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1979 Regular Season Game 52
June 8, 1979
Astros 5, Mets 0
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National League Standings, June 8, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
c
Stearns John
Stearns
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
3b
Trevino Alex
Trevino
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Zachry Pat
Zachry
June 8, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 0

Astros ab r hbibbso
Terry Puhl cf 4 0 2 1 1 0
Craig Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0
Jose Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Enos Cabell 3b 4 2 2 0 0 1
Jeffrey Leonard rf 4 1 2 1 0 0
Art Howe 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0
- Rafael Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Ashby c 3 1 1 1 1 0
Joe Niekro p 3 0 0 1 1 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Joel Youngblood rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .343
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .216
John Stearns c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .237
Steve Henderson lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .268
Alex Trevino 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .395
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .225
Pat Zachry p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .125
- Mike Scott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
- Pete Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176
- Elliott Maddox ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234
- Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

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

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Joe Niekro (W) 9.0 4 0 0 2 4
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pat Zachry (L,5-1) 5.1 7 5 5 4 0 3.59
Mike Scott 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 4.78
Pete Falcone 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 5.19
Wayne Twitchell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5.32

Errors: John Stearns (4).
WP: Joe Niekro.
2B: Alex Trevino (4).
Intentional Walks: Art Howe.
HBP: Steve Henderson.
SH: Craig Reynolds.
SB: Enos Cabell.
CS: John Stearns (5), Terry Puhl.


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