Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 6, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 5, 1979
Giants 6, Mets 4 1979 Regular Season Game 23
May 6, 1979
Mets 5, Giants 4 Next Game:
May 7, 1979
Dodgers 5, Mets 2

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National League Standings, May 6, 1979

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras 3b
Alex
Trevino cf
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Steve
Henderson c
John
Stearns 1b
Willie
Montanez rf
Joel
Youngblood 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Kevin
Kobel

May 6, 1979, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .192

Alex Trevino 3b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .467

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .293

Steve Henderson lf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .284

- Gil Flores rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .556

John Stearns c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .241

Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .157

Joel Youngblood rf-lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .333

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .190

Kevin Kobel p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .333

- Kelvin Chapman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .159

- Dale Murray p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Bill North cf 3 1 0 0 2 0

- Dave Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Terry Whitfield lf 3 1 0 0 0 1

Jack Clark rf 2 0 0 0 3 0

Mike Ivie 1b 5 0 2 2 0 0

Bill Madlock 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0

Darrell Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Johnnie LeMaster ss 2 0 1 0 1 0

- John Tamargo ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Sadek c 2 0 0 1 0 0

- Roger Metzger ph-ss 0 0 0 0 1 0

Bob Knepper p 3 1 1 0 0 0

- Randy Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Willie McCovey ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Larry Herndon pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 8 3

San Francisco Giants 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 5 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Kevin Kobel 6.0 3 3 1 5 1 2.31

Dale Murray (W,2-3) 1.2 2 1 1 3 0 3.86

Skip Lockwood (Save,5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1.65

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Bob Knepper 7.0 6 4 3 4 3

Randy Moffitt (L) 1.0 1 1 0 0 0

Dave Roberts 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Errors: Frank Taveras (5), Darrell Evans.
WP: Kevin Kobel.
2B: Steve Henderson (5), Bob Knepper.
Intentional Walks: Jack Clark.
SH: Terry Whitfield 2.
SF: Mike Sadek.
SB: Joel Youngblood (4), Bill Madlock 2.

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