Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 17, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 16, 1979
Pirates 4, Mets 3 1979 Regular Season Game 33
May 17, 1979
Pirates 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
May 19, 1979
Cardinals 9, Mets 4

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National League Standings, May 17, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

May 17, 1979, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Steve Henderson lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .263

Frank Taveras ss 5 2 2 0 0 1 .200

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .315

Richie Hebner 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .255

Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .188

Joel Youngblood rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .319

Alex Trevino c 3 0 1 1 1 1 .409

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .193

Pete Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071

- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Stearns ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204

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

- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 4 1 1 0 0 0

Phil Garner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Dave Parker rf 4 0 1 1 0 2

Bill Robinson lf 3 1 0 0 1 1

Willie Stargell 1b 3 2 2 3 1 0

Steve Nicosia c 4 1 1 0 0 1

Rennie Stennett 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0

Dale Berra ss 2 0 1 1 0 0

Ed Whitson p 1 1 0 0 0 0

- Jim Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Manny Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 10 2

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 x 6 7 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Pete Falcone 4.0 6 4 4 1 1 4.96

Dwight Bernard 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 4.66

Jesse Orosco (L,1-2) 3.0 1 2 2 1 3 4.24

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Ed Whitson 5.0 8 4 4 1 1

Jim Bibby 2.0 2 1 1 1 0

Kent Tekulve (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3

Errors: Alex Trevino (1).
PB: Steve Nicosia.
WP: Pete Falcone.
2B: Joel Youngblood (6), Willie Montanez (6), Frank Taveras (2), Richie Hebner (4), Dale Berra.
HR: Willie Stargell 2.
Intentional Walks: Alex Trevino.
SH: Joel Youngblood, Ed Whitson.
SF: Dale Berra.
SB: Frank Taveras (8).

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