Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 9, 1981 - Box Score

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May 8, 1981
Dodgers 1, Mets 0 1981 Regular Season Game 24
May 9, 1981
Mets 7, Dodgers 4 Next Game:
May 10, 1981
Dodgers 5, Mets 3

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National League Standings, May 9, 1981

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson ss
Frank
Taveras rf
Joel
Youngblood lf
Mike
Jorgensen 3b
Hubie
Brooks 1b
Rusty
Staub c
Alex
Trevino 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Dave
Roberts

May 9, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Dodgers ab r h bi bb so

Davey Lopes 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1

Ken Landreaux cf 4 0 1 0 1 2

Dusty Baker lf 5 0 1 0 0 1

Steve Garvey 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0

Ron Cey 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1

Pedro Guerrero rf 4 2 2 3 0 0

Steve Yeager c 4 0 2 0 0 0

- Steve Howe p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Russell ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Rick Sutcliffe p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Goltz p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jay Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bobby Castillo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Scioscia c 0 0 0 0 1 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .233

Frank Taveras ss 3 1 1 3 1 0 .213

Joel Youngblood rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .344

Mike Jorgensen lf-1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .308

Hubie Brooks 3b 2 1 1 1 1 0 .338

Rusty Staub 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309

- Bob Bailor pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286

Alex Trevino c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .295

Doug Flynn 2b 2 1 2 0 1 0 .358

Dave Roberts p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .250

- Tom Hausman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Lee Mazzilli ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .158

- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Stearns ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182

- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Los Angeles Dodgers 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 1

New York Mets 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 x 7 11 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h r er bb so

Rick Sutcliffe 1.2 5 4 4 2 0

Dave Goltz 4.1 4 0 0 2 2

Bobby Castillo (L) 1.0 1 2 2 1 1

Steve Howe 1.0 1 1 1 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dave Roberts 4.2 5 2 2 2 2 7.07

Tom Hausman 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 2.00

Neil Allen (W,2-0) 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 1.04

Jeff Reardon (Save,1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 4.91

Left on base: Dodgers 8, Mets 8
Errors: Dave Roberts (1), Ron Cey, Steve Yeager.
PB: Alex Trevino.
2B: Mike Jorgensen (1), Hubie Brooks (3), Steve Garvey, Steve Yeager.
3B: Frank Taveras (1).
HR: Pedro Guerrero 2, Davey Lopes.
Intentional Walks: John Stearns, Doug Flynn.
SH: Doug Flynn.
SF: Frank Taveras, Hubie Brooks.
SB: Frank Taveras (6), Mookie Wilson (2).
CS: Doug Flynn (1).

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