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National League Standings, June 6, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
c
Stearns John
Stearns
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
rf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Orosco Jesse
Orosco
June 6, 1979, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

New York Mets 5, Cincinnati Reds 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Joel Youngblood 3b-rf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .308
Frank Taveras ss 5 0 2 3 0 0 .222
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .350
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .220
John Stearns c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .235
Steve Henderson lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .272
Elliott Maddox rf-cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239
Doug Flynn 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .229
Jesse Orosco p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ron Hodges ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160
- Alex Trevino ph-3b 2 1 0 0 0 0 .389
Reds ab r hbibbso
Ken Griffey rf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Junior Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 0 0
George Foster lf 4 1 2 1 0 1
Dan Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1
Ray Knight 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Paul Blair cf 3 1 1 1 1 1
Vic Correll c 3 0 1 1 1 0
Bill Bonham p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Manny Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Pedro Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Collins ph 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Tom Hume p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Johnny Bench ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 12 0
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jesse Orosco 5.0 4 2 2 4 2 4.88
Dale Murray (W,3-5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.45
Skip Lockwood 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.49
Ed Glynn (Save,2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1.93
Cincinnati Reds ip h rer bbso
Bill Bonham 6.0 4 1 1 2 3
Manny Sarmiento (L) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
Dave Tomlin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Pedro Borbon 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Tom Hume 2.0 3 0 0 0 1

Errors: Paul Blair.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (17), Joel Youngblood (11), Doug Flynn (4), Frank Taveras (4), Vic Correll.
HR: George Foster.
SB: John Stearns 2 (6).
CS: John Stearns (4).


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