New York Mets 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 (Game 2) Game Played on Saturday, September 2, 1978 (Day game) at Dodger Stadium Mets 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 - 5 8 1 Dodgers 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Lopes 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .276 Valentine 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .270 North cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .264 Garvey 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .295 Kranepool lf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .192 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Ferrer pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 S. Henderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Montanez 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .258 Baker lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .274 Boisclair rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Monday rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Hodges c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .267 Ferguson c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .223 Flynn ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Russell ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .274 Espinosa p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .232 Welch p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Lacy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Totals 32 5 8 3 1 4 Totals 36 3 9 3 1 3 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 49,818 Left on Base: Mets 3, Dodgers 7 DP: Mets 0, Dodgers 1 Errors: Mazzilli, Rautzhan Doubles: Hodges (3), Valentine (6), Ferguson (13) Home Runs: Garvey (19) Stolen Bases: Lopes (40) Caught Stealing: Baker (3) Sacrifice Hits: Boisclair (2) Sacrifice Flies: Kranepool (3) GIDP: Flynn (13) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa 7 9 3 3 1 1 1 31 4.69 Murray W(7-5) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.96 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 3 1 37 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Welch 7 5 2 2 0 3 0 26 2.06 Hough L(5-4) 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 2.96 Rautzhan 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 1.58 Totals 9 8 5 5 1 4 0 35 Wild Pitches: Hough (6) Balks: Espinosa (2) Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Eric Gregg METS 1ST: Randle flied out to center; Valentine lined to second; Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; North grounded out (pitcher to first); Garvey singled to left; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. METS 2ND: Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher); Montanez grounded out (second to first); Boisclair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Baker walked; Baker was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Monday flied out to right; Ferguson singled to left; Russell singled to left [Ferguson to second]; Welch forced Russell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. METS 3RD: Hodges was called out on strikes; Flynn grounded out (second to first); Espinosa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Lopes singled to second; North grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lopes to second]; Garvey popped to first in foul territory; Cey lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. METS 4TH: Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Valentine singled to left; Mazzilli flied out to right; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 4TH: Baker singled to left; Monday popped to second; Ferguson doubled to left [Baker scored]; Russell singled to center [Ferguson to third]; Welch popped to first; Lopes grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. METS 5TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Boisclair popped to third in foul territory; Hodges doubled to center; Flynn flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 5TH: North popped to shortstop; Garvey popped to first in foul territory; Cey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Dodgers 1. METS 6TH: On a bunt Espinosa singled to third; Randle flied out to center; Valentine doubled to right [Espinosa to third]; Mazzilli singled to right [Espinosa scored, Valentine to third]; Kranepool hit a sacrifice fly to right [Valentine scored]; Montanez flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 6TH: Baker reached on an error by Mazzilli [Baker to first]; Monday popped to shortstop; Ferguson flied out to left; Russell forced Baker (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 1. METS 7TH: Boisclair popped to shortstop; Hodges flied out to right; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 7TH: DAVALILLO BATTED FOR WELCH; Davalillo popped to first in foul territory; Lopes singled to left; Espinosa balked [Lopes to second]; Lopes stole third; North grounded out (second to first); Garvey homered [Lopes scored]; Cey lined to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. METS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING 3B); HOUGH REPLACED CEY (PITCHING); YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR ESPINOSA; Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Randle struck out; Valentine grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); Baker flied out to center; Monday struck out; Ferguson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Dodgers 3. METS 9TH: Mazzilli singled to right; Hough threw a wild pitch [Mazzilli to second]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Kranepool walked (walk was charged to Hough); FERRER RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; Montanez singled to right [Mazzilli scored, Ferrer to second]; Boisclair reached on an error by Rautzhan on a sacrifice bunt [Ferrer scored (no RBI), Montanez scored (no RBI), Boisclair out at third (left to third)]; Hodges singled to center; Flynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hodges out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Dodgers 3. DODGERS 9TH: S. HENDERSON REPLACED FERRER (PLAYING LF); Russell popped to first; LACY BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Lacy popped to second; Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Dodgers 3.

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