The New York Mets couldn't pull it off against the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5 to 4, on August 20, 1978.

1978 New York Mets

Final

LAD

Dodgers

73-51

5

NYM

Mets

50-73

4

LAD

NYM

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

1

8

0

1

9

3

0

R

5

4

H

9

12

E

1

1

Bottom 1st

LAD

NYM

Mets

Willie Montanez grounded out; Bobby Valentine scored.

0

1

Mets

Single by John Stearns; Steve Henderson scored.

0

2

Top 6th

LAD

NYM

Dodgers

Home run by Vic Davalillo.

1

2

Dodgers

Single by Steve Garvey; Bill Russell scored.

2

2

Bottom 7th

LAD

NYM

Mets

Sacrifice fly by Willie Montanez; Elliott Maddox scored.

2

3

Bottom 8th

LAD

NYM

Mets

Single by Elliott Maddox; Doug Flynn scored.

2

4

Top 9th

LAD

NYM

Dodgers

Single by Ron Cey; Error by Steve Henderson; Reggie Smith scored.

3

4

Dodgers

Sacrifice fly by Lee Lacy; Steve Garvey scored.

4

4

Dodgers

Double by Joe Ferguson; Ron Cey scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bill North CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bill Russell SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Reggie Smith RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Steve Garvey 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ron Cey 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rick Monday LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Charlie Hough P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dusty Baker PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lee Lacy 2B,LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Forster P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ferguson C 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Doug Rau P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Vic Davalillo PH 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Lance Rautzhan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davey Lopes 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5 1 1 12 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doug Rau 5.0 5 2 2 4 1 0
Lance Rautzhan 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Charlie Hough (W) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0
Terry Forster (S) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 12 4 4 5 2 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Elliott Maddox CF 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bobby Valentine 2B 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Sergio Ferrer PR,SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Henderson LF 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
Willie Montanez 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Stearns C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Joel Youngblood RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lenny Randle 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Doug Flynn SS,2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Swan P 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Skip Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murray P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 12 4 0 5 2 0 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Craig Swan 8.0 7 4 4 1 10 1
Skip Lockwood (L) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0
Dale Murray 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 1 12 1

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HR

7

Alonso

Pete Alonso

RBI

15

Nimmo

Brandon Nimmo

AVG

.327

Taylor

Tyrone Taylor

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Garrett

Reed Garrett

K

27

Manaea

Sean Manaea

ERA

0.71

Garrett

Reed Garrett

Team Rankings

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HR

26

13th

R

113

13th

SO

231

5th

ERA

3.53

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
17 6 .739
Phillies Phillies
16 10 .615 2.5
Mets Mets
13 11 .542 4.5
Nationals Nationals
10 14 .417 7.5
Marlins Marlins
6 20 .231 12.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Tue
4/30
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM

Last Game

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SFG Giants

12-14

2

Final

8

NYM Mets

13-11

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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40

Betts

Mookie Betts

39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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27

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.430

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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351

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM