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Dodgers
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
June 6, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers, played on June 6, 1978 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 6, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Home Team |
New York Mets
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 6, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Doug Rau |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nino Espinosa |
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 17,377 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Dale 1B: John McSherry 2B: Paul Runge 3B: Bob Engel |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Davey Lopes | Second Baseman |
| Bill Russell | Shortstop |
| Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
| Ron Cey | Third Baseman |
| Steve Garvey | First Baseman |
| Rick Monday | Left Fielder |
| Bill North | Center Fielder |
| Steve Yeager | Catcher |
| Doug Rau | Pitcher |
| Tom Lasorda | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Elliott Maddox | Third Baseman |
| Steve Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| Tom Grieve | Right Fielder |
| John Stearns | Catcher |
| Tim Foli | Shortstop |
| Doug Flynn | Second Baseman |
| Nino Espinosa | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
June 6, 1978
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Espinosa
Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Espinosa
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Espinosa
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Rau
Mazzilli strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Rau
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Rau
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Espinosa
Cey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Espinosa
Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Monday vs. Espinosa
Monday hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Rau
Montanez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grieve vs. Rau
Grieve strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Rau
Stearns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Montanez moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foli vs. Rau
Foli hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flynn vs. Rau
Flynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Monday. Flynn reaches second base with a double. Montanez scores. There goes Stearns trying to get to home. Monday throws the ball in to Yeager, who tags Stearns for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Espinosa
North hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yeager vs. Espinosa
Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rau vs. Espinosa
Rau bunts towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out. Yeager moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopes vs. Espinosa
Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Espinosa vs. Rau
Espinosa hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Rau
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Rau
Maddox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Rau
Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Espinosa
Ron Hodges now catching.
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Espinosa
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cey vs. Espinosa
Cey takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garvey vs. Espinosa
Garvey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve. Garvey reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Cey goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Monday vs. Espinosa
Monday hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grieve who is chasing the ball. Monday reaches third base with a triple. Garvey scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
North vs. Espinosa
North is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yeager vs. Espinosa
Yeager hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Monday tags and scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rau vs. Espinosa
Rau hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. North moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopes vs. Espinosa
Lopes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Rau
Montanez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Rau
Grieve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Rau
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foli vs. Rau
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Rau
Flynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foli moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Espinosa vs. Rau
Espinosa strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Espinosa
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Espinosa
Smith hits a popup into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Espinosa
Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Rau
Mazzilli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Rau
Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazzilli moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Rau
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out. Mazzilli moves to third. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Montanez vs. Rau
Montanez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yeager settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grieve vs. Rau
Grieve hits a fly ball into left field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Espinosa
Garvey bunts towards third. Maddox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Monday vs. Espinosa
Monday takes first base on ball four. Garvey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
North vs. Espinosa
North hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out. Garvey moves to third. Monday moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Yeager vs. Espinosa
Yeager is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rau vs. Espinosa
Rau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rau for the out. Garvey scores. Monday moves to third. Yeager moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lopes vs. Espinosa
Lopes bunts towards first. Montanez fields the ball and throws to Espinosa covering. Safe. Monday scores. Yeager moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Russell vs. Espinosa
Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Rau
Hodges hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Monday. Hodges reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foli vs. Rau
Foli strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flynn vs. Rau
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Valentine vs. Rau
Bobby Valentine pinch hits for Nino Espinosa.
Valentine strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Metzger
Butch Metzger now pitching.
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Metzger
Cey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garvey vs. Metzger
Garvey hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Monday vs. Metzger
Monday hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Rau
Dusty Baker now playing left field.
Mazzilli strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Rau
Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Rau
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Rau
Montanez is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
North vs. Metzger
North takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yeager vs. Metzger
Yeager hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rau vs. Metzger
Rau bunts towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Flynn covering, for the out. North moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopes vs. Metzger
Lopes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Lopes reaches second base with a double. North scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Russell vs. Metzger
Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 7 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Rau
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Rau
Hodges hits a line drive into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Rau
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 7 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Metzger
Smith hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Metzger
Cey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garvey vs. Metzger
Garvey strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Metzger
Baker hits a fly ball towards left. Henderson catches it and throws to Foli who relays to Montanez to double up Cey. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 8 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Rau
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Flynn for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Rau
Joel Youngblood pinch hits for Butch Metzger.
Youngblood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Rau
Mazzilli strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Rau
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell misplays the ball. That's an error on Russell. Youngblood moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Rau
Henderson hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/6/1978 -- Los Angeles at New York (N)
Los Angeles AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Lopes D, 2b 5 0 2 2 Mazzilli L, cf 5 0 1 0
Russell B, ss 5 0 0 0 Maddox E, 3b 4 0 2 0
Smith R, rf 5 2 2 1 Henderson S, lf 5 0 0 0
Cey R, 3b 2 1 0 0 Montanez W, 1b 4 2 2 1
Garvey S, 1b 5 2 2 2 Grieve T, rf 4 0 1 0
Monday R, lf 3 2 1 1 Stearns J, c 1 0 1 0
Baker D, lf 1 0 0 0 Hodges R, c 3 0 1 0
North B, cf 2 1 0 0 Foli T, ss 4 0 0 0
Yeager S, c 2 0 1 1 Flynn D, 2b 4 0 2 1
Rau D, p 2 0 1 1 Espinosa N, p 2 0 0 0
Valentine B, ph 1 0 0 0
Metzger B, p 0 0 0 0
Youngblood J, ph 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 8 9 8 38 2 11 2
Los Angeles 000 402 011 -- 8
New York 010 100 000 -- 2
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Rau D (W) 9.0 11 2 2 1 8
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa N (L) 6.0 7 6 6 4 1
Metzger B 3.0 2 2 2 3 1
E -- Russell B
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Los Angeles 7, New York 10
2B -- Flynn D, Garvey S, Hodges R, Lopes D
3B -- Monday R
HR -- Montanez W, Smith R
SH -- Rau D 2
SF -- Yeager S
T -- 2:31
A -- 17377
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