New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 5, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1976 at Dodger Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 4 0 1 1
Heidemann 2b 4 0 0 0
Milner lf 2 0 1 0
  Unser lf 0 0 0 0
Kingman rf 4 1 1 1
Torre 1b 4 1 1 0
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Staiger 3b 4 0 1 0
Phillips ss 3 1 2 1
Matlack p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner lf 4 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 2 1 2 1
Ferguson rf 3 0 0 0
Baker cf 3 0 0 0
Yeager c 3 0 1 0
Russell ss 3 0 2 0
Rau p 1 0 0 0
  Walton ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
New York 010 001 100380
Los Angeles 000 000 100161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (6-1) 9.0 6 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rau  L (5-3) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Hough   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Marshall   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
5

  E–Cey (7).  DP–New York 3, Los Angeles 3.  2B–New York Milner (7,off Rau), Los Angeles Yeager (5,off Matlack).  HR–New York Kingman (21,6th inning off Rau 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Cey (9,7th inning off Matlack 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Phillips (1,2nd base off Hough/Yeager).  CS–Grote (2,2nd base by Rau/Yeager); Brown (2,2nd base by Hough/Yeager).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:05.  A–36,117.
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