Mets @ Dodgers
September 1, 1978

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Bottom 12 R H E
Mets 3 9 1
Dodgers 3 11 0
Bottom 12 R H E
Mets 3 9 1
Dodgers 4 12 0

Dusty Baker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .271
OBP .500 .335
At Bats 4 431
Hits 2 117
• Singles 2 88
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 1 58

Kevin Kobel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 0
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Dodger Stadium - September 1, 1978
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Single
Kevin Kobel
John Stearns
Willie Montanez
Bobby Valentine
Lenny Randle
Doug Flynn
Steve Henderson
Elliott Maddox
Joel Youngblood
Dusty Baker
Steve Yeager
Steve Garvey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 3 9 1 8
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 12 0 12
Winning Pitcher Terry Forster
Losing Pitcher Kevin Kobel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Dusty Baker
Attendance 33,292
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garvey scores. Yeager moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Yeager takes first base on ball four. Garvey moves to second.
Bottom 12 Garvey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 There goes North. The throw from Stearns and he is out, Valentine applying the tag.
Bottom 12 Kevin Kobel now pitching. North takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Bruce Boisclair pinch runs for Tom Grieve. Randle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boisclair moves to third.
Top 12 Tom Grieve pinch hits for Jerry Koosman. Grieve takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 11 Lacy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Valentine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Russell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 Forster bunts in front of the plate. Stearns fields it and throws to first for the out. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 11 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 11 Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 There goes Stearns. The throw from Yeager and he is out, Lopes applying the tag.
Top 11 Stearns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lacy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Yeager hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lacy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Lee Lacy now playing third base. Terry Forster now pitching. Steve Yeager now catching. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 North hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Lopes takes first base on ball four. Oates moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lee Lacy pinch hits for Charlie Hough. Lacy strikes out.
Bottom 9 Johnny Oates pinch runs for Joe Ferguson. Russell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Ferguson hits a line drive to left field. Henderson throws towards the plate. Stearns fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Stearns. Davalillo scores. Ferguson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Vic Davalillo pinch runs for Ron Cey. Baker bunts in front of the plate. Stearns fields it and throws to first for the out. Davalillo moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Koosman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hough fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Charlie Hough now pitching. Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Garvey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Garvey reaches second base with a double. There goes Lopes trying to get to home. Henderson throws the ball in to Flynn who relays the ball to Stearns, who tags Lopes, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Martinez tags and scores.
Bottom 8 North hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Martinez moves to third.
Bottom 8 Ted Martinez pinch runs for Manny Mota. Lopes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Manny Mota pinch hits for Doug Rau. Mota hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Youngblood strikes out.
Top 8 Stearns is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Montanez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Montanez reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ferguson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Baker strikes out.
Top 7 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Randle for the out.
Top 7 Koosman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Flynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Cey hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Garvey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 North hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Koosman, and towards Valentine, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Youngblood strikes out.
Top 6 Stearns hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rau is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third.
Top 5 Maddox takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garvey scores.
Bottom 4 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out. Garvey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Koosman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Flynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker who is chasing the ball. Flynn reaches third base with a triple. Stearns scores. Youngblood goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Valentine strikes out.
Top 4 Youngblood takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Stearns. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Stearns steals third.
Top 4 Stearns hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Stearns reaches second base with a double. Henderson scores.
Top 4 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Henderson moves to second.
Top 4 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 North strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lopes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rau is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Maddox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Randle strikes out.
Top 3 Koosman bunts towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out. Valentine moves to third. Flynn moves to second.
Top 3 Flynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valentine moves to second.
Top 3 Valentine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ferguson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cey hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Youngblood strikes out.
Top 2 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Montanez hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Garvey hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lopes moves to third.
Bottom 1 North takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Stearns for a passed ball. Lopes moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lopes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Henderson strikes out.
Top 1 Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.