Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 24, 1979 - Box Score

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July 23, 1979
Dodgers 3, Mets 1 1979 Regular Season Game 94
July 24, 1979
Mets 6, Giants 5 Next Game:
July 25, 1979
Mets 3, Giants 0

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National League Standings, July 24, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

July 24, 1979, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joel Youngblood rf 6 1 2 0 0 1 .288

Frank Taveras ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .253

Steve Henderson lf 5 0 0 0 1 2 .297

Richie Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .264

- Alex Trevino 3b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .329

Willie Montanez 1b 5 1 3 0 1 0 .228

John Stearns c 6 1 2 2 0 0 .246

Elliott Maddox cf 5 1 1 0 1 1 .255

Doug Flynn 2b 6 1 3 0 0 0 .231

Kevin Kobel p 2 0 1 1 0 1 .200

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

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182

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

- Andy Hassler p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216

- Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400

- Tom Hausman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Bill North cf 2 0 1 2 1 1

- Dennis Littlejohn c 1 0 0 1 0 0

Joe Strain 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Gary Lavelle p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Pedro Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Vida Blue ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

Jack Clark rf 5 0 0 0 1 0

Mike Ivie 1b 6 0 4 0 0 0

Darrell Evans 3b 6 0 2 1 0 0

Larry Herndon lf-cf 6 0 1 0 0 0

Johnnie LeMaster ss 3 3 3 0 0 0

- Willie McCovey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Roger Metzger ss 1 0 0 0 0 0

Marc Hill c 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Sadek ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Terry Whitfield ph-lf 1 1 1 0 2 0

John Montefusco p 2 0 2 1 0 0

- Rob Andrews ph-2b 1 0 1 0 1 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E

New York Mets 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 13 2

San Francisco Giants 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 16 5

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Kevin Kobel 5.2 10 2 2 1 2 3.38

Ed Glynn 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.59

Neil Allen 1.2 3 1 1 1 0 4.58

Andy Hassler 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 2.70

Dale Murray 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.74

Wayne Twitchell (W,4-2) 1.0 0 1 1 4 0 4.96

Tom Hausman (Save,2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

John Montefusco 7.0 6 4 1 2 8

Gary Lavelle 4.0 3 0 0 0 2

Pedro Borbon (L) 1.0 4 2 2 1 0

Errors: Alex Trevino (2), Joe Strain.
WP: Andy Hassler.
2B: John Stearns (21), Joel Youngblood (19), Johnnie LeMaster.
Intentional Walks: Willie Montanez.
SH: Frank Taveras, Rob Andrews.
SF: Bill North, Dennis Littlejohn.
CS: Terry Whitfield, John Montefusco.

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