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Previous Game: August 16, 1979 Mets 6, Braves 3 1979 Regular Season Game 119 August 17, 1979 Reds 4, Mets 3 Next Game: August 18, 1979 Reds 4, Mets 3

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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 33 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Bernard, Dwight 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 11 37 8 11 4 0 2 4 6 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 .297 21 .568 .409 Chapman, Kelvin 20 47 4 7 1 1 0 2 5 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 .149 10 .213 .226 Ellis, Dock 12 20 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .100 2 .100 .143 Falcone, Pete 25 36 1 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 .222 8 .222 .263 Ferrer, Sergio 21 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 .125 Flores, Gil 50 59 6 10 1 0 0 7 6 0 12 1 1 0 0 0 .169 11 .186 .242 Flynn, Doug 115 398 29 98 16 5 3 46 15 6 33 1 6 0 0 3 .246 133 .334 .273 Foli, Tim 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Glynn, Ed 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hassler, Andy 15 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .053 Hausman, Tom 13 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .158 3 .158 .158 Hebner, Richie 98 351 42 91 13 1 7 55 46 5 43 6 0 5 2 1 .259 127 .362 .348 Henderson, Steve 97 349 42 106 16 8 5 38 38 6 58 0 1 4 13 5 .304 153 .438 .379 Hodges, Ron 38 47 3 8 2 0 0 2 9 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 .170 10 .213 .298 Kobel, Kevin 22 35 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 5 0 0 0 .171 6 .171 .171 Kranepool, Ed 49 70 3 17 3 0 1 13 7 2 7 4 0 1 0 0 .243 23 .329 .305 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 115 428 60 135 27 4 13 65 73 4 47 3 0 0 24 9 .315 209 .488 .413 Montanez, Willie 109 410 36 96 19 0 5 47 25 7 48 5 1 1 0 1 .234 130 .317 .277 Murray, Dale 54 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .143 Norman, Dan 17 38 1 6 0 1 0 2 3 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 .158 8 .211 .214 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 112 390 47 98 22 2 8 52 40 5 40 5 2 3 12 13 .251 148 .379 .322 Swan, Craig 27 63 2 8 1 0 0 1 6 0 31 0 4 0 0 0 .127 9 .143 .203 Taveras, Frank 110 464 67 122 21 6 0 25 23 1 46 0 8 1 33 14 .263 155 .334 .299 Trevino, Alex 49 119 18 38 9 1 0 17 15 2 16 0 3 0 0 1 .319 49 .412 .396 Twitchell, Wayne 32 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .375 3 .375 .375 Youngblood, Joel 115 427 73 126 29 4 15 46 44 3 50 3 4 6 15 12 .295 208 .487 .367 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 17, 1979

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Allen, Neil 33 69 4 5 .444 72 31 28 43 35 5 0 0 5 3.65 Bernard, Dwight 23 32.1 0 3 .000 46 21 19 13 19 1 0 0 0 5.29 Ellis, Dock 12 62.2 2 5 .286 80 46 43 31 21 11 1 0 0 6.18 Falcone, Pete 25 130.2 4 9 .308 139 72 66 78 58 23 1 1 0 4.55 Glynn, Ed 30 41 0 2 .000 40 15 13 24 24 0 0 0 7 2.85 Hassler, Andy 15 57.1 4 4 .500 61 26 26 40 29 7 1 0 1 4.08 Hausman, Tom 13 53 1 5 .167 40 14 13 21 15 7 1 0 2 2.21 Kobel, Kevin 22 120 5 6 .455 120 55 45 52 37 20 1 1 0 3.38 Lockwood, Skip 28 42.1 2 5 .286 33 7 7 42 14 0 0 0 9 1.49 Murray, Dale 54 90.2 4 7 .364 99 52 46 36 47 0 0 0 4 4.57 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 27 196 12 9 .571 179 74 67 120 45 27 9 3 0 3.08 Twitchell, Wayne 32 63.1 5 3 .625 55 44 37 43 55 2 0 0 0 5.26 Zachry, Pat 7 42.2 5 1 .833 44 19 17 17 21 7 1 0 0 3.59

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