The Final Score

On May 24, 1973 at Dodger Stadium . . .

The Mets scored four runs in the 19th inning to beat the Dodgers, 7-3. Yes, that was the 19th inning, not the ninth.

Here's the winning rally:
Cleon Jones singled to left and scored on Rusty Staub's double to left. Pinch-hitter Ken Boswell singled to left, scoring Staub from second. George Theodore bunted Boswell to second. Duffy Dyer and moved to second on Bud Harrelson's groundout, Boswell going to third. Ed Kranepool doubled to right, scoring Dyer and Boswell. Wayne Garrett was called out on strikes to end the inning.

The Mets used 21 players in the game, including five pitchers; the Dodgers used 18. In all, there were 41 hits in the game.

Time of the game: A brisk 5 hours, 42 minutes. 27,580 were in attendence but 20,000 of them left during the seventh-inning stretch to beat the traffic.