Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 16, 1980 - Box Score

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May 14, 1980
Mets 7, Reds 6 1980 Regular Season Game 29
May 16, 1980
Mets 5, Braves 3 Next Game:
May 18, 1980
Braves 2, Mets 1

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National League Standings, May 16, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras 3b
Elliott
Maddox 1b
Lee
Mazzilli c
John
Stearns rf
Mike
Jorgensen cf
Joel
Youngblood lf
Steve
Henderson 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Pete
Falcone

May 16, 1980, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 5, Atlanta Braves 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 .231

Elliott Maddox 3b 3 2 2 0 2 0 .300

Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .263

John Stearns c 5 1 2 3 0 0 .321

Mike Jorgensen rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .296

- Jerry Morales cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .184

Joel Youngblood cf-rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .283

Steve Henderson lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .289

Doug Flynn 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .209

Pete Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .111

- Neil Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Jerry Royster 2b 3 0 0 0 1 3

Larvell Blanks 3b-ss 4 1 1 1 0 2

Gary Matthews rf 3 0 1 0 1 0

Chris Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Jeff Burroughs lf 2 1 0 0 2 2

Dale Murphy cf 4 1 1 0 0 2

Bruce Benedict c 3 0 1 1 0 0

Luis Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Bill Nahorodny ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Brian Asselstine ph 0 0 0 1 0 0

- Chico Ruiz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Phil Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Al Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 11 1

Atlanta Braves 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Pete Falcone (W,2-2) 6.0 4 3 3 4 7 4.97

Neil Allen (Save,6) 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 5.47

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Phil Niekro (L) 6.2 9 5 5 5 3

Gene Garber 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Al Hrabosky 2.0 2 0 0 0 1

Left on base: Mets 11, Braves 3
Errors: Doug Flynn (2), Jerry Royster.
PB: Bruce Benedict 2.
WP: Phil Niekro.
2B: John Stearns (14), Joel Youngblood (8), Dale Murphy.
HR: Larvell Blanks.
SH: Pete Falcone.
SF: Brian Asselstine.
SB: Jerry Royster.
CS: Lee Mazzilli (5).

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