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1979 Regular Season Game 123
August 21, 1979
Mets 5, Astros 0
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National League Standings, August 21, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
c
Trevino Alex
Trevino
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Stearns John
Stearns
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
rf
Norman Dan
Norman
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Falcone Pete
Falcone
August 21, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 5, Houston Astros 0

Astros ab r hbibbso
Rafael Landestoy 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2
Craig Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0 1 1
Terry Puhl cf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Jeffrey Leonard rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Bruce Bochy c 3 0 1 0 0 0
Frank LaCorte p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Alan Knicely ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- George Throop p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Art Howe ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Pete Ladd p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261
Alex Trevino c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .302
Lee Mazzilli cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .305
John Stearns 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .254
- Sergio Ferrer 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ed Kranepool 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .244
Joel Youngblood lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .294
Dan Norman rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .186
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 3 3 0 0 .248
Pete Falcone p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .205
- Kevin Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
New York Mets 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 x 5 8 1

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Frank LaCorte (L) 4.0 4 3 2 2 3
George Throop 2.0 3 2 2 1 0
Pete Ladd 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pete Falcone (W,5-9) 8.2 5 0 0 3 6 4.26
Kevin Kobel 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.37

Errors: Sergio Ferrer (1), Enos Cabell.
2B: Joel Youngblood 2 (31), Doug Flynn (17), Frank Taveras (22), Terry Puhl.
HBP: Dan Norman.
SH: Pete Falcone.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (25), Craig Reynolds.


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