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Previous Game: August 8, 1979 Cardinals 8, Mets 4 1979 Regular Season Game 112 August 9, 1979 Cardinals 4, Mets 0 Next Game: August 10, 1979 Mets 7, Expos 1

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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Allen, Neil 30 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Bernard, Dwight 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Boisclair, Bruce 40 49 6 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 15 0 1 0 0 2 .204 14 .286 .220 Cardenal, Jose 5 17 3 5 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 .294 11 .647 .429 Chapman, Kelvin 20 47 4 7 1 1 0 2 5 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 .149 10 .213 .226 Ellis, Dock 11 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .111 2 .111 .158 Falcone, Pete 23 34 1 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 .235 8 .235 .278 Ferrer, Sergio 18 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 .167 Flores, Gil 46 55 5 10 1 0 0 7 6 0 12 1 1 0 0 0 .182 11 .200 .258 Flynn, Doug 108 370 26 89 15 5 3 40 15 6 33 1 6 0 0 3 .241 123 .332 .269 Foli, Tim 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Glynn, Ed 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hassler, Andy 14 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hausman, Tom 13 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .158 3 .158 .158 Hebner, Richie 95 340 41 88 13 1 7 53 45 5 41 6 0 4 1 1 .259 124 .365 .347 Henderson, Steve 97 349 42 106 16 8 5 38 38 6 58 0 1 4 13 5 .304 153 .438 .379 Hodges, Ron 37 44 3 8 2 0 0 2 8 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 .182 10 .227 .302 Kobel, Kevin 21 33 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0 5 0 0 0 .182 6 .182 .182 Kranepool, Ed 46 57 3 11 1 0 1 9 7 2 7 4 0 1 0 0 .193 15 .263 .275 Lockwood, Skip 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Maddox, Elliott 51 116 11 31 7 0 0 9 11 0 16 1 0 3 1 1 .267 38 .328 .344 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Mazzilli, Lee 108 401 50 124 26 3 10 57 68 4 45 3 0 0 22 9 .309 186 .464 .407 Montanez, Willie 107 402 35 94 18 0 5 45 25 7 46 5 1 1 0 1 .234 127 .316 .277 Murray, Dale 51 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .167 Norman, Dan 12 23 1 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 .217 7 .304 .240 Orosco, Jesse 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Reardon, Jeff 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Scott, Mike 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .100 Stearns, John 105 370 43 90 21 1 8 48 38 5 39 5 1 3 11 11 .243 137 .370 .315 Swan, Craig 25 59 2 7 1 0 0 1 5 0 30 0 1 0 0 0 .119 8 .136 .188 Taveras, Frank 103 436 59 115 20 6 0 21 20 1 45 0 7 1 29 13 .264 147 .337 .298 Trevino, Alex 43 96 12 33 7 1 0 11 13 2 15 0 3 0 0 1 .344 42 .438 .422 Twitchell, Wayne 31 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .375 3 .375 .375 Youngblood, Joel 108 403 66 114 26 4 14 41 41 3 48 3 4 3 14 12 .283 190 .471 .351 Zachry, Pat 7 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .125 2 .125 .125

Pitching Statistics as of August 9, 1979

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Allen, Neil 30 62.2 4 5 .444 65 31 28 38 33 5 0 0 3 4.02 Bernard, Dwight 22 28.1 0 2 .000 40 18 16 10 17 0 0 0 0 5.08 Ellis, Dock 11 60 2 5 .286 76 41 38 29 20 10 1 0 0 5.70 Falcone, Pete 23 120.1 3 8 .273 124 67 61 74 54 21 1 1 0 4.56 Glynn, Ed 27 38.1 0 2 .000 35 11 9 24 21 0 0 0 7 2.11 Hassler, Andy 14 53.1 3 4 .429 56 26 26 35 27 7 1 0 1 4.39 Hausman, Tom 13 53 1 5 .167 40 14 13 21 15 7 1 0 2 2.21 Kobel, Kevin 21 113.2 5 6 .455 114 54 44 51 35 19 1 1 0 3.48 Lockwood, Skip 28 42.1 2 5 .286 33 7 7 42 14 0 0 0 9 1.49 Murray, Dale 51 83.2 4 6 .400 92 50 44 34 44 0 0 0 4 4.73 Orosco, Jesse 18 35 1 2 .333 33 20 19 22 22 2 0 0 0 4.89 Reardon, Jeff 1 1 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Scott, Mike 14 41 1 1 .500 41 24 20 15 18 7 0 0 0 4.39 Swan, Craig 25 180.1 10 9 .526 162 70 63 116 45 25 8 3 0 3.14 Twitchell, Wayne 31 60.1 5 3 .625 52 41 34 43 54 2 0 0 0 5.07 Zachry, Pat 7 42.2 5 1 .833 44 19 17 17 21 7 1 0 0 3.59

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