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1979 Regular Season Game 129
August 28, 1979
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National League Standings, August 28, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Flores Gil
Flores
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
c
Stearns John
Stearns
1b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
3b
Trevino Alex
Trevino
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Ellis Dock
Ellis
August 28, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 6, New York Mets 4

Braves ab r hbibbso
Jerry Royster 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1
Gary Matthews rf 5 1 2 0 0 0
Dale Murphy 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1
Jeff Burroughs lf 4 1 2 0 1 2
- Barry Bonnell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rowland Office cf 4 1 1 0 1 1
Pepe Frias ss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Darrel Chaney 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Bruce Benedict c 4 2 3 1 0 0
Phil Niekro p 2 0 2 2 0 0
- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Larry Bradford p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Joey McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Gil Flores rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .192
- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .242
Frank Taveras ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .262
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .302
John Stearns c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .249
Richie Hebner 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .254
Joel Youngblood lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .290
Alex Trevino 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .249
Dock Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .083
- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Elliott Maddox ph-3b 2 1 1 0 0 1 .283

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta Braves 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 13 2
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 12 0

Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Phil Niekro (W) 7.0 8 1 1 0 3
Gene Garber 0.1 3 3 2 0 1
Larry Bradford 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Joey McLaughlin (Save) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Dock Ellis (L,2-6) 7.0 10 4 4 3 4 6.30
Jeff Reardon 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00
Neil Allen 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 4.24

Errors: Dale Murphy.
2B: Joel Youngblood (33), Frank Taveras (23), Richie Hebner (15), Gary Matthews, Rowland Office, Jeff Burroughs, Bruce Benedict.
3B: Gary Matthews.
HR: Dale Murphy.
Intentional Walks: Rowland Office, Darrel Chaney.
HBP: Gil Flores.
SH: Phil Niekro.
SF: Richie Hebner, Dale Murphy, Phil Niekro.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (28), Dale Murphy.
CS: Joel Youngblood (13), Frank Taveras (16).









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