Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 27, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
June 26, 1979
Pirates 2, Mets 1 1979 Regular Season Game 69
June 27, 1979
Mets 12, Pirates 9 Next Game:
June 28, 1979
Mets 3, Pirates 2

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National League Standings, June 27, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

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

June 27, 1979, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

New York Mets 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joel Youngblood rf-2b 5 2 4 2 1 0 .282

Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .162

- Sergio Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Elliott Maddox ph-rf 2 1 1 1 0 1 .230

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 1 2 1 1 0 .336

Richie Hebner 3b 3 1 1 2 3 0 .290

John Stearns c 6 0 1 2 0 0 .234

Willie Montanez 1b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .204

Steve Henderson lf 3 2 2 1 2 0 .275

Doug Flynn 2b-ss 5 2 2 0 0 1 .228

Dock Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bruce Boisclair ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .233

- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ron Hodges ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .172

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

- Gil Flores ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

- Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 4 1 2 1 2 0

Tim Foli ss 5 2 2 2 0 0

Dave Parker rf 4 0 1 0 1 1

John Milner 1b 4 2 1 0 1 1

Mike Easler lf 2 1 1 1 2 0

- Bill Robinson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ed Ott c 5 1 1 2 0 1

Phil Garner 3b 5 0 3 1 0 0

Rennie Stennett 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1

Ed Whitson p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Lee Lacy ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Enrique Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Willie Stargell ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Matt Alexander pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Grant Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Manny Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 12 15 2

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 9 13 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dock Ellis 6.0 8 3 2 3 4 3.00

Ed Glynn 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 2.13

Dale Murray 1.0 3 4 2 3 0 3.23

Wayne Twitchell (W,2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4.54

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Ed Whitson 6.0 5 3 3 4 2

Enrique Romo 1.0 2 2 1 2 1

Kent Tekulve 1.0 3 2 1 2 1

Grant Jackson (L) 1.0 5 5 4 1 0

Errors: Frank Taveras (12), Omar Moreno.
PB: Ed Ott.
WP: Ed Whitson.
2B: Joel Youngblood (13), Doug Flynn (6), Willie Montanez (12), Tim Foli.
3B: John Stearns (1).
HR: Steve Henderson (4), Willie Montanez (4), Ed Ott.
Intentional Walks: Richie Hebner 2, Ron Hodges, Joel Youngblood, John Milner, Omar Moreno, Dave Parker.
SH: Gil Flores.
SF: Tim Foli.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (19), Phil Garner 2, Omar Moreno, Matt Alexander.

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