Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 31, 1980 - Box Score

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August 30, 1980
Mets 9, Giants 5 1980 Regular Season Game 129
August 31, 1980
Giants 11, Mets 4 Next Game:
August 31, 1980
Giants 9, Mets 4

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National League Standings, August 31, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lee
Mazzilli ss
Frank
Taveras rf
Claudell
Washington 3b
Joel
Youngblood 1b
Mike
Jorgensen lf
Steve
Henderson c
Alex
Trevino 2b
Bill
Almon p
Pete
Falcone

August 31, 1980, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Giants 11, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lee Mazzilli cf-1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .290

Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 1 1 0 .283

Claudell Washington rf-cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297

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

Joel Youngblood 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .282

Mike Jorgensen 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .263

- Dan Norman ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .151

Steve Henderson lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .300

Alex Trevino c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .254

Bill Almon 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .183

Pete Falcone p 1 0 1 1 1 0 .147

- Dyar Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Elliott Maddox ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253

- Ed Lynch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jerry Morales cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .264

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Bill North cf 4 2 2 1 1 0

Darrell Evans 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1

Jim Wohlford lf 3 1 0 0 1 0

- Al Holland p 1 1 1 2 0 0

Mike Ivie 1b 4 3 3 2 1 0

Larry Herndon rf 4 0 2 1 1 1

Rennie Stennett 2b 4 1 1 2 1 1

Joe Pettini ss 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Max Venable ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

- Johnnie LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Sadek c 2 0 1 0 0 1

- Milt May ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1

Alan Hargesheimer p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tom Griffin p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Chris Bourjos ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Gary Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Terry Whitfield ph-lf 2 2 2 2 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0

San Francisco Giants 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 x 11 13 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Pete Falcone (L,6-9) 5.1 4 5 5 6 4 5.01

Dyar Miller 0.2 3 1 1 0 1 2.33

Ed Lynch 1.1 4 4 4 1 1 27.00

Tom Hausman 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 3.44

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Alan Hargesheimer 1.1 4 4 4 1 0

Tom Griffin 3.2 2 0 0 2 1

Gary Lavelle (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Al Holland (Save) 3.0 1 0 0 2 1

Left on base: Mets 7, Giants 8
2B: Mike Ivie 2, Rennie Stennett.
3B: Al Holland.
SH: Darrell Evans.
SF: Frank Taveras.
CS: Joel Youngblood (10).

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