Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 1, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 31, 1979
Cardinals 9, Mets 6 1979 Regular Season Game 46
June 1, 1979
Mets 5, Braves 4 Next Game:
June 2, 1979
Braves 7, Mets 6

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National League Standings, June 1, 1979

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

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

June 1, 1979, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 5, Atlanta Braves 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joel Youngblood rf 6 1 3 1 0 0 .313

Frank Taveras ss 6 0 1 1 0 0 .216

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 1 0 0 1 3 .341

Richie Hebner 3b 6 1 2 0 0 1 .301

Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .228

Steve Henderson lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .278

John Stearns c 5 0 1 1 0 0 .212

Doug Flynn 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .214

Kevin Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154

- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278

- Jesse Orosco p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000

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

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167

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

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

- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Jerry Royster 3b-2b 4 2 2 0 2 1

Gary Matthews rf 6 2 3 1 0 0

Bob Horner 1b-3b 5 0 3 2 0 0

- Darrel Chaney pr-3b 0 0 0 0 1 0

Jeff Burroughs lf 5 0 0 0 1 2

Barry Bonnell cf 3 0 1 1 0 2

- Rowland Office ph-cf 1 0 0 0 1 0

- Charlie Spikes ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Glenn Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Mike Lum ph-1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Bruce Benedict c 6 0 1 0 0 0

Pepe Frias ss 5 0 3 0 0 0

Eddie Solomon p 3 0 2 0 0 1

- Brian Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Nolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Adrian Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Craig Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12 0

Atlanta Braves 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 16 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Kevin Kobel 2.0 7 3 3 0 1 2.27

Jesse Orosco 4.1 6 1 1 0 4 5.13

Dale Murray 1.2 0 0 0 3 1 3.56

Skip Lockwood (W,2-5) 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 1.45

Ed Glynn (Save,1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Eddie Solomon 8.0 8 4 4 1 6

Gene Garber 2.0 1 0 0 1 3

Adrian Devine (L) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0

Craig Skok 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

2B: Richie Hebner (8), Pepe Frias 2, Bob Horner, Gary Matthews.
3B: Steve Henderson (2).
HR: Joel Youngblood (9).
Intentional Walks: Willie Montanez, Jeff Burroughs, Charlie Spikes.
HBP: Steve Henderson.
CS: Glenn Hubbard, Darrel Chaney.

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