Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 21, 1980 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 20, 1980
Mets 9, Pirates 6 1980 Regular Season Game 149
September 21, 1980
Pirates 9, Mets 4 Next Game:
September 22, 1980
Cubs 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, September 21, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras cf
Elliott
Maddox 1b
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Steve
Henderson rf
Jerry
Morales c
Alex
Trevino 3b
Hubie
Brooks 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Ray
Burris

September 21, 1980, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Pirates 9, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .282

Elliott Maddox cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .249

Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .278

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293

Jerry Morales rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .257

Alex Trevino c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .263

Hubie Brooks 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .233

- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292

Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263

- Claudell Washington ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283

Ray Burris p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .104

- Pete Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

- Dan Norman ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .167

- Juan Berenguer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 5 1 2 2 0 2

Phil Garner 2b 4 2 2 2 1 0

Bill Madlock 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0

- Vance Law ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Easler rf 2 0 1 1 1 0

Bill Robinson 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0

John Milner lf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Lee Lacy ph-lf 1 0 0 1 0 1

Ed Ott c 2 2 1 1 2 0

Dale Berra ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

John Candelaria p 4 2 2 0 0 0

- Enrique Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 3

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 x 9 11 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ray Burris (L,7-12) 4.2 6 5 5 2 1 4.02

Pete Falcone 2.1 3 1 1 1 2 4.74

Juan Berenguer 1.0 2 3 0 1 1 8.44

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

John Candelaria (W) 8.1 7 4 3 1 4

Enrique Romo 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

Left on base: Mets 4, Pirates 6
Errors: Hubie Brooks (2), John Candelaria 2, Phil Garner, Dale Berra.
2B: Alex Trevino (9), Frank Taveras (26), John Candelaria 2, Omar Moreno.
3B: Bill Robinson.
HR: Dan Norman (2), Bill Madlock, Ed Ott.
SF: Lee Lacy, Mike Easler.
SB: Phil Garner.
CS: Omar Moreno.

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