The Dodgers pushed across a run in the ninth to edge the Mets, 4-3. The Mets had tied the score at 3-3 in the top of ninth before Steve Yeager drew a one-out walk and advanced to third on a single by pinch-hitter Manny Mota. Davey Lopes then laid down a perfect squeeze bunt and Yeager raced across the plate with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      22, 1979 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  2  -   3  9  1
Dodgers      2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Youngblood 3b         2   0   0   0     1   0   .287      Lopes 2b              4   1   3   1     1   1   .263
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Russell ss            3   1   0   0     1   0   .268
  Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .171      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .319
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   2   .268
  Trevino ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Baker lf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .270
Taveras ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .257      Ferguson rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .217
Mazzilli cf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .315      Thomas cf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .256
Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .305      Yeager c              3   1   1   1     1   0   .209
Hebner 1b,3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .267      Hough p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Stearns c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .240        Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .302
Maddox rf,3b,rf       3   1   1   0     1   0   .267        Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flynn 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .224        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kranepool ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .186        Mota ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .308
  Ferrer pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        Martinez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .313
  Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ellis p               1   0   1   0     0   0   .182
  Flores ph,rf        2   0   1   1     0   0   .229
  Montanez ph,1b      1   0   1   1     0   0   .222

Totals               34   3   9   2     3   7             Totals               31   4   9   4     4   5

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 34,198
Left on Base: Mets 7, Dodgers 8
DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 2
Errors: Hebner
Doubles: Stearns (19), Mazzilli (24), Baker (20)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (23), Thomas (8)
Caught Stealing: Cey (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Hough (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Baker (1)
GIDP: Henderson (6), Youngblood (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis                   4     5   3   2   2   3   0  20   5.84
Twitchell               3     2   0   0   1   0   0  10   4.88
Murray                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.89
Glynn L(0-2)            0.1   2   1   1   1   0   0   4   2.63
Totals                  8.1   9   4   3   4   5   0  37

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hough                   6     4   1   1   2   5   0  22   4.40
Patterson               2.2   4   2   2   1   2   0  13   6.26
LaGrow W(2-1)           0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.83
Totals                  9     9   3   3   3   7   0  37

Wild Pitches: LaGrow (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Fred Brocklander, 3B - Ed Vargo


METS 1ST: Youngblood flied out to center; Taveras flied out to
right; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to left; Lopes stole second; Russell
walked; Garvey singled to right [Lopes scored, Russell to
third]; Cey flied out to right; Baker hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Russell scored]; Ferguson singled to center [Garvey to
third]; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 2.

METS 2ND: Henderson struck out; Hebner grounded out (second to
first); Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Yeager flied out to center; Hough struck out; Lopes
walked; Russell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Dodgers 2.

METS 3RD: Maddox grounded out (pitcher to third to first); Flynn
flied out to right; Ellis singled to left; Youngblood walked
[Ellis to second]; Taveras struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 0, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey flied out to center; Cey struck out; Baker
doubled to left; Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 2.

METS 4TH: Mazzilli singled to right; Henderson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mazzilli out at
second]; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Thomas reached on an error by Hebner [Thomas to
first]; Thomas stole second; Yeager singled to center [Thomas
scored (unearned), Yeager to second (on throw to home)]; Hough
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Yeager to third];
Lopes struck out; Russell grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Dodgers 3.

METS 5TH: Stearns doubled to center; Maddox walked; Flynn forced
Maddox (shortstop to second) [Stearns to third]; FLORES BATTED
FOR ELLIS; Flores singled to center [Stearns scored, Flynn to
second]; Youngblood grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Flynn out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: FLORES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); TWITCHELL
REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); MADDOX CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 3B); Garvey popped to third; Cey singled to center; Cey
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Baker flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 3.

METS 6TH: Taveras struck out; Mazzilli grounded out (first
unassisted); Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson flied out to center; Thomas walked; Yeager
lined to left; JOSHUA BATTED FOR HOUGH; Joshua flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 3.

METS 7TH: PATTERSON REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); Hebner singled
to right; Stearns was called out on strikes; Maddox forced
Hebner (shortstop to second); Flynn singled to left [Maddox to
second]; Flores forced Flynn (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes singled to right; Lopes was picked off first
(catcher to first); Russell popped to catcher in foul territory;
Garvey flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Dodgers 3.

METS 8TH: HODGES BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Hodges grounded out
(shortstop to first); Taveras grounded out (third to first);
Mazzilli doubled to center; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 1, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Cey was called
out on strikes; Baker grounded out (third to first); Ferguson
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Dodgers 3.

METS 9TH: Hebner flied out to right; Stearns flied out to left;
Maddox singled to left; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR FLYNN; Kranepool
walked [Maddox to second]; FERRER RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; LAGROW
REPLACED PATTERSON (PITCHING); MONTANEZ BATTED FOR FLORES;
Montanez singled to right [Maddox scored, Ferrer to third];
TREVINO BATTED FOR MURRAY; LaGrow threw a wild pitch [Ferrer
scored, Montanez to second]; Trevino flied out to center; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 9TH: TREVINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MONTANEZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GLYNN REPLACED FERRER (PITCHING);
HEBNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); MADDOX CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Thomas flied out to center; Yeager walked; MOTA
BATTED FOR LAGROW; Mota singled to right [Yeager to third];
MARTINEZ RAN FOR MOTA; On a bunt Lopes singled to pitcher
[Yeager scored, Martinez to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
3, Dodgers 4.