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Thomas (1)
GIDP: Thomasson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Maddox (3,by Lewallyn)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch                   3.2   2   3   2   2   2   1  17   3.44
Hough W(1-2)            2.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.81
Lewallyn                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.38
Brett                   1.1   3   1   1   0   0   1   7   5.33
Patterson SV(2)         0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   6.38
Totals                  9     6   4   3   3   4   2  39

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan L(8-7)             6.2  10   5   5   4   6   0  34   3.30
Murray                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.38
Glynn                   1.2   2   2   1   3   2   0  11   1.71
Hausman                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.48
Totals                  9    12   7   6   7   8   0  47

Hit by Pitch: Lewallyn (1)

Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


DODGERS 1ST: Thomas grounded out (first to pitcher); Russell
struck out; Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras flied out to right; Stearns popped to
shortstop; Mazzilli walked; Mazzilli stole second; Hebner
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey walked; Cey was called out on strikes;
Joshua singled to center [Garvey to second]; Thomasson grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Joshua out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Youngblood struck out; Montanez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Mets 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager doubled to center; Welch out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Yeager to third]; Thomas singled to
right [Yeager scored]; Russell flied out to center; Smith was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Swan struck
out; Taveras reached on an error by Russell [Taveras to first];
Taveras stole second [Taveras to third (error by Yeager)];
Stearns flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Mets 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey lined to left; Cey grounded out (second to
first); Joshua popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
reached on an error by Garvey [Hebner to first]; Youngblood
walked [Hebner to second]; Montanez homered [Hebner scored
(unearned), Youngblood scored]; Henderson flied out to right;
Maddox singled to left; HOUGH REPLACED WELCH (PITCHING); Swan
forced Maddox (third to second); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Mets 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Thomasson struck out; Yeager reached on an error by
Hebner [Yeager to first]; Hough out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Yeager to second]; Thomas flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: Taveras flied out to left; Stearns flied out to left;
Mazzilli walked; Hebner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 1, Mets 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Russell singled to center; Smith flied out to left;
Garvey singled to center [Russell to second]; Cey flied out to
right; Joshua singled to right [Russell scored, Garvey to third,
Joshua to second (on throw)]; Thomasson was walked
intentionally; Yeager struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Montanez
struck out; Henderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Mets 3.

DODGERS 7TH: OATES BATTED FOR HOUGH; Oates grounded out (first
unassisted); Thomas flied out to right; Russell doubled to
right; Smith doubled to center [Russell scored]; Garvey was
walked intentionally; Cey singled to right [Smith scored, Garvey
to third]; Joshua doubled [Garvey scored, Cey to third];
Thomasson was walked intentionally; MURRAY REPLACED SWAN
(PITCHING); Yeager popped to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: LEWALLYN REPLACED OATES (PITCHING); MARTINEZ REPLACED
CEY (PLAYING 3B); Maddox was hit by a pitch; KRANEPOOL BATTED
FOR MURRAY; Kranepool singled to left [Maddox to second]; FERRER
RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; Taveras popped to catcher in foul territory;
Stearns flied out to left; Mazzilli flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Mets 3.

DODGERS 8TH: GLYNN REPLACED FERRER (PITCHING); SUTCLIFFE BATTED
FOR LEWALLYN; Sutcliffe was called out on strikes; Thomas
singled to right [Thomas to second (error by Maddox)]; Russell
walked; Smith struck out; Garvey forced Russell (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: BRETT REPLACED SUTCLIFFE (PITCHING); Hebner homered;
Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez grounded
out (second to first); Henderson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Mets 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Martinez grounded out (third to first); Joshua
walked; Thomasson reached on an error by Youngblood [Joshua to
second, Thomasson to first]; Yeager walked [Joshua to third,
Thomasson to second]; Brett singled to left [Joshua scored,
Thomasson to third, Yeager to second]; Thomas hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Thomasson scored (unearned)]; HAUSMAN REPLACED
GLYNN (PITCHING); Russell flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Mets 4.

METS 9TH: Maddox singled to left; FLORES BATTED FOR HAUSMAN;
Flores flied out to right; Taveras doubled to right [Maddox to
third]; PATTERSON REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Stearns struck out;
Mazzilli popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7,
Mets 4.