| Burt Hooton upped his record to 6-0 as the Dodgers won their sixth straight game with a 9-0 rout of the Mets. The Mets, losing for the sixth consecutive time, exuded incompetence, making four errors. [The Sporting News] |
Los Angeles Dodgers 9, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Saturday, May 16, 1981 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 4 Dodgers 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 x - 9 13 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Lopes 2b 2 3 1 1 1 0 .171 Stearns c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .300 Monday rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .167 Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .186 Russell ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Kingman lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Frias pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Youngblood rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .358 Baker lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .313 Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Johnstone lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Brooks 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Garvey 1b 4 2 1 1 1 0 .271 Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Cey 3b 5 1 2 3 0 2 .299 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Guerrero rf,cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .279 Miller p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Yeager c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Backman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Thomas cf,2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hooton p 4 1 2 0 0 1 .222 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 6 0 1 5 Totals 37 9 13 9 3 4 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 51,000 Left on Base: Mets 5, Dodgers 8 DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 2 Errors: Taveras 2, Kingman, Youngblood Doubles: Cey (8), Russell (3) Home Runs: Lopes (3), Cey (7) Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (13) Sacrifice Hits: Russell (4) GIDP: Brooks (5), Youngblood (2) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts L(0-3) 1 4 5 5 2 0 1 10 9.39 Miller 4 5 3 0 1 2 1 19 1.21 Falcone 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 8 1.63 Reardon 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.22 Totals 8 13 9 6 3 4 2 41 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton W(6-0) 9 6 0 0 1 5 0 32 2.06 Totals 9 6 0 0 1 5 0 32 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Fred Brocklander METS 1ST: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes homered; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker singled to left [Baker to second (error by Kingman)]; Garvey walked; Cey doubled to left [Baker scored, Garvey to third]; Guerrero reached on an error by Taveras [Garvey scored]; Yeager flied to center [Cey to third]; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 3. METS 2ND: Kingman flied to center; Youngblood struck out; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 2ND: Hooton singled to left; Lopes walked [Hooton to second]; MILLER REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Russell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Hooton to third, Lopes to second]; Baker singled to right [Hooton scored, Lopes scored, Baker to second (on throw to home)]; Garvey flied to center; Cey flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 5. METS 3RD: Brooks grounded out (third to first); Flynn flied to center; Miller singled to center; Taveras forced Miller (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 3RD: Guerrero singled to right; Yeager struck out; Thomas forced Guerrero (second to shortstop); Hooton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 5. METS 4TH: Stearns flied to right; Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 5. DODGERS 4TH: Lopes reached on an error by Taveras; Lopes stole second; Russell flied to right; Baker flied to right; Lopes stole third; Garvey singled to left [Lopes scored (unearned)]; Cey homered (unearned) [Garvey scored (unearned)]; Guerrero walked; Yeager flied to left; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 8. METS 5TH: MONDAY REPLACED LOPES (PLAYING RF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); GUERRERO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Youngblood popped to first; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Brooks singled to center; Flynn forced Brooks (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 8. DODGERS 5TH: Thomas flied to left; Hooton singled to center; Monday popped to shortstop; Russell lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 8. METS 6TH: BACKMAN BATTED FOR MILLER; Backman singled to center; Taveras popped to catcher in foul territory; Stearns singled to right [Backman to third]; Mazzilli struck out; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 8. DODGERS 6TH: FALCONE REPLACED BACKMAN (PITCHING); Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey flied to left; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 8. METS 7TH: Youngblood singled to center; Jorgensen flied to right; Brooks grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Youngblood out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 8. DODGERS 7TH: Guerrero singled to right; Yeager singled to left [Guerrero to third]; Thomas popped to shortstop; Hooton flied to left; Monday singled to right [Guerrero scored, Yeager out at home (right to third to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 9. METS 8TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING LF); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR FALCONE; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Taveras flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 9. DODGERS 8TH: REARDON REPLACED CUBBAGE (PITCHING); Russell doubled to right [Russell to third (error by Youngblood)]; FRIAS RAN FOR RUSSELL; Johnstone popped to third; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 9. METS 9TH: FRIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Stearns walked; Mazzilli singled to left [Stearns to second]; Kingman forced Mazzilli (third to shortstop to second) [Stearns to third]; Youngblood grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 9.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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