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Mets
@ Dodgers
Dodger Stadium
May 7, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets, played on May 7, 1979 at Dodger Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 7, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 7, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pete Falcone |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Burt Hooton |
| Ballpark | Dodger Stadium |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 27,230 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Lupo 1B: Dale Williams 2B: Steve Fields 3B: Jim Scott |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | Shortstop |
| Richie Hebner | Third Baseman |
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| John Stearns | Catcher |
| Ed Kranepool | Right Fielder |
| Joel Youngblood | Left Fielder |
| Doug Flynn | Second Baseman |
| Pete Falcone | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Davey Lopes | Second Baseman |
| Bill Russell | Shortstop |
| Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
| Steve Garvey | First Baseman |
| Ron Cey | Third Baseman |
| Dusty Baker | Left Fielder |
| Derrel Thomas | Center Fielder |
| Steve Yeager | Catcher |
| Burt Hooton | Pitcher |
| Tom Lasorda | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Dodgers
Dodger Stadium
May 7, 1979
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Hooton
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hebner vs. Hooton
Hebner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Hooton
Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taveras moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Montanez vs. Hooton
Montanez strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stearns vs. Hooton
Stearns hits a popup, foul, towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopes vs. Falcone
Lopes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Falcone
Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Falcone
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Hooton
Kranepool strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Hooton
Youngblood hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Hooton
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Falcone
Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Falcone
Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Falcone
Baker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Baker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Falcone
Thomas 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
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falcone vs. Hooton
Falcone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Hooton
Taveras hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hebner vs. Hooton
Hebner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Falcone moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazzilli vs. Hooton
Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. Falcone moves to third. Hebner moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Montanez vs. Hooton
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yeager vs. Falcone
Yeager is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooton vs. Falcone
Hooton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopes vs. Falcone
Lopes is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Russell vs. Falcone
Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hooton moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Falcone
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Hooton
Stearns hits a popup towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Hooton
Kranepool hits a line drive towards short. Russell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Hooton
Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Hooton
Flynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Youngblood moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Falcone vs. Hooton
Falcone strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Falcone
Garvey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Falcone
Cey hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Falcone
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Falcone
Thomas 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
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Hooton
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Hooton
Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hebner for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Hooton
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Hooton
There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Yeager and he is safe. Mazzilli steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Montanez vs. Hooton
Montanez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazzilli scores. Montanez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stearns vs. Hooton
Stearns hits a popup, foul, towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yeager vs. Falcone
Yeager hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hooton vs. Falcone
Hooton bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Yeager moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopes vs. Falcone
There's a wild pitch. Yeager moves to third. Hooton moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lopes vs. Falcone
Lopes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Russell vs. Falcone
Russell hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mazzilli. Yeager scores. Hooton scores. Lopes moves to third. Russell moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Bernard
Dwight Bernard now pitching.
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopes scores. Russell scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garvey vs. Bernard
Garvey hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cey vs. Bernard
Cey takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Bernard
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 1 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Hooton
Kranepool hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Hooton
Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Hooton
Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Hooton
Elliott Maddox pinch hits for Dwight Bernard.
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Twitchell
Wayne Twitchell now pitching.
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yeager vs. Twitchell
The ball gets by Stearns for a passed ball. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yeager vs. Twitchell
Yeager hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hooton vs. Twitchell
Hooton strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Monday vs. Twitchell
Rick Monday pinch hits for Davey Lopes.
Monday takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Russell vs. Twitchell
Ted Martinez pinch runs for Rick Monday.
Russell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Hooton
Ted Martinez now playing second base.
Taveras hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yeager settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Hooton
Hebner hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Hooton
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Twitchell
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garvey vs. Twitchell
Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cey vs. Twitchell
Cey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Twitchell
Baker hits a line drive into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Hooton
Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Hooton
Stearns hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Hooton
Kranepool hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Twitchell
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yeager vs. Twitchell
There goes Thomas. The throw from Stearns and he is out, Flynn applying the tag. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yeager vs. Twitchell
Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooton vs. Twitchell
Hooton hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Hooton
Youngblood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Welch
Bob Welch now pitching.
Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Welch
Ron Hodges pinch hits for Wayne Twitchell.
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Dodgers, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Welch
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops it up and throws to first, with Welch covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/7/1979 -- New York at Los Angeles (N)
New York AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Taveras F, ss 5 0 1 0 Lopes D, 2b 2 1 0 0
Hebner R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Monday R, ph 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli L, cf 3 1 2 0 Martinez T, pr-2b 0 0 0 0
Montanez W, 1b 4 0 1 1 Russell B, ss 4 1 2 2
Stearns J, c 4 0 0 0 Smith R, rf 4 0 1 2
Kranepool E, rf 4 1 1 1 Garvey S, 1b 4 1 1 1
Youngblood J, lf 3 0 1 0 Cey R, 3b 2 0 0 0
Flynn D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Baker D, lf 4 0 1 0
Falcone P, p 1 0 0 0 Thomas D, cf 2 0 0 0
Bernard D, p 0 0 0 0 Yeager S, c 4 1 1 0
Maddox E, ph 1 0 0 0 Hooton B, p 3 1 1 0
Twitchell W, p 0 0 0 0 Welch B, p 0 0 0 0
Hodges R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 2 8 2 29 5 7 5
New York 000 011 000 -- 2
Los Angeles 000 140 00x -- 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone P (L)* 4.0 6 5 4 1 3
Bernard D 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Twitchell W 3.0 0 0 0 4 2
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton B (W)+ 8.0 8 2 2 3 3
Welch B (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 5th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
E -- Mazzilli L
DP -- New York 1, Los Angeles 1
LOB -- New York 8, Los Angeles 7
2B -- Baker D
HR -- Garvey S, Kranepool E
SB -- Mazzilli L
CS -- Thomas D
SH -- Hooton B
WP -- Falcone P
PB -- Stearns J
T -- 2:34
A -- 27230
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