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1979 Regular Season Game 69 June 27, 1979 Mets 12, Pirates 9

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National League Standings, June 27, 1979

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Game Memories

Mets Stats Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

rf Joel Youngblood ss Frank Taveras cf Lee Mazzilli 3b Richie Hebner c John Stearns 1b Willie Montanez lf Steve Henderson 2b Doug Flynn p Dock Ellis

June 27, 1979, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA New York Mets 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 9 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Joel Youngblood rf-2b 5 2 4 2 1 0 .282 Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256 - Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .162 - Sergio Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Elliott Maddox ph-rf 2 1 1 1 0 1 .230 Lee Mazzilli cf 5 1 2 1 1 0 .336 Richie Hebner 3b 3 1 1 2 3 0 .290 John Stearns c 6 0 1 2 0 0 .234 Willie Montanez 1b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .204 Steve Henderson lf 3 2 2 1 2 0 .275 Doug Flynn 2b-ss 5 2 2 0 0 1 .228 Dock Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Bruce Boisclair ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .233 - Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Ron Hodges ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .172 - Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Gil Flores ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 - Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Pirates ab r h bi bb so Omar Moreno cf 4 1 2 1 2 0 Tim Foli ss 5 2 2 2 0 0 Dave Parker rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 John Milner 1b 4 2 1 0 1 1 Mike Easler lf 2 1 1 1 2 0 - Bill Robinson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Ott c 5 1 1 2 0 1 Phil Garner 3b 5 0 3 1 0 0 Rennie Stennett 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 Ed Whitson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 - Leon Lacy ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Enrique Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Willie Stargell ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Matt Alexander pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 - Grant Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Manny Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Mets 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 12 15 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 9 13 3 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Dock Ellis 6.0 8 3 2 3 4 3.00 Ed Glynn 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 2.13 Dale Murray 1.0 3 4 2 3 0 3.23 Wayne Twitchell (W,2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4.54 Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so Ed Whitson 6.0 5 3 3 4 2 Enrique Romo 1.0 2 2 1 2 1 Kent Tekulve 1.0 3 2 1 2 1 Grant Jackson (L) 1.0 5 5 4 1 0 Errors: Frank Taveras (12), Omar Moreno. PB: Ed Ott. WP: Ed Whitson. 2B: Joel Youngblood (13), Doug Flynn (6), Willie Montanez (12), Tim Foli. 3B: John Stearns (1). HR: Steve Henderson (4), Willie Montanez (4), Ed Ott. Intentional Walks: Richie Hebner 2, Ron Hodges, Joel Youngblood, John Milner, Omar Moreno, Dave Parker. SH: Gil Flores. SF: Tim Foli. SB: Lee Mazzilli (19), Phil Garner 2, Omar Moreno, Matt Alexander.