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Previous Game: May 16, 1979 Pirates 4, Mets 3 1979 Regular Season Game 33 May 17, 1979 Pirates 6, Mets 5 Next Game: May 19, 1979 Cardinals 9, Mets 4

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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Allen, Neil 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Bernard, Dwight 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Boisclair, Bruce 18 27 4 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 2 .333 13 .481 .333 Chapman, Kelvin 20 47 4 7 1 1 0 2 5 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 .149 10 .213 .226 Falcone, Pete 8 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .071 1 .071 .133 Flores, Gil 15 13 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .385 5 .385 .357 Flynn, Doug 33 114 7 22 1 1 1 15 6 1 10 0 1 0 0 0 .193 28 .246 .233 Foli, Tim 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hebner, Richie 28 98 13 25 4 1 1 11 18 1 15 0 0 1 1 1 .255 34 .347 .376 Henderson, Steve 31 114 14 30 5 1 1 12 15 4 21 0 0 0 6 2 .263 40 .351 .349 Hodges, Ron 15 17 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .176 4 .235 .263 Kobel, Kevin 5 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111 1 .111 .111 Kranepool, Ed 15 26 2 5 1 0 1 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .192 9 .346 .290 Lockwood, Skip 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Maddox, Elliott 12 22 1 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 .182 5 .227 .321 Mazzilli, Lee 33 130 16 41 8 0 4 20 17 2 12 1 0 0 8 3 .315 61 .469 .392 Montanez, Willie 30 117 12 22 6 0 2 9 11 2 15 1 0 0 0 1 .188 34 .291 .256 Murray, Dale 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Orosco, Jesse 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Scott, Mike 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .250 Stearns, John 32 108 15 22 7 0 2 11 12 3 15 2 0 2 3 3 .204 35 .324 .290 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Swan, Craig 9 22 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .136 4 .182 .208 Taveras, Frank 24 95 11 19 2 1 0 1 9 1 13 0 2 0 8 2 .200 23 .242 .269 Trevino, Alex 10 22 3 9 0 1 0 5 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 .409 11 .500 .480 Twitchell, Wayne 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Youngblood, Joel 31 91 13 29 6 0 5 15 13 0 9 2 4 1 5 3 .319 50 .549 .402 Zachry, Pat 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Pitching Statistics as of May 17, 1979

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Allen, Neil 6 21.2 0 5 .000 28 18 18 9 17 5 0 0 0 7.48 Bernard, Dwight 16 19.1 0 0 .000 25 10 10 8 11 0 0 0 0 4.66 Falcone, Pete 8 45.1 0 3 .000 48 26 25 19 26 8 0 0 0 4.96 Kobel, Kevin 5 27.2 1 0 1.000 17 8 5 9 11 3 0 0 0 1.63 Lockwood, Skip 17 24.2 0 5 .000 17 6 6 24 10 0 0 0 6 2.19 Murray, Dale 16 30 2 4 .333 32 12 10 12 14 0 0 0 0 3.00 Orosco, Jesse 10 17 1 2 .333 13 8 8 11 8 0 0 0 0 4.24 Scott, Mike 6 23 1 0 1.000 22 13 9 9 8 4 0 0 0 3.52 Swan, Craig 9 61.2 4 3 .571 57 26 22 34 19 9 1 1 0 3.21 Twitchell, Wayne 6 11.1 0 0 .000 6 15 10 8 20 1 0 0 0 7.94 Zachry, Pat 3 17 2 0 1.000 19 6 6 7 9 3 1 0 0 3.18

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