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National League Standings, May 8, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
rf
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
c
Stearns John
Stearns
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
lf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Scott Mike
Scott
May 8, 1979, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Dodgers 3, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .183
- Alex Trevino ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .438
Richie Hebner 3b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .264
Lee Mazzilli cf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .316
Ed Kranepool rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .267
John Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .230
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .155
Joel Youngblood lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .186
- Ron Hodges ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .188
- Steve Henderson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Mike Scott p 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000
- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500
Dodgers ab r hbibbso
Davey Lopes 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0
Bill Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Smith rf 2 0 0 0 2 0
Steve Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1
Ron Cey 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0
Dusty Baker lf 3 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Thomasson cf 3 0 1 0 0 0
- Derrel Thomas cf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ferguson c 1 1 0 1 1 0
Rick Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Vic Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Bob Welch p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 x 3 6 0

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Mike Scott 6.0 3 2 1 4 3 2.84
Dale Murray (L,2-4) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 3.91
Los Angeles Dodgers ip h rer bbso
Rick Sutcliffe (W) 7.0 5 2 2 5 2
Bob Welch (Save) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2

Errors: John Stearns (1).
2B: Dusty Baker.
3B: Davey Lopes.
SH: Frank Taveras, Bill Russell.
SF: Joe Ferguson.
SB: Reggie Smith.
CS: Joel Youngblood (3), Steve Garvey.









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