Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 19, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 18, 1979
Reds 4, Mets 3 1979 Regular Season Game 121
August 19, 1979
Reds 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
August 20, 1979
Astros 8, Mets 1

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National League Standings, August 19, 1979

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Gil
Flores 2b
Alex
Trevino cf
Lee
Mazzilli 3b
Richie
Hebner 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
John
Stearns lf
Joel
Youngblood ss
Doug
Flynn p
Dock
Ellis

August 19, 1979, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Gil Flores rf 5 2 3 1 0 0 .200

Alex Trevino 2b-3b 2 1 0 0 1 2 .312

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .309

Richie Hebner 3b 2 0 1 1 1 1 .258

- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dan Norman ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .175

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

- Frank Taveras ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .263

John Stearns c-3b-c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .253

Joel Youngblood lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292

Doug Flynn ss-2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .244

Dock Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .091

- Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375

- Ron Hodges ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .163

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

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Dave Collins rf-lf 4 2 2 1 0 0

Joe Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Dave Concepcion ss 3 1 1 1 1 1

George Foster lf 4 1 2 1 0 1

- Hector Cruz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Bench c 4 0 1 0 0 1

Dan Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0

Ray Knight 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0

Cesar Geronimo cf 3 0 1 1 1 0

Bill Bonham p 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Doug Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Harry Spilman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Tom Hume p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 9 0

Cincinnati Reds 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 x 6 10 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dock Ellis 4.2 9 5 5 3 3 6.42

Wayne Twitchell 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5.23

Dwight Bernard 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5.14

Dale Murray (L,4-8) 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 4.60

Ed Glynn 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2.81

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Bill Bonham 5.2 7 3 3 2 5

Doug Bair (W) 2.1 2 2 2 1 0

Tom Hume (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

WP: Dale Murray.
2B: Ed Kranepool (4), Ray Knight, Dave Collins.
HR: Dan Norman (1), Gil Flores (1).
Intentional Walks: Cesar Geronimo.
HBP: Alex Trevino.
SH: Alex Trevino.
SF: Dave Collins.
SB: Dave Collins.

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