Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 13, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 12, 1979
Mets 12, Dodgers 5 1979 Regular Season Game 85
July 13, 1979
Mets 7, Giants 6 Next Game:
July 13, 1979
Mets 5, Giants 2

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National League Standings, July 13, 1979

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

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

July 13, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 7, San Francisco Giants 6

Giants ab r h bi bb so

Bill North cf 5 2 2 0 0 1

Joe Strain 2b 4 1 3 1 0 0

- Roger Metzger pr-2b 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Willie McCovey ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Jack Clark rf 5 0 2 1 0 1

Mike Ivie 1b-2b 5 1 3 2 0 0

Darrell Evans 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2

Larry Herndon lf 5 0 1 0 0 1

Johnnie LeMaster ss 4 1 2 0 0 0

Dennis Littlejohn c 4 1 2 1 0 1

Bob Knepper p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Greg Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rob Andrews ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tom Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Terry Whitfield ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Pedro Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Marc Hill ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Gary Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joel Youngblood 2b-lf 4 2 1 0 0 1 .286

Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 2 0 1 .254

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .326

Steve Henderson lf 4 2 3 2 0 0 .290

- Doug Flynn 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229

John Stearns c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .248

Willie Montanez 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .218

Elliott Maddox rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .264

Alex Trevino 3b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .353

Kevin Kobel p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .192

- Neil Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219

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

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

San Francisco Giants 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 17 0

New York Mets 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 7 10 0

San Francisco Giants ip h r er bb so

Bob Knepper (L) 2.1 7 6 4 0 1

Greg Minton 1.2 1 0 0 1 1

Tom Griffin 2.0 0 0 0 0 1

Pedro Borbon 1.0 2 1 1 0 1

Gary Lavelle 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Kevin Kobel (W,4-4) 5.0 9 4 4 0 2 3.39

Neil Allen 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 4.79

Ed Glynn 1.1 4 1 1 0 2 2.01

Dale Murray (Save,3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4.06

PB: Dennis Littlejohn.
WP: Bob Knepper.
2B: Jack Clark, Johnnie LeMaster, Bill North.
3B: Steve Henderson (6), Frank Taveras (5), Mike Ivie.
HR: Steve Henderson (5).
Intentional Walks: Alex Trevino.
SH: Kevin Kobel.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (22), Joel Youngblood (12), Elliott Maddox (1), Larry Herndon.
CS: John Stearns (10), Larry Herndon.

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