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1979 Regular Season Game 131
August 31, 1979
Astros 2, Mets 0
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National League Standings, August 31, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
c
Stearns John
Stearns
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
rf
Norman Dan
Norman
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Swan Craig
Swan
August 31, 1979, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 2, New York Mets 0

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Joel Youngblood lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .302
Richie Hebner 3b-1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .255
John Stearns c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Ed Kranepool 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .248
- Elliott Maddox ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276
Dan Norman rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .180
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Craig Swan p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .132
- Alex Trevino ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288
- Andy Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Astros ab r hbibbso
Cesar Cedeno 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0
Craig Reynolds ss 3 0 0 1 0 1
Terry Puhl cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 3 0 0 0 0 0
Enos Cabell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard rf 3 1 1 0 0 0
Bruce Bochy c 3 0 0 0 0 1
Rafael Landestoy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch p 0 1 0 0 1 0
- Danny Heep ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Randy Niemann p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jesus Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Joe Sambito 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Houston Astros 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 3 0

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Craig Swan (L,12-11) 7.0 3 2 0 2 1 3.18
Andy Hassler 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.78
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Ken Forsch (W) 5.0 1 0 0 0 2
Randy Niemann 3.0 2 0 0 1 1
Joe Sambito (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Dan Norman 2 (2).
WP: Craig Swan.
2B: Enos Cabell, Jeffrey Leonard.
SF: Craig Reynolds.
CS: Cesar Cedeno.


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