New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 5, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1977 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 0
Millan 2b 4 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 1 1 2
Kingman 1b 4 0 1 0
Kranepool rf 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 3 0 3 0
Phillips 3b 4 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Randle ph 1 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 1 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 0
Smith rf 2 1 1 0
  Hale rf 1 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 1 1 4
Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0
Monday cf 4 1 1 0
Baker lf 4 1 2 2
Oates c 4 1 1 0
Rhoden p 3 1 1 1
Totals 34 7 10 7
New York 000 000 020280
Los Angeles 000 070 00x7100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (4-1) 7.0 9 7 7 1 5
  Todd   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
1
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  W (5-0) 9.0 8 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Garvey (6,off Seaver); Monday (8,off Seaver).  HR–New York Milner (2,8th inning off Rhoden 1 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Baker (5,5th inning off Seaver 1 on, 0 out); Cey (10,5th inning off Seaver 3 on, 1 out).  IBB–Smith (4,by Seaver).  SB–Oates (1,2nd base off Seaver/Stearns).  WP–Seaver (1).  IBB–Seaver (1,Smith).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:16.  A–28,600.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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