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1979 Regular Season Game 38
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National League Standings, May 24, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Zachry Pat
Zachry
May 24, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 2

Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 3 0 0 0 1 0
Ted Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1
Bill Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Kingman lf 3 1 1 1 0 1
- Sam Mejias lf 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Scot Thompson ph-lf 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer rf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Martin cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Ontiveros 3b 2 1 1 0 0 1
- Mick Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Vail ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Blackwell c 3 0 0 0 1 1
Mike Krukow p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Larry Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Dick Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Barry Foote ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Joel Youngblood rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .307
Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Lee Mazzilli cf 2 2 2 0 2 0 .325
Richie Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295
Willie Montanez 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .203
Steve Henderson lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .276
Ron Hodges c 2 0 1 1 1 0 .190
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .185
Pat Zachry p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- John Stearns c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .198

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
New York Mets 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 x 4 7 1

Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Mike Krukow (L) 6.0 6 4 3 5 2
Dick Tidrow 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pat Zachry (W,3-0) 7.0 4 2 2 2 3 3.00
Skip Lockwood (Save,7) 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 1.82

Errors: Doug Flynn (3), Ted Sizemore.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (10), Ted Sizemore.
HR: Dave Kingman.
Intentional Walks: Ron Hodges, Doug Flynn.
HBP: Frank Taveras, Steve Ontiveros.
SH: Frank Taveras, Mike Krukow 2.
SF: Ron Hodges.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (10), Steve Henderson (8).


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