Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 20, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 19, 1979
Cardinals 9, Mets 4 1979 Regular Season Game 35
May 20, 1979
Mets 8, Cardinals 7 Next Game:
May 22, 1979
Mets 4, Cubs 2

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National League Standings, May 20, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

May 20, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Garry Templeton ss 6 1 1 0 0 3

Lou Brock lf 4 2 2 2 0 0

- Jerry Mumphrey rf 2 0 1 0 0 0

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 3 2 1 0

Ted Simmons c 4 1 0 0 2 0

Dane Iorg rf-lf 4 1 2 1 1 0

Tony Scott cf 4 0 0 0 1 2

Ken Reitz 3b 5 0 1 2 0 1

Ken Oberkfell 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0

Bob Sykes p 3 0 0 0 0 3

- Bernie Carbo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Mark Littell p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Steve Henderson lf 3 1 0 0 3 1 .264

Frank Taveras ss 6 2 3 1 0 1 .217

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .307

Richie Hebner 3b 5 1 2 5 0 1 .284

John Stearns c 5 1 2 2 0 0 .205

Willie Montanez 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .195

Joel Youngblood rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .300

Doug Flynn 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .185

Craig Swan p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125

- Alex Trevino ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .435

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

- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167

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

- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 12 1

New York Mets 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 8 12 0

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Bob Sykes 8.0 6 4 4 3 3

Mark Littell 1.1 2 2 2 0 1

Darold Knowles (L) 1.0 4 2 2 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan 7.0 6 4 4 1 7 3.41

Skip Lockwood 2.0 3 0 0 2 1 1.95

Dale Murray 0.1 2 3 3 3 0 3.66

Neil Allen (W,1-5) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 6.85

Errors: Jerry Mumphrey.
WP: Bob Sykes.
2B: Joel Youngblood (7), Alex Trevino (1), Richie Hebner (5), Ken Oberkfell.
HR: John Stearns (3), Richie Hebner (2), Lou Brock.
Intentional Walks: Steve Henderson.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (9), Tony Scott.
CS: Joel Youngblood (4), Keith Hernandez.

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