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1979 Regular Season Game 63
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National League Standings, June 20, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Swan Craig
Swan
June 20, 1979, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .248
Willie Montanez 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .198
Lee Mazzilli cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .340
Richie Hebner 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .300
Steve Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273
Ron Hodges c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .172
- John Stearns ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226
Joel Youngblood rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .273
Doug Flynn 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .226
Craig Swan p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .077
Astros ab r hbibbso
Terry Puhl cf 4 2 3 1 0 0
Craig Reynolds ss 4 1 2 1 0 0
Cesar Cedeno 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 2 0 0 0 2 0
Enos Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Denny Walling rf 3 1 1 1 0 0
Alan Ashby c 3 0 0 0 0 1
Rafael Landestoy 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1
- Joe Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.R. Richard p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Julio Gonzalez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Craig Swan (L,7-5) 8.0 8 5 5 2 3 3.09
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
J.R. Richard 7.0 7 4 3 2 7
Joe Sambito (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2

Errors: J.R. Richard.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (20), Doug Flynn (5), Cesar Cedeno.
3B: Craig Reynolds, Rafael Landestoy.
HR: Denny Walling.
Intentional Walks: Jose Cruz.
SF: Richie Hebner.
SB: Steve Henderson (12).
CS: Frank Taveras (6), Terry Puhl.


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