Gooden(18-6) pitched one of his finer games as he simply was too much for the Los Angeles batters. He gave up just 4 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings. New York had 9 hits for the afternoon.
Jerry Reuss(13-10) was the loser. 'Gooden just dominated us' losing pitcher Reuss said. 'Hopefully we can get to him the next time around'