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1979 Regular Season Game 130
August 29, 1979
Braves 5, Mets 4
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National League Standings, August 29, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
c
Trevino Alex
Trevino
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
lf
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Burris Ray
Burris
August 29, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 4

Braves ab r hbibbso
Jerry Royster 2b 5 2 2 0 0 1
Gary Matthews rf 3 0 0 0 2 0
Dale Murphy 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0
Jeff Burroughs lf 4 0 0 1 0 0
- Barry Bonnell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rowland Office cf 4 2 1 1 0 0
Joe Nolan c 3 0 2 1 1 0
Pepe Frias ss 4 0 1 1 0 0
Darrel Chaney 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Matula p 4 0 0 0 0 1
- Larry Bradford p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Joey McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 5 2 2 0 0 1 .263
Alex Trevino c-2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .290
Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .303
Richie Hebner 3b 4 0 2 1 1 1 .257
Joel Youngblood rf 5 0 1 2 0 0 .289
Ed Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .252
John Stearns lf-c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .249
- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .140
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ray Burris p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250
- Elliott Maddox lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .279

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

Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Rick Matula (W) 8.1 11 4 4 2 2
Larry Bradford 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Joey McLaughlin (Save) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ray Burris (L,0-1) 6.2 7 5 3 3 2 1.98
Ed Glynn 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 3.21
Dale Murray 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 4.82

Errors: Alex Trevino (4), Darrel Chaney.
PB: Joe Nolan.
WP: Rick Matula.
2B: Richie Hebner (16).
3B: Jerry Royster, Rowland Office.
Intentional Walks: Joe Nolan, Gary Matthews.
HBP: Dale Murphy.
SB: Rowland Office.
CS: Joe Nolan.


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