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1979 Regular Season Game 161
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National League Standings, September 28, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
rf
Boisclair Bruce
Boisclair
1b
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
cf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
lf
Norman Dan
Norman
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
2b
Chapman Kelvin
Chapman
p
Falcone Pete
Falcone
September 28, 1979, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

New York Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 5 2 4 1 1 0 .262
Bruce Boisclair rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .183
- Elliott Maddox ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 0 0 0 2 0 .306
Richie Hebner 3b 6 0 2 1 0 0 .269
Joel Youngblood cf-rf 4 2 2 0 2 0 .276
Dan Norman lf 5 0 1 0 1 1 .236
Ron Hodges c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .163
- Sergio Ferrer pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Doug Flynn ph-2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .243
Kelvin Chapman 2b 5 1 1 2 0 1 .158
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Gil Flores ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .194
- Andy Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pete Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .173
- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227
- Roy Lee Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- John Stearns ph-c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Garry Templeton ss 2 1 2 0 0 0
- Mike Phillips pr-ss 4 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Lentine rf 4 1 1 0 1 1
- Roy Thomas p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Lou Brock ph 1 0 1 0 0 0
- George Frazier p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Scott cf 5 0 1 1 0 0
Roger Freed 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0
- Keith Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Reitz 3b 6 1 2 0 0 0
Steve Swisher c 4 1 1 1 0 0
- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jerry Mumphrey rf 2 1 1 0 0 1
Keith Smith lf 4 0 2 0 0 1
- Dane Iorg ph-lf 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2
- Ken Oberkfell pr-2b 1 0 0 0 1 0
John Urrea p 2 0 1 1 0 0
- Dan O'Brien p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Terry Kennedy c 2 0 1 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 14 2
St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 19 4

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pete Falcone 5.0 9 4 4 0 3 4.16
Roy Lee Jackson 1.2 5 1 1 0 0 1.88
Dwight Bernard 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4.70
Ed Glynn 0.2 1 0 0 2 1 3.00
Jeff Reardon 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1.83
Neil Allen (W,6-10) 2.0 3 1 0 0 0 3.62
Andy Hassler (Save,4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.70
St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
John Urrea 4.1 5 3 2 5 1
Dan O'Brien 3.0 5 2 2 0 1
Darold Knowles 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Roy Thomas 1.2 2 0 0 1 1
George Frazier (L) 1.0 1 1 0 0 0

Errors: Frank Taveras (23), Roger Freed.
WP: John Urrea.
2B: Ron Hodges (4), Mike Phillips, Garry Templeton, Jerry Mumphrey, Ken Reitz, Roger Freed.
3B: Gil Flores (1), Kelvin Chapman (2), Steve Swisher.
SH: Elliott Maddox.
SF: Tony Scott.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (34), Dan Norman (2), Joel Youngblood (18), Frank Taveras (42), Richie Hebner (3).
CS: Keith Smith, Lou Brock.


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