Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 19, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 17, 1979
Pirates 6, Mets 5 1979 Regular Season Game 34
May 19, 1979
Cardinals 9, Mets 4 Next Game:
May 20, 1979
Mets 8, Cardinals 7

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National League Standings, May 19, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

lf
Steve
Henderson ss
Frank
Taveras cf
Lee
Mazzilli 3b
Richie
Hebner 1b
Willie
Montanez rf
Joel
Youngblood c
John
Stearns 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Mike
Scott

May 19, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 9, New York Mets 4

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 6 1 2 2 0 0

- Will McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Oberkfell 2b-ss 6 2 1 1 0 1

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 3 1 0

Ted Simmons c 5 2 3 1 1 0

Dane Iorg rf 4 0 2 0 1 0

Tony Scott cf 5 1 0 1 1 0

Ken Reitz 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Phillips ss 4 0 2 0 0 0

- Roger Freed ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Mike Tyson pr-2b 0 1 0 0 0 0

Pete Vuckovich p 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Bernie Carbo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Garry Templeton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Buddy Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- George Hendrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Mumphrey pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Steve Henderson lf 4 3 2 0 1 1 .271

Frank Taveras ss 5 1 1 0 1 1 .200

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 0 0 1 1 .304

Richie Hebner 3b 6 0 4 2 0 0 .279

Willie Montanez 1b 6 0 3 2 0 0 .203

Joel Youngblood rf 5 0 0 0 1 1 .302

John Stearns c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .196

Doug Flynn 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .185

Mike Scott p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000

- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Elliott Maddox ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .217

- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .357

- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E

St. Louis Cardinals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 12 0

New York Mets 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 1

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Pete Vuckovich 9.0 6 3 3 3 7

Buddy Schultz 0.2 1 0 0 1 0

Darold Knowles (W) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1

Will McEnaney 1.0 3 1 1 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Scott 8.1 7 3 3 2 0 3.45

Dale Murray 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 2.84

Skip Lockwood 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2.10

Dwight Bernard (L,0-1) 0.2 1 2 0 1 0 4.50

Jesse Orosco 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 4.24

Neil Allen 0.1 4 3 0 1 0 7.36

Errors: Richie Hebner (5).
PB: Ted Simmons.
HR: Keith Hernandez.
Intentional Walks: John Stearns, Tony Scott.
SH: Steve Henderson, Dane Iorg.
SB: Steve Henderson (7), Frank Taveras (9).
CS: Garry Templeton, Dane Iorg.

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