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1979 Regular Season Game 140
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National League Standings, September 8, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
rf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Kobel Kevin
Kobel
September 8, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Pirates ab r hbibbso
Omar Moreno cf 7 0 4 1 0 0
Tim Foli ss 6 0 2 1 0 0
Dave Parker rf 4 0 0 0 3 0
Bill Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0
- John Milner ph-1b 3 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Lacy lf 6 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Madlock 3b 6 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Garner 2b 6 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Nicosia c 2 0 1 0 1 1
- Matt Alexander pr 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Ed Ott c 2 0 0 0 1 1
Bert Blyleven p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Willie Stargell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Alberto Lois pr 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Enrique Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Easler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Doe Boyland ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Grant Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Manny Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Jim Rooker p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jim Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 7 0 3 0 0 1 .267
Elliott Maddox rf 7 0 0 0 0 0 .260
Lee Mazzilli cf 5 2 3 0 2 1 .311
Richie Hebner 3b 6 0 0 0 0 1 .251
Ed Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .232
- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .177
- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dan Norman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191
- Dock Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077
- Kelvin Chapman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .146
Joel Youngblood lf 5 0 3 0 2 0 .280
Ron Hodges c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .147
- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- John Stearns ph-1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .241
Doug Flynn 2b 6 0 1 0 0 1 .245
Kevin Kobel p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .190
- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Alex Trevino c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .276

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 R H E
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h rer bbso
Bert Blyleven 7.0 8 2 2 2 2
Enrique Romo 2.0 3 0 0 1 0
Dave Roberts 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Kent Tekulve 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Grant Jackson 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Jim Rooker (L) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Jim Bibby 0.0 1 0 0 1 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Kevin Kobel 7.1 4 2 2 2 2 3.36
Ed Glynn 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 3.16
Jeff Reardon 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.52
Dwight Bernard 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 4.86
Dock Ellis (W,3-7) 3.0 3 0 0 2 0 6.18

PB: Ed Ott.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (30), Joel Youngblood (35).
HR: Ed Kranepool (2).
Intentional Walks: Joel Youngblood 2, Ron Hodges, Dave Parker 2.
SH: Kevin Kobel, Richie Hebner, Bert Blyleven.
SF: Tim Foli.
SB: Joel Youngblood (16), Omar Moreno 2, Tim Foli, Dave Parker.
CS: Frank Taveras (18).









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