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Previous Game: May 8, 1979 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 1979 Regular Season Game 26 May 9, 1979 Dodgers 7, Mets 2 Next Game: May 10, 1979 Dodgers 14, Mets 1

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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Allen, Neil 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Bernard, Dwight 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Boisclair, Bruce 14 24 4 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 2 .333 12 .500 .333 Chapman, Kelvin 17 44 3 7 1 1 0 2 4 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 .159 10 .227 .224 Falcone, Pete 6 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .091 1 .091 .167 Flores, Gil 11 10 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .500 5 .500 .500 Flynn, Doug 26 89 7 17 1 0 1 14 5 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 .191 21 .236 .234 Foli, Tim 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hebner, Richie 21 76 11 20 3 1 1 9 9 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 .263 28 .368 .349 Henderson, Steve 24 88 10 25 5 1 0 11 9 2 15 0 0 0 4 2 .284 32 .364 .351 Hodges, Ron 12 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .188 4 .250 .278 Kobel, Kevin 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .333 Kranepool, Ed 12 19 2 4 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .211 8 .421 .273 Lockwood, Skip 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Maddox, Elliott 7 16 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 .250 5 .313 .381 Mazzilli, Lee 26 102 13 31 4 0 3 16 14 2 11 1 0 0 8 2 .304 44 .431 .385 Montanez, Willie 26 100 11 15 4 0 1 4 9 2 14 1 0 0 0 1 .150 22 .220 .218 Murray, Dale 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Orosco, Jesse 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Scott, Mike 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .333 Stearns, John 25 89 12 20 7 0 1 8 7 3 11 1 0 2 2 3 .225 30 .337 .293 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Swan, Craig 7 18 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .167 4 .222 .211 Taveras, Frank 17 64 7 12 1 1 0 1 6 1 10 0 2 0 5 1 .188 15 .234 .257 Trevino, Alex 7 16 2 7 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .438 9 .563 .500 Twitchell, Wayne 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Youngblood, Joel 24 68 11 22 3 0 4 12 12 0 8 2 1 1 4 3 .324 37 .544 .422 Zachry, Pat 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Pitching Statistics as of May 9, 1979

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Allen, Neil 5 20.1 0 4 .000 26 17 17 8 15 5 0 0 0 7.52 Bernard, Dwight 14 16.1 0 0 .000 19 5 5 7 10 0 0 0 0 2.76 Falcone, Pete 6 36.1 0 3 .000 40 21 20 18 21 6 0 0 0 4.95 Kobel, Kevin 3 11.2 0 0 .000 7 5 3 2 7 1 0 0 0 2.31 Lockwood, Skip 12 17.1 0 3 .000 13 4 4 18 7 0 0 0 5 2.08 Murray, Dale 13 23 2 4 .333 26 11 10 8 12 0 0 0 0 3.91 Orosco, Jesse 8 13.1 1 1 .500 11 6 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 4.05 Scott, Mike 5 19 1 0 1.000 19 10 6 8 7 3 0 0 0 2.84 Swan, Craig 7 51 3 2 .600 45 18 14 26 16 7 1 1 0 2.47 Twitchell, Wayne 5 9.2 0 0 .000 5 14 9 6 17 1 0 0 0 8.38 Zachry, Pat 3 17 2 0 1.000 19 6 6 7 9 3 1 0 0 3.18

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