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National League Standings, May 20, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
c
Stearns John
Stearns
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Swan Craig
Swan
May 20, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Garry Templeton ss 6 1 1 0 0 3
Lou Brock lf 4 2 2 2 0 0
- Jerry Mumphrey rf 2 0 1 0 0 0
Keith Hernandez 1b 5 1 3 2 1 0
Ted Simmons c 4 1 0 0 2 0
Dane Iorg rf-lf 4 1 2 1 1 0
Tony Scott cf 4 0 0 0 1 2
Ken Reitz 3b 5 0 1 2 0 1
Ken Oberkfell 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0
Bob Sykes p 3 0 0 0 0 3
- Bernie Carbo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- Mark Littell p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Steve Henderson lf 3 1 0 0 3 1 .264
Frank Taveras ss 6 2 3 1 0 1 .217
Lee Mazzilli cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .307
Richie Hebner 3b 5 1 2 5 0 1 .284
John Stearns c 5 1 2 2 0 0 .205
Willie Montanez 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .195
Joel Youngblood rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .300
Doug Flynn 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .185
Craig Swan p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125
- Alex Trevino ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .435
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 12 1
New York Mets 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 8 12 0

St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Bob Sykes 8.0 6 4 4 3 3
Mark Littell 1.1 2 2 2 0 1
Darold Knowles (L) 1.0 4 2 2 1 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Craig Swan 7.0 6 4 4 1 7 3.41
Skip Lockwood 2.0 3 0 0 2 1 1.95
Dale Murray 0.1 2 3 3 3 0 3.66
Neil Allen (W,1-5) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 6.85

Errors: Jerry Mumphrey.
WP: Bob Sykes.
2B: Joel Youngblood (7), Alex Trevino (1), Richie Hebner (5), Ken Oberkfell.
HR: John Stearns (3), Richie Hebner (2), Lou Brock.
Intentional Walks: Steve Henderson.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (9), Tony Scott.
CS: Joel Youngblood (4), Keith Hernandez.


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