Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 8, 1979 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 7, 1979
Pirates 6, Mets 4 1979 Regular Season Game 140
September 8, 1979
Mets 3, Pirates 2 Next Game:
September 9, 1979
Pirates 6, Mets 5

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National League Standings, September 8, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras rf
Elliott
Maddox cf
Lee
Mazzilli 3b
Richie
Hebner 1b
Ed
Kranepool lf
Joel
Youngblood c
Ron
Hodges 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Kevin
Kobel

September 8, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 7 0 4 1 0 0

Tim Foli ss 6 0 2 1 0 0

Dave Parker rf 4 0 0 0 3 0

Bill Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0

- John Milner ph-1b 3 0 0 0 0 1

Lee Lacy lf 6 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Madlock 3b 6 0 0 0 0 1

Phil Garner 2b 6 0 1 0 0 0

Steve Nicosia c 2 0 1 0 1 1

- Matt Alexander pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Ed Ott c 2 0 0 0 1 1

Bert Blyleven p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Willie Stargell ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Alberto Lois pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Enrique Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Easler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Doe Boyland ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Grant Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Manny Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Rooker p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 7 0 3 0 0 1 .267

Elliott Maddox rf 7 0 0 0 0 0 .260

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 2 3 0 2 1 .311

Richie Hebner 3b 6 0 0 0 0 1 .251

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .232

- Gil Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .177

- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dan Norman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191

- Dock Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077

- Kelvin Chapman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .146

Joel Youngblood lf 5 0 3 0 2 0 .280

Ron Hodges c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .147

- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Stearns ph-1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .241

Doug Flynn 2b 6 0 1 0 0 1 .245

Kevin Kobel p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .190

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

- Alex Trevino c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .276

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 R H E

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Bert Blyleven 7.0 8 2 2 2 2

Enrique Romo 2.0 3 0 0 1 0

Dave Roberts 0.1 1 0 0 0 0

Kent Tekulve 1.2 0 0 0 1 2

Grant Jackson 3.0 0 0 0 1 2

Jim Rooker (L) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0

Jim Bibby 0.0 1 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Kevin Kobel 7.1 4 2 2 2 2 3.36

Ed Glynn 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 3.16

Jeff Reardon 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.52

Dwight Bernard 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 4.86

Dock Ellis (W,3-7) 3.0 3 0 0 2 0 6.18

PB: Ed Ott.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (30), Joel Youngblood (35).
HR: Ed Kranepool (2).
Intentional Walks: Joel Youngblood 2, Ron Hodges, Dave Parker 2.
SH: Kevin Kobel, Richie Hebner, Bert Blyleven.
SF: Tim Foli.
SB: Joel Youngblood (16), Omar Moreno 2, Tim Foli, Dave Parker.
CS: Frank Taveras (18).

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