A double by Joe Ferguson over left fielder Steve Henderson's head climaxed a three-run ninth-inning rally that brought the Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Mets. The Dodgers trailed, 4-2, going into the ninth when Reggie Smith began the uprising with a leadoff walk.

Steve Garvey singled and Henderson bobbled the ball for an error. Skip Lockwood replaced starter Craig Swan and gave up an RBI single to Ron Cey, sacrifice fly by Lee Lacy and Feguson's double, which Henderson misjudged. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Sunday, August 20, 1978 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 - 5 9 1 Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 4 12 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 Maddox cf 5 1 4 1 0 0 .269 Russell ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .271 Valentine 2b 1 1 1 0 2 0 .261 Smith rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .306 Ferrer pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Garvey 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .294 S. Henderson lf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .278 Cey 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .263 Montanez 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .262 Monday lf 3 0 0 0 0 3 .260 Stearns c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .275 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Youngblood rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .258 Baker ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Randle 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .232 Lacy 2b,lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .297 Flynn ss,2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .230 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Swan p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .170 Ferguson c 4 0 1 1 0 2 .214 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Rau p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .160 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davalillo ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .306 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopes 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Totals 34 5 9 5 1 12 Totals 34 4 12 4 5 2 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 34,745 Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Mets 12 DP: Dodgers 2, Mets 0 Errors: Garvey, S. Henderson Doubles: Ferguson (12), S. Henderson (24), Maddox (15), Youngblood (10) Home Runs: Davalillo (1) Caught Stealing: Stearns (6) Sacrifice Hits: Valentine (4) Sacrifice Flies: Lacy (2), Montanez (9) GIDP: S. Henderson (17), Youngblood (2) Hit by Pitch: Stearns (6,by Rau), Ferrer (1,by Hough) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rau 5 5 2 2 4 1 0 23 3.35 Rautzhan 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 8 1.51 Hough W(4-3) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 8 2.45 Forster SV(16) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.54 Totals 9 12 4 4 5 2 0 43 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan 8 7 4 4 1 10 1 31 2.47 Lockwood L(7-11) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 3.43 Murray 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.07 Totals 9 9 5 5 1 12 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Rau (2), Hough (3) Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Terry Tata DODGERS 1ST: North struck out; Russell struck out; Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Maddox flied out to right; Valentine walked; S. Henderson doubled to left [Valentine to third]; Montanez grounded out (first unassisted) [Valentine scored, S. Henderson to third]; Stearns singled to left [S. Henderson scored]; Stearns was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to center; Cey struck out; Monday struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. METS 2ND: Youngblood struck out; Randle popped to first in foul territory; Flynn flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. DODGERS 3RD: Lacy made an out to first; Ferguson struck out; Rau was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. METS 3RD: Swan grounded out (second to first); Maddox doubled to left; Valentine walked; S. Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. DODGERS 4TH: North grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. METS 4TH: Montanez flied out to right; Stearns was hit by a pitch; Youngblood doubled to right [Stearns to third]; Randle was walked intentionally; Flynn flied out to center; Swan forced Youngblood (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. DODGERS 5TH: Garvey flied out to left; Cey singled to left; Monday struck out; Lacy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. METS 5TH: Maddox singled to left; Valentine out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Maddox to second]; S. Henderson walked; Montanez flied out to center [Maddox to third]; Stearns popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Mets 2. DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson struck out; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR RAU; Davalillo homered; North singled to left; Russell singled to right [North out at third (right to third)]; Smith singled to right [Russell to third]; Garvey singled to left [Russell scored, Smith to second]; Cey flied out to left; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Mets 2. METS 6TH: RAUTZHAN REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Youngblood flied out to right; Randle flied out to right; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Mets 2. DODGERS 7TH: Monday struck out; Lacy made an out to second; Ferguson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Mets 2. METS 7TH: Swan grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox singled to left; Valentine singled to center [Maddox to second]; FERRER RAN FOR VALENTINE; S. Henderson walked [Maddox to third, Ferrer to second]; Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Maddox scored, Ferrer to third]; HOUGH REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); LOPES REPLACED RAUTZHAN (PLAYING 2B); LACY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Stearns lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Mets 3. DODGERS 8TH: FERRER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); FLYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Lopes flied out to right; North flied out to left; Russell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Mets 3. METS 8TH: Youngblood popped to third; Randle singled to first [Randle to second (error by Garvey)]; Flynn reached on a fielder's choice [Randle out at third (shortstop to third)]; Swan singled to left [Flynn to second]; Maddox singled to left [Flynn scored, Swan to second]; Ferrer was hit by a pitch [Swan to third, Maddox to second]; S. Henderson was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 2, Mets 4. DODGERS 9TH: Smith walked; Garvey singled to left [Smith to second]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Cey singled to left [Smith scored, Garvey to third (error by S. Henderson)]; BAKER BATTED FOR HOUGH; Baker was called out on strikes; Lacy hit a sacrifice fly to center [Garvey scored]; Ferguson doubled to left [Cey scored]; MURRAY REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); Lopes was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 5, Mets 4. METS 9TH: BAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FORSTER REPLACED LACY (PITCHING); Montanez singled to left; Stearns singled to left [Montanez to second]; Youngblood grounded into a double play (third to first) [Stearns to second, Montanez out at third]; Randle popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 5, Mets 4.

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