Greeting the arrival of Jeff Reardon in relief, Dusty Baker knocked in two runs with a two-out double in the bottom of the ninth to give the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over the Mets, who suffered their sixth straight defeat. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Friday, June      20, 1980 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets         3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
Dodgers      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4 12  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazzilli cf           4   1   2   0     1   1   .239      Law cf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .260
Taveras ss            4   1   0   0     0   0   .279        Yeager c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .187
Washington lf         4   1   0   0     1   1   .252        Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Stearns c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .299      Lopes 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Jorgensen 1b          3   0   0   0     1   2   .282      Johnstone rf          5   2   3   1     0   0   .333
Youngblood rf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .249      Garvey 1b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Maddox 3b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .274      Baker lf              4   0   2   3     1   0   .284
Flynn 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .223      Cey 3b                2   0   1   0     2   0   .268
Zachry p              3   0   0   0     1   0   .100      Russell ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .284
  Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Scioscia c            3   0   3   0     0   0   .298
                                                            Thomas pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .265
                                                            Thomasson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
                                                            Howe p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                          Welch p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .172
                                                            Monday ph,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .214

Totals               33   3   7   2     5   5             Totals               37   4  12   4     3   1

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 48,608
Left on Base: Mets 9, Dodgers 11
DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Cey, Scioscia
Doubles: Youngblood (12), Johnstone (1), Baker (12)
Stolen Bases: Mazzilli 2 (15), Stearns (7), Law (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (6), Welch (4)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry L(1-4)           8.2  11   4   4   3   1   0  40   3.63
Reardon                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.34
Totals                  8.2  12   4   4   3   1   0  41

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch                   8     7   3   1   4   4   0  35   2.13
Howe W(2-3)             1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.10
Totals                  9     7   3   1   5   5   0  39

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Ed Vargo


METS 1ST: Mazzilli singled to shortstop; Mazzilli stole second;
Taveras reached on an error by Cey [Mazzilli scored (no RBI),
Taveras to third]; Washington walked; Stearns singled to left
[Taveras scored (unearned), Washington to second]; Jorgensen
struck out; Youngblood forced Stearns (shortstop to second)
[Washington to third]; Maddox singled to left [Washington scored
(unearned), Youngblood to second]; Flynn popped to first in foul
territory; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Law singled to center; Law stole second; Lopes
popped to catcher in foul territory; Johnstone doubled to right
[Law scored]; Garvey grounded out (third to first); Baker
singled to left [Johnstone scored]; Cey singled to left [Baker
to second]; Russell struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3,
Dodgers 2.

METS 2ND: Zachry flied out to right; Mazzilli singled to right;
Mazzilli stole second; Taveras popped to catcher in foul
territory; Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Scioscia singled to center; Welch singled to center
[Scioscia to second]; Law popped to third; Lopes flied out to
center; Johnstone flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

METS 3RD: Stearns popped to second; Jorgensen walked; Youngblood
doubled to center [Jorgensen out at home (center to shortstop to
catcher), Youngblood to third (on throw to home)]; Maddox flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Garvey popped to second; Baker flied out to right;
Cey walked; Russell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

METS 4TH: Flynn popped to second; Zachry flied out to center;
Mazzilli flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Scioscia singled to center; Welch out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Scioscia to second]; Law
popped to first; Lopes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

METS 5TH: Taveras grounded out (second to first); Washington
popped to shortstop; On a bunt Stearns singled to catcher;
Stearns stole second [Stearns to third (error by Scioscia)];
Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 5TH: On a bunt Johnstone singled to third; Garvey
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Johnstone to second]; Baker
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey walked; Russell flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

METS 6TH: Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Flynn singled to right; Zachry
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Scioscia singled to second; THOMAS RAN FOR
SCIOSCIA; On a bunt Welch forced Thomas (catcher to shortstop);
Law forced Welch (first to shortstop); Lopes forced Law
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

METS 7TH: YEAGER REPLACED LAW (PLAYING C ); THOMAS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); Mazzilli walked; Taveras out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Mazzilli to second]; Washington
grounded out (first unassisted) [Mazzilli to third]; Stearns
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Johnstone flied out to left; Garvey popped to
second; Baker walked; Cey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

METS 8TH: Jorgensen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Youngblood struck out; Maddox walked; Flynn grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell grounded out (shortstop to first);
THOMASSON BATTED FOR THOMAS; Thomasson flied out to right;
MONDAY BATTED FOR WELCH; Monday flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 2.

METS 9TH: HOWE REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); MONDAY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); Zachry walked; Mazzilli struck out; Taveras
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Zachry to second]; Washington
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 9TH: SMITH BATTED FOR YEAGER; Smith popped to shortstop;
Lopes flied out to right; Johnstone singled to right; Garvey
singled to center [Johnstone to second]; REARDON REPLACED ZACHRY
(PITCHING); Baker doubled to left [Johnstone scored, Garvey
scored]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Dodgers 4.