Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 25, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 24, 1979
Reds 1, Mets 0 1979 Regular Season Game 126
August 25, 1979
Reds 8, Mets 4 Next Game:
August 26, 1979
Reds 8, Mets 0

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National League Standings, August 25, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras c
Alex
Trevino cf
Lee
Mazzilli 1b
John
Stearns 3b
Richie
Hebner lf
Joel
Youngblood rf
Dan
Norman 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Craig
Swan

August 25, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Cincinnati Reds 8, New York Mets 4

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Dave Collins rf-lf 4 2 3 2 1 0

Joe Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0

Dave Concepcion ss 4 0 1 3 0 0

George Foster lf 4 1 1 1 1 0

- Sam Mejias pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Bench c 5 2 2 1 0 0

Dan Driessen 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0

Ray Knight 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1

Cesar Geronimo cf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Paul Blair cf 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Harry Spilman ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

- Tom Hume p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fred Norman p 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Doug Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Hector Cruz ph-rf 1 1 1 1 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 .262

Alex Trevino c 2 0 1 0 1 1 .303

- Ed Kranepool ph-1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .220

Lee Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .300

John Stearns 1b-c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .249

Richie Hebner 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .255

Joel Youngblood lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .291

Dan Norman rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .200

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .255

Craig Swan p 1 1 1 1 0 0 .136

- Elliott Maddox ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .274

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

- Gil Flores ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188

- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ron Hodges ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143

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

Cincinnati Reds 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 9 0

New York Mets 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 0

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Fred Norman 6.1 7 2 2 2 4

Doug Bair (W) 1.2 1 2 2 1 0

Tom Hume 1.0 1 0 0 2 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan 4.0 4 3 3 1 1 3.29

Andy Hassler 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.84

Jeff Reardon (L,1-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 9.00

Neil Allen 1.0 2 3 3 4 0 4.18

2B: Craig Swan (2), Johnny Bench.
3B: Frank Taveras (7).
HR: Joel Youngblood (16), George Foster, Johnny Bench.
Intentional Walks: Harry Spilman, Dan Driessen, Joe Morgan.
HBP: Ray Knight.
SH: Gil Flores, Ray Knight.
SF: Dave Concepcion.
SB: Dave Collins 2.

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