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1981 Regular Season Game 23
May 8, 1981
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National League Standings, May 8, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
ss
Bailor Bob
Bailor
1b
Stearns John
Stearns
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
lf
Kingman Dave
Kingman
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
c
Trevino Alex
Trevino
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Scott Mike
Scott
May 8, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Los Angeles Dodgers 1, New York Mets 0

Dodgers ab r hbibbso
Davey Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Landreaux cf 4 1 1 0 0 1
Dusty Baker lf 4 0 2 1 0 1
Steve Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Cey 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1
Pedro Guerrero rf 3 0 1 0 1 1
Mike Scioscia c 4 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Fernando Valenzuela p 3 0 0 0 0 2
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .158
Bob Bailor ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .286
- Rusty Staub ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .312
- Wally Backman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
John Stearns 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .182
Joel Youngblood rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .357
Dave Kingman lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .197
Hubie Brooks 3b 3 0 3 0 1 0 .333
Alex Trevino c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .342
Mike Scott p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143
- Frank Taveras ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .208

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles Dodgers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h rer bbso
Fernando Valenzuela (W) 9.0 7 0 0 5 11
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Mike Scott (L,1-3) 7.0 4 1 0 1 6 4.82
Jeff Reardon 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 5.19

Left on base: Dodgers 6, Mets 10
Errors: Bob Bailor (2).
2B: Pedro Guerrero, Dusty Baker.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (3), Joel Youngblood (1), Frank Taveras (5).
CS: Hubie Brooks (3), Ken Landreaux.


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