Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 17, 1980 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 16, 1980
Phillies 11, Mets 6 1980 Regular Season Game 117
August 17, 1980
Phillies 9, Mets 4 Next Game:
August 17, 1980
Phillies 4, Mets 1

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National League Standings, August 17, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Joel
Youngblood ss
Bill
Almon 1b
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Steve
Henderson cf
Jerry
Morales 3b
Elliott
Maddox c
Alex
Trevino 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Ray
Burris

August 17, 1980, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Mets 4

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Lonnie Smith lf 4 2 3 1 0 0

- Greg Gross lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pete Rose 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1

- Del Unser 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1

- John Vukovich 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bake McBride rf 3 3 3 3 0 0

- George Vukovich rf 2 0 0 0 0 0

Manny Trillo 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0

Garry Maddox cf 3 1 1 3 0 0

Larry Bowa ss 3 0 1 2 0 0

- Ramon Aviles ss 1 0 0 0 0 1

Bob Boone c 4 0 1 0 0 0

Steve Carlton p 4 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joel Youngblood rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .285

Bill Almon ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .250

Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .296

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .301

Jerry Morales cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .255

Elliott Maddox 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .254

Alex Trevino c 4 2 3 0 0 1 .260

Doug Flynn 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .262

Ray Burris p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111

- Pete Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

- Dan Norman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .159

- Tom Hausman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062

- Jose Moreno ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182

- John Pacella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

- Claudell Washington ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .309

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

Philadelphia Phillies 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 9 12 1

New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 10 2

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Steve Carlton (W) 9.0 10 4 2 0 11

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ray Burris (L,6-7) 4.2 10 8 8 1 1 3.57

Pete Falcone 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5.14

Tom Hausman 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 3.44

John Pacella 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 4.91

Left on base: Phillies 4, Mets 7
Errors: Alex Trevino (10), Ramon Aviles, Mike Schmidt.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (26), Elliott Maddox (16), Jerry Morales (6), Lonnie Smith, Bake McBride.
3B: Doug Flynn (8).
HR: Garry Maddox, Lonnie Smith, Bake McBride.
Intentional Walks: Manny Trillo.
SF: Garry Maddox.
SB: Bill Almon (1).
CS: Joel Youngblood (9).

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