New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 2 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 3 0 2 1
Kranepool rf 4 0 1 1
Stearns c 4 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Youngblood lf 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 0
  Henderson pr 0 0 0 0
Scott p 1 1 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Flores ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 1 2 1
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 2 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0
Cey 3b 2 0 1 1
Baker lf 3 1 1 0
Thomasson cf 3 0 1 0
  Thomas cf 0 0 0 0
Ferguson c 1 1 0 1
Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Welch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 3 6 3
New York 101 000 000261
Los Angeles 001 001 10x360
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   6.0 3 2 1 4 3
  Murray  L (2-4) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
4
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (3-2) 7.0 5 2 2 5 2
  Welch  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
4

  E–Stearns (1).  DP–New York 1, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Baker (7,off Murray).  3B–Los Angeles Lopes (3,off Scott).  SH–Taveras (2,off Sutcliffe); Russell (2,off Scott).  SF–Ferguson (3,off Murray).  CS–Youngblood (3,2nd base by Sutcliffe/Ferguson); Garvey (3,2nd base by Murray/Stearns).  SB–Smith (3,2nd base off Scott/Stearns).  U-HP–Dale Williams, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Boyd Mauer, 3B–Charlie Lupo.  T–2:09.  A–27,092.
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