Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 10, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 8, 1979
Mets 4, Padres 1 1979 Regular Season Game 82
July 10, 1979
Dodgers 7, Mets 4 Next Game:
July 11, 1979
Mets 4, Dodgers 3

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National League Standings, July 10, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

July 10, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Los Angeles Dodgers 7, New York Mets 4

Dodgers ab r h bi bb so

Derrel Thomas 2b 5 0 2 2 0 0

Bill Russell ss 5 2 2 0 1 1

Reggie Smith rf 5 1 1 1 0 3

Steve Garvey 1b 3 1 1 0 2 0

Ron Cey 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1

- Ted Martinez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Von Joshua lf 4 1 3 2 1 0

Gary Thomasson cf 3 1 0 0 2 1

Steve Yeager c 4 1 1 0 1 1

Bob Welch p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Charlie Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Johnny Oates ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dennis Lewallyn p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rick Sutcliffe ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ken Brett p 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Dave Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .248

John Stearns c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .250

Lee Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .330

Richie Hebner 3b 4 2 1 1 0 0 .284

Joel Youngblood 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .286

Willie Montanez 1b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .211

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279

Elliott Maddox rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .253

Craig Swan p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .083

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

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .175

- Sergio Ferrer pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- Tom Hausman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214

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

Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 7 12 3

New York Mets 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h r er bb so

Bob Welch 3.2 2 3 2 2 2

Charlie Hough (W) 2.1 0 0 0 1 1

Dennis Lewallyn 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Ken Brett 1.1 3 1 1 0 0

Dave Patterson (Save) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan (L,8-7) 6.2 10 5 5 4 6 3.30

Dale Murray 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4.38

Ed Glynn 1.2 2 2 1 3 2 1.71

Tom Hausman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.48

Errors: Richie Hebner (10), Bill Russell.
2B: Frank Taveras (12), Bill Russell, Steve Yeager, Reggie Smith, Von Joshua.
HR: Willie Montanez (5), Richie Hebner (6).
Intentional Walks: Gary Thomasson 2, Steve Garvey.
HBP: Elliott Maddox.
SH: Bob Welch, Charlie Hough.
SF: Derrel Thomas.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (21), Frank Taveras (19).

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