Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 9, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 8, 1979
Mets 3, Pirates 2 1979 Regular Season Game 141
September 9, 1979
Pirates 6, Mets 5 Next Game:
September 11, 1979
Phillies 5, Mets 2

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National League Standings, September 9, 1979

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras c
John
Stearns cf
Lee
Mazzilli 3b
Richie
Hebner lf
Joel
Youngblood 1b
Ed
Kranepool rf
Dan
Norman 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Ray
Burris

September 9, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 5

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 4 0 2 0 1 1

Tim Foli ss 5 0 0 0 0 0

Dave Parker rf 5 2 2 0 0 2

Willie Stargell 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0

John Milner lf 5 1 2 1 0 0

Bill Madlock 3b 5 1 3 1 0 0

Ed Ott c 3 1 1 0 1 0

- Alberto Lois pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Steve Nicosia c 0 0 0 0 0 0

Phil Garner 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0

Bruce Kison p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Easler ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lee Lacy ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Jim Rooker p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Robinson ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .266

John Stearns c 4 1 3 1 1 0 .246

Lee Mazzilli cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .313

Richie Hebner 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .251

Joel Youngblood lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .282

Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .234

Dan Norman rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .183

- Gil Flores rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .177

- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .159

- Sergio Ferrer pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

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

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243

Ray Burris p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- John Pacella p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Andy Hassler p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Tom Hausman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Elliott Maddox rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .258

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 6 15 1

New York Mets 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Bruce Kison 6.0 8 4 4 2 2

Jim Rooker 1.0 1 0 0 1 1

Kent Tekulve (W) 2.0 2 1 0 0 4

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ray Burris 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 3.32

John Pacella 4.0 5 1 1 1 2 2.25

Andy Hassler 1.2 3 3 1 2 0 3.67

Tom Hausman 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 2.54

Ed Glynn (L,1-3) 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 3.31

Jeff Reardon 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 3.24

Errors: Frank Taveras (20), Kent Tekulve.
2B: John Stearns (25), Lee Mazzilli (31), Frank Taveras (25), Richie Hebner (19), Dave Parker, Willie Stargell.
3B: Dave Parker.
HR: John Milner.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (32), Joel Youngblood (17), Omar Moreno 2, Bill Madlock 2.
CS: John Stearns (15), Sergio Ferrer (2).

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