Winning their seventh straight game, the Dodgers blanked the Mets, 2-0. The Dodgers scored in the second inning when Ron Cey and Mike Scioscia singled and Cey came in on a squeeze bunt by Bill Russell. Steve Garvey connected for a homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 2, New York Mets 0

Game Played on Wednesday, September 3, 1980 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Dodgers 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 2 5 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Law cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Taveras ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Mitchell cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Almon ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Johnstone rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Henderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Hatcher rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Mazzilli 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 Baker lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Washington lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293 Garvey 1b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .302 Youngblood rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Cey 3b 3 1 1 0 0 2 .260 Maddox 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Scioscia c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Trevino c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .256 Russell ss 1 0 0 1 0 0 .269 Backman 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Thomas 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Zachry p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .049 Hooton p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .055 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Howe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 29 0 5 0 2 8 Totals 27 2 5 2 0 5 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 28,568 Left on Base: Mets 4, Dodgers 4 DP: Mets 1, Dodgers 1 Errors: Maddox Doubles: Taveras (24), Washington (15), Thomas (12) Home Runs: Garvey (23) Caught Stealing: Taveras (15), Washington (4) Sacrifice Hits: Russell (11), Hooton (13) GIDP: Washington (5), Baker (9) Hit by Pitch: Russell (3,by Zachry) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zachry L(6-9) 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 19 2.78 Reardon 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 8 2.74 Allen 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.28 Totals 8 5 2 2 0 5 1 30 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton W(13-5) 8.1 4 0 0 2 8 0 29 3.13 Howe SV(14) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.74 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 8 0 31 Hit by Pitch: Zachry (4) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Dutch Rennert METS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); Mazzilli popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Law grounded out (second to first); Johnstone popped to third in foul territory; Baker reached on an error by Maddox [Baker to first]; Garvey lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. METS 2ND: Washington struck out; Youngblood struck out; Maddox grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey singled to shortstop; Scioscia singled to left [Cey to third]; Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Cey scored, Scioscia to second]; Thomas flied out to center; Hooton popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. METS 3RD: Trevino was called out on strikes; Backman struck out; Zachry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 3RD: Law singled to center; Johnstone flied out to right; Baker grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Law out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. METS 4TH: Wilson flied out to left; Taveras doubled to left; Taveras was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Frank Taveras and Mets Manager Joe Torre ejected by 3B umpire Dutch Rennert; Rennert called Taveras safe then reversed himself to out; Taveras pushed Rennert during the argument; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 4TH: ALMON REPLACED TAVERAS (PLAYING SS); Garvey struck out; Cey struck out; Scioscia flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. METS 5TH: Washington doubled to center; Washington was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Youngblood flied out to center; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 5TH: Russell was hit by a pitch; Thomas flied out to center; Hooton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Russell to second]; Law grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. METS 6TH: Trevino singled to center; Backman flied out to center; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR ZACHRY; Jorgensen struck out; Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 6TH: REARDON REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Johnstone popped to catcher in foul territory; Baker flied out to center; Garvey homered; Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 2. METS 7TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); Washington made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 7TH: Scioscia popped to third; Russell popped to second; Thomas doubled to right; Hooton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 2. METS 8TH: Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Maddox singled to center; Trevino flied out to right; Backman walked [Maddox to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR REARDON; Morales flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 8TH: ALLEN REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Law struck out; Johnstone popped to left; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 2. METS 9TH: MITCHELL REPLACED LAW (PLAYING CF); HATCHER REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING RF); Wilson walked; HENDERSON BATTED FOR ALMON; Henderson struck out; HOWE REPLACED HOOTON (PITCHING); Mazzilli singled to right [Wilson to second]; Washington grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mazzilli out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 2.

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