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1980 Regular Season Game 35
May 23, 1980
Mets 2, Braves 1
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National League Standings, May 23, 1980

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup
1b
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
rf
Jorgensen Mike
Jorgensen
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
cf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
c
Stearns John
Stearns
3b
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Burris Ray
Burris
May 23, 1980, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 2, Atlanta Braves 1

Braves ab r hbibbso
Jerry Royster 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Larvell Blanks 3b-ss 4 0 1 0 0 1
Gary Matthews rf 3 1 2 0 1 0
Chris Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Brian Asselstine lf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Dale Murphy cf 4 0 1 0 0 3
Bruce Benedict c 4 0 1 1 0 0
Luis Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Joe Nolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Chico Ruiz 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Matula p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Mike Lum ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- Larry Bradford p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .254
Frank Taveras ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .292
Mike Jorgensen rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273
- Jerry Morales ph-cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .179
Steve Henderson lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .327
Joel Youngblood cf-rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .261
John Stearns c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .296
Elliott Maddox 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .258
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .205
Ray Burris p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Rick Matula (L) 7.0 6 2 2 2 4
Larry Bradford 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ray Burris (W,3-3) 8.2 7 1 1 2 8 2.29
Neil Allen (Save,8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5.16

Left on base: Braves 7, Mets 5
2B: Frank Taveras (7), Bruce Benedict.
Intentional Walks: Elliott Maddox.
CS: Frank Taveras (3), Larvell Blanks.





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