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1980 Regular Season Game 29
May 16, 1980
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National League Standings, May 16, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
3b
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
1b
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
c
Stearns John
Stearns
rf
Jorgensen Mike
Jorgensen
cf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Falcone Pete
Falcone
May 16, 1980, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 5, Atlanta Braves 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 .231
Elliott Maddox 3b 3 2 2 0 2 0 .300
Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .263
John Stearns c 5 1 2 3 0 0 .321
Mike Jorgensen rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .296
- Jerry Morales cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184
Joel Youngblood cf-rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .283
Steve Henderson lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .289
Doug Flynn 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .209
Pete Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .111
- Neil Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Braves ab r hbibbso
Jerry Royster 2b 3 0 0 0 1 3
Larvell Blanks 3b-ss 4 1 1 1 0 2
Gary Matthews rf 3 0 1 0 1 0
Chris Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Burroughs lf 2 1 0 0 2 2
Dale Murphy cf 4 1 1 0 0 2
Bruce Benedict c 3 0 1 1 0 0
Luis Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Bill Nahorodny ph 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Brian Asselstine ph 0 0 0 1 0 0
- Chico Ruiz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Al Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 11 1
Atlanta Braves 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pete Falcone (W,2-2) 6.0 4 3 3 4 7 4.97
Neil Allen (Save,6) 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 5.47
Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Phil Niekro (L) 6.2 9 5 5 5 3
Gene Garber 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Al Hrabosky 2.0 2 0 0 0 1

Left on base: Mets 11, Braves 3
Errors: Doug Flynn (2), Jerry Royster.
PB: Bruce Benedict 2.
WP: Phil Niekro.
2B: John Stearns (14), Joel Youngblood (8), Dale Murphy.
HR: Larvell Blanks.
SH: Pete Falcone.
SF: Brian Asselstine.
SB: Jerry Royster.
CS: Lee Mazzilli (5).





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