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1979 Regular Season Game 42
May 28, 1979
Pirates 6, Mets 1
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National League Standings, May 28, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
1b
Stearns John
Stearns
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
c
Trevino Alex
Trevino
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Falcone Pete
Falcone
May 28, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 1

Pirates ab r hbibbso
Omar Moreno cf 5 0 2 0 0 0
Tim Foli ss 4 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Parker rf 4 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Robinson 1b-lf 4 2 3 3 0 0
Lee Lacy lf 3 0 0 0 0 0
- John Milner ph-1b 0 1 0 0 1 0
Steve Nicosia c 3 1 0 0 1 1
Dale Berra 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0
Phil Garner 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0
John Candelaria p 3 0 1 0 0 1
- Ed Whitson p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Grant Jackson p 1 0 0 1 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .194
Elliott Maddox cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .188
Joel Youngblood rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .305
Richie Hebner 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290
John Stearns 1b-c 2 1 1 0 2 1 .209
Steve Henderson lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274
Alex Trevino c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .370
- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .335
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .183
Pete Falcone p 2 0 2 1 0 0 .188
- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Willie Montanez 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .207

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 1
New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h rer bbso
John Candelaria (W) 7.2 6 1 1 2 7
Ed Whitson 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Grant Jackson (Save) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pete Falcone (L,0-5) 7.0 7 3 3 0 2 4.91
Jesse Orosco 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.79
Skip Lockwood 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.65
Neil Allen 1.0 2 3 3 3 0 7.00

Errors: Dale Berra.
2B: Dave Parker, Bill Robinson.
HR: Bill Robinson.
Intentional Walks: John Milner, Phil Garner.
SB: Joel Youngblood (6), Tim Foli.
CS: Omar Moreno.


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