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1980 Regular Season Game 162
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National League Standings, October 5, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Backman Wally
Backman
c
Trevino Alex
Trevino
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
lf
Norman Dan
Norman
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Rosado Luis
Rosado
2b
Almon Bill
Almon
p
Falcone Pete
Falcone
October 5, 1980, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .248
Wally Backman ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 .323
Alex Trevino c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .256
Joel Youngblood rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276
Dan Norman lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .185
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .309
Luis Rosado 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bill Almon 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .170
Pete Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .146
- Steve Henderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .290
- Scott Holman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cardinals ab r hbibbso
Tom Herr 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0
Tito Landrum cf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0
Leon Durham lf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Ken Reitz 3b 3 0 2 1 0 0
- Ty Waller 3b 1 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Swisher c 4 0 2 0 0 1
Keith Smith rf 3 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Ramsey ss 2 1 1 0 1 0
John Martin p 3 0 0 0 0 2

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pete Falcone (L,7-10) 6.0 8 3 3 2 5 4.52
Scott Holman 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1.29
St. Louis Cardinals ip h rer bbso
John Martin (W) 9.0 7 2 2 1 6

Left on base: Mets 4, Cardinals 7
Errors: Wally Backman (1), Mike Ramsey, Steve Swisher.
WP: Pete Falcone.
2B: Mike Ramsey, Steve Swisher.
3B: Alex Trevino (2).
Intentional Walks: Mike Ramsey, Keith Smith.
SB: Wally Backman (2).
CS: Mookie Wilson (7).


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