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1979 Regular Season Game 122
August 20, 1979
Astros 8, Mets 1
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National League Standings, August 20, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Flores Gil
Flores
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Stearns John
Stearns
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Swan Craig
Swan
August 20, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 8, New York Mets 1

Astros ab r hbibbso
Rafael Landestoy 2b 5 0 3 3 0 0
Craig Reynolds ss 3 1 1 0 1 0
Terry Puhl cf 3 1 1 0 2 0
Cesar Cedeno 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 3 2 1 0 2 0
Enos Cabell 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard rf 4 2 3 1 1 0
Alan Ashby c 4 1 1 2 0 0
Joe Niekro p 4 0 1 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Gil Flores rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .188
- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306
John Stearns 3b 2 1 1 0 1 1 .254
Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .253
Joel Youngblood lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .292
Ron Hodges c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .157
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Craig Swan p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .123
- Dan Norman ph-rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .175

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 8 13 0
New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Joe Niekro (W) 9.0 2 1 1 3 6
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Craig Swan (L,12-10) 8.0 12 6 6 3 0 3.22
Ed Glynn 1.0 1 2 2 3 1 3.16

Errors: Ron Hodges (1).
PB: Ron Hodges.
WP: Joe Niekro.
2B: Enos Cabell, Craig Reynolds.
3B: Jeffrey Leonard.
Intentional Walks: Jeffrey Leonard.
HBP: John Stearns.
SH: Craig Reynolds, Joe Niekro.
SF: Alan Ashby.


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