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1979 Regular Season Game 118
August 16, 1979
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National League Standings, August 16, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
c
Trevino Alex
Trevino
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Stearns John
Stearns
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
1b
Cardenal Jose
Cardenal
rf
Norman Dan
Norman
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Falcone Pete
Falcone
August 16, 1979, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .262
Alex Trevino c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .319
Lee Mazzilli cf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .316
John Stearns 3b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .252
- Sergio Ferrer 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joel Youngblood lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .292
Jose Cardenal 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .278
Dan Norman rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .171
- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .248
Pete Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222
- Gil Flores ph-rf 2 1 0 0 0 0 .169
Braves ab r hbibbso
Jerry Royster 2b 3 1 2 1 2 0
Gary Matthews rf 5 0 2 0 0 0
Jeff Burroughs lf 5 0 2 1 0 1
Bob Horner 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0
Dale Murphy 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1
Barry Bonnell cf 4 1 1 0 0 0
- Rowland Office ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pepe Frias ss 4 0 1 0 1 1
Bruce Benedict c 3 0 1 1 1 0
Phil Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 0
- Charlie Spikes ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 6 8 0
Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 12 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pete Falcone (W,4-9) 7.0 7 1 1 4 1 4.55
Ed Glynn 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 2.45
Neil Allen (Save,5) 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 3.65
Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Phil Niekro (L) 8.0 8 6 6 2 5
Gene Garber 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Errors: Barry Bonnell.
2B: Joel Youngblood (29), Doug Flynn (16).
3B: John Stearns (2).
HR: Jose Cardenal (2).
SH: John Stearns, Pete Falcone.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (24), Gary Matthews.


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