Los Angeles Dodgers vs New York Mets
August 28, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1976 at Shea 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 1, New York Mets 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0
Buckner lf 3 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 1 1 0
Lacy cf 3 0 0 0
Baker rf 3 0 1 1
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
Rhoden p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boisclair cf 4 1 1 1
Millan 2b 4 0 2 1
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
Kingman rf 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Hodges c 4 0 0 0
Staiger 3b 4 0 0 0
  Foster pr 0 1 0 0
Phillips ss 3 0 1 0
Matlack p 2 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 1 0
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Los Angeles 010 000 000133
New York 000 010 001270
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  L (11-3) 8.1 7 2 1 4 3
Totals
8.1
7
2
1
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (14-7) 9.0 3 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
4

  E–Lopes (17), Russell 2 (20).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Cey (14,off Matlack); Baker (13,off Matlack).  HR–New York Boisclair (1,5th inning off Rhoden 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Russell (4,off Matlack); Phillips (3,off Rhoden).  IBB–Boisclair (2,by Rhoden).  SB–Lopes (40,2nd base off Matlack/Hodges).  IBB–Rhoden (2,Boisclair).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:20.  A–21,770.
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