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September 26, 1979
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National League Standings, September 26, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
1b
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
c
Stearns John
Stearns
rf
Boisclair Bruce
Boisclair
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Hausman Tom
Hausman
September 26, 1979, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .260
- Kelvin Chapman 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .155
Elliott Maddox cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .251
Lee Mazzilli 1b 2 2 1 0 1 1 .311
- Alex Trevino 3b 1 0 1 1 1 0 .268
Richie Hebner 3b-1b 2 2 2 4 1 0 .268
- Dan Norman ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Joel Youngblood lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .273
John Stearns c 4 2 1 1 1 0 .242
Bruce Boisclair rf-1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .172
Doug Flynn 2b-ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 .238
Tom Hausman p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .115
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 5 0 3 0 0 1
Bill Buckner 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Kingman lf 5 0 0 0 0 3
Larry Biittner rf 3 2 1 0 1 0
Steve Ontiveros 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0
Jerry Martin cf 4 0 2 2 0 1
Tim Blackwell c 3 0 0 0 0 0
- Scot Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Bruce Kimm c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mick Kelleher 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0
- Barry Foote ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Moore p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- George Riley p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Steve Macko ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Geisel p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ken Henderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Doug Capilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Vail ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 8 13 0
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 11 2

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Tom Hausman (W,2-6) 8.1 10 3 3 2 3 2.75
Neil Allen 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 3.69
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Donnie Moore (L) 4.0 7 5 5 3 2
George Riley 1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Dave Geisel 2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Doug Capilla 2.0 0 0 0 1 1

Errors: Donnie Moore.
2B: Bruce Boisclair (4), Richie Hebner (24), Steve Ontiveros 2, Jerry Martin.
HR: Richie Hebner (10).
Intentional Walks: Richie Hebner.
HBP: Richie Hebner.
SB: Frank Taveras (41).









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