Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 14, 1979 - Box Score

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August 11, 1979
Expos 5, Mets 2 1979 Regular Season Game 116
August 14, 1979
Mets 18, Braves 5 Next Game:
August 15, 1979
Mets 6, Braves 3

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National League Standings, August 14, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras c
Alex
Trevino cf
Lee
Mazzilli 3b
Richie
Hebner 1b
Ed
Kranepool rf
Jose
Cardenal lf
Joel
Youngblood 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Dock
Ellis

August 14, 1979, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 18, Atlanta Braves 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 5 3 2 3 1 0 .265

Alex Trevino c 5 4 3 3 1 0 .324

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 5 2 2 2 0 .314

Richie Hebner 3b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .259

- John Stearns 3b 2 0 1 2 0 0 .249

Ed Kranepool 1b 6 0 2 2 0 0 .254

Jose Cardenal rf 3 2 2 1 2 0 .333

- Dan Norman ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179

Joel Youngblood lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .289

Doug Flynn 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .241

- Sergio Ferrer 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Dock Ellis p 2 1 0 0 0 1 .100

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

- Dale Murray p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Jerry Royster 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1

Gary Matthews rf 5 1 3 0 0 0

- Larry Bradford p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rowland Office cf 4 0 0 0 1 1

Bob Horner 3b 5 2 3 4 0 0

Dale Murphy 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1

Joe Nolan c 3 0 1 0 0 2

- Bruce Benedict ph-c 1 0 0 0 1 0

Barry Bonnell lf 5 1 3 1 0 0

Pepe Frias ss 5 0 1 0 0 2

Tony Brizzolara p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Preston Hanna p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Wessinger ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

- Adrian Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joey McLaughlin p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Charlie Spikes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bo McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Lum ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 5 0 18 17 1

Atlanta Braves 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dock Ellis 2.2 4 5 5 1 2 6.18

Andy Hassler (W,4-4) 4.0 5 0 0 2 5 4.08

Dale Murray 2.1 4 0 0 1 1 4.52

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Tony Brizzolara (L) 1.1 4 6 5 1 0

Preston Hanna 1.2 4 4 2 2 1

Adrian Devine 0.0 2 2 2 2 0

Joey McLaughlin 3.0 2 1 1 0 1

Bo McLaughlin 2.0 5 5 5 2 0

Larry Bradford 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Doug Flynn (6), Gary Matthews.
2B: Ed Kranepool (3), Alex Trevino (8), Frank Taveras (21), Barry Bonnell.
3B: Lee Mazzilli (4).
HR: Lee Mazzilli (12), Bob Horner 2, Barry Bonnell.
HBP: Joel Youngblood 2, Richie Hebner.
SH: Dale Murray.
SB: Richie Hebner (2).

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