Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 22, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 21, 1979
Phillies 3, Mets 0 1979 Regular Season Game 12
April 22, 1979
Mets 4, Phillies 2 Next Game:
April 24, 1979
Mets 10, Giants 3

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National League Standings, April 22, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras 3b
Richie
Hebner cf
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Steve
Henderson 1b
Willie
Montanez rf
Joel
Youngblood c
John
Stearns 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Pete
Falcone

April 22, 1979, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 .444

Richie Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .353

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .306

Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .170

Joel Youngblood rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .304

John Stearns c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .150

Doug Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .163

- Gil Flores ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .571

- Kelvin Chapman 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .150

Pete Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Jose Cardenal rf-lf 3 0 0 0 2 0

Larry Bowa ss 4 1 2 0 1 0

Pete Rose 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0

Greg Luzinski lf 3 0 1 0 1 0

- Mike Schmidt pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Greg Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Bob Boone 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0

- Del Unser ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Rader ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Garry Maddox cf 2 0 1 0 2 0

Manny Trillo 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0

Tim McCarver c 2 0 0 1 0 0

Steve Carlton p 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Bake McBride rf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 7 0

Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Pete Falcone 6.1 7 2 2 6 0 2.95

Dale Murray 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.65

Jesse Orosco (W,1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00

Skip Lockwood (Save,2) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 1.69

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Steve Carlton (L) 7.1 5 3 3 1 3

Ron Reed 1.2 2 1 0 1 0

Errors: Mike Schmidt.
2B: John Stearns (2).
3B: Frank Taveras (1), Larry Bowa.
HR: Joel Youngblood (1).
Intentional Walks: John Stearns.
HBP: Bake McBride.
SH: Jesse Orosco, Tim McCarver.
SF: Pete Rose, Tim McCarver.
SB: Steve Henderson (4).
CS: Joel Youngblood (1), Garry Maddox, Mike Schmidt.

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