The Dodgers defeated the Mets today 7-2 behind the outstanding pitching of Don Sutton and the hitting of Duke Sims. The Mets jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first on a 2-run dinger by Cleon Jones. That was all Sutton allowed. He shut down the Mets after that striking out 12. Sims had great day at the plate going 3 for 4 with a double 3 RBI and 2 runs scored.
The win put the Dodgers into a tie for second with the Reds and 3 1/2 back of the Giants. The loss by the Mets dropped them a game behind the first place Pirates.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1971 New York Mets At 1971 Los Angeles Dodgers 6/5/1971
Mets AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
T.Agee CF 4 0 0 0 .292 M.Wills SS 5 0 1 2 .340
B.Harrelson SS 4 1 1 0 .237 W.Crawford RF 5 0 0 0 .262
A.Shamsky RF 4 0 0 0 .205 W.Davis CF 4 1 1 0 .364
C.Jones LF 3 1 2 2 .319 D.Allen LF 4 2 2 0 .309
E.Kranepool 1B 4 0 1 0 .255 J.Lefebvre 2B 3 1 1 0 .241
K.Boswell 2B 4 0 0 0 .280 D.Sims C 4 2 3 3 .198
J.Grote C 4 0 0 0 .304 B.Buckner 1B 3 1 0 0 .250
T.Foli 3B 3 0 0 0 .255 S.Garvey 3B 4 0 1 2 .228
N.Ryan P 2 0 1 0 .278 D.Sutton P 2 0 0 0 .194
A-K.Singleton PH 0 0 0 0 .297 B-M.Mota PH 1 0 0 0 .306
R.Taylor P 0 0 0 0 .500 J.Moeller P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 35 7 9 7
A-Pinch Hit For Ryan In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sutton In 8th Inning
Mets............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 4
Dodgers......... 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 7 9 0
Mets (29-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
N.Ryan LOSS(2-2) 6 7 5 4 2 5 0 3.08
R.Taylor 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1.73
Totals 8 9 7 4 2 6 0
Dodgers (28-26) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Sutton WIN(7-3) 8 5 2 2 3 12 1 2.56
J.Moeller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.91
Totals 9 5 2 2 3 12 1
ATTENDANCE- 46,293 DATE- Saturday, June 5th 1971 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- , , ,
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 6 Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 1 Dodgers: 0
ERRORS- K.Boswell, J.Grote-2, N.Ryan
DOUBLES- J.Lefebvre(3rd), D.Sims(5th)
HOME RUNS- C.Jones(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Sutton
WALKS- C.Jones, T.Foli, K.Singleton, J.Lefebvre, B.Buckner
STRIKE OUTS- T.Agee-3, B.Harrelson, A.Shamsky, C.Jones, E.Kranepool-3,
K.Boswell-2, J.Grote, M.Wills-2, W.Crawford, W.Davis, B.Buckner,
S.Garvey
GIDP- D.Sutton
Don Sutton mowed down 12 New York batters at Dodger Stadium as the Los Angeles
Dodgers beat the New York Mets by the count of 7 to 2.
Sutton(7-3) was in control of the game from the outset. He allowed only 5
hits and 3 walks in 8 innings. Los Angeles had 9 hits for the game and New
York had 5.
Nolan Ryan(2-2) was charged with the loss. Gil Hodges was upset after the
game. 'I don't like to complain but did you see that umpires strike zone?',
he said. 'Maybe they ought to start calling the strike zone the way it's
printed in the rule book.'
