Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 7, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 6, 1979
Phillies 2, Mets 1 1979 Regular Season Game 139
September 7, 1979
Pirates 6, Mets 4 Next Game:
September 8, 1979
Mets 3, Pirates 2

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National League Standings, September 7, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

September 7, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 4

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 7 0 0 0 0 1

Tim Foli ss 7 1 2 0 0 0

Dave Parker rf 6 1 2 1 1 4

Willie Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1

- Matt Alexander pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Robinson lf 3 0 0 0 0 3

John Milner lf-1b 6 1 2 1 0 0

Bill Madlock 3b 6 2 2 1 0 1

Ed Ott c 4 0 2 1 0 1

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lee Lacy ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Joe Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Grant Jackson p 1 0 0 0 0 1

Phil Garner 2b 5 1 3 0 1 1

John Candelaria p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Easler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Enrique Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Nicosia c 2 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 6 0 1 2 0 1 .265

Elliott Maddox 3b-rf-3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .272

- Neil Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 2 0 1 0 .308

John Stearns 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .241

Joel Youngblood lf 5 1 1 0 1 1 .277

Alex Trevino c 6 1 1 1 0 0 .275

Dan Norman rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .194

- Sergio Ferrer 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bruce Boisclair ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Ed Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231

- Gil Flores ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .179

Doug Flynn 2b 5 1 0 1 0 0 .246

Craig Swan p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .127

- Richie Hebner ph-3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .254

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15 2

New York Mets 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

John Candelaria 6.0 5 4 3 1 3

Enrique Romo 1.1 2 0 0 0 0

Kent Tekulve 2.2 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Coleman 0.1 1 0 0 1 0

Grant Jackson (W) 3.2 1 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan 10.0 11 4 3 1 9 3.16

Neil Allen (L,4-9) 4.0 4 2 0 1 5 3.90

Errors: Joel Youngblood (3), Joe Coleman.
PB: Alex Trevino, Ed Ott.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (29), Dan Norman (1), Alex Trevino (11), Bill Madlock 2, Lee Lacy.
3B: Frank Taveras (9).
Intentional Walks: Joel Youngblood.
SH: John Stearns, John Candelaria, Steve Nicosia.
SF: Doug Flynn.
SB: Phil Garner, Bill Madlock, Matt Alexander.
CS: John Stearns (14), John Milner.

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