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1979 Regular Season Game 111
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National League Standings, August 8, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
rf
Cardenal Jose
Cardenal
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Hassler Andy
Hassler
August 8, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 4

Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Garry Templeton ss 5 1 1 0 0 1
Jerry Mumphrey lf 5 1 3 0 0 0
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1
Ted Simmons c 5 1 3 2 0 1
George Hendrick rf 5 2 2 2 0 1
Tony Scott cf 5 1 1 0 0 1
Ken Reitz 3b 5 1 1 3 0 1
Ken Oberkfell 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0
Pete Vuckovich p 4 0 1 1 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Jose Cardenal rf 3 1 0 0 0 1 .333
Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Lee Mazzilli cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .309
Richie Hebner 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .261
Joel Youngblood lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .282
Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .193
John Stearns c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .245
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243
Andy Hassler p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
- Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375
- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dan Norman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 8 15 0
New York Mets 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0

St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
Pete Vuckovich (W) 9.0 6 4 4 3 4
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Andy Hassler (L,3-4) 4.1 9 6 6 0 1 4.39
Wayne Twitchell 2.2 4 2 2 1 4 5.07
Dale Murray 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 4.73

2B: Joel Youngblood (25), Doug Flynn (15), Ted Simmons.
3B: Ken Oberkfell.
HR: George Hendrick, Ken Reitz.
Intentional Walks: Keith Hernandez.
HBP: Jose Cardenal.
SH: Frank Taveras.
SF: Ed Kranepool.









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