Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 28, 1980 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 27, 1980
Cardinals 4, Mets 2 1980 Regular Season Game 156
September 28, 1980
Mets 8, Cardinals 0 Next Game:
September 29, 1980
Mets 5, Pirates 4

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National League Standings, September 28, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras c
Alex
Trevino 1b
Lee
Mazzilli cf
Joel
Youngblood lf
Steve
Henderson rf
Dan
Norman 3b
Hubie
Brooks 2b
Bill
Almon p
Mike
Scott

September 28, 1980, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Ken Oberkfell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Reitz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tom Herr 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0

Leon Durham lf 4 0 0 0 0 1

Dane Iorg rf 4 0 0 0 0 1

Terry Kennedy c 4 0 1 0 0 0

Tito Landrum cf 4 0 2 0 0 0

Mike Ramsey ss 3 0 1 0 0 1

Al Olmsted p 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Ted Simmons ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- John Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- John Littlefield p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- John Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .279

Alex Trevino c 4 1 1 0 1 0 .253

Lee Mazzilli 1b 2 1 0 0 3 0 .277

- Mike Jorgensen pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256

Joel Youngblood cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .279

Steve Henderson lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .291

Dan Norman rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .165

- Claudell Washington ph-rf 0 1 0 1 2 0 .274

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 1 1 2 1 1 .276

Bill Almon 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .194

Mike Scott p 4 0 0 0 0 3 .125

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

St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2

New York Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 x 8 8 3

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Al Olmsted (L) 6.0 4 2 2 4 3

John Urrea 1.0 1 2 2 3 0

John Littlefield 0.2 3 4 1 2 1

John Martin 0.1 0 0 0 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Scott (W,1-1) 9.0 8 0 0 0 3 3.65

Left on base: Cardinals 7, Mets 11
Errors: Bill Almon 3 (6), Tito Landrum, Mike Ramsey, John Littlefield.
2B: Bill Almon 2 (2), Keith Hernandez.
3B: Hubie Brooks (1).
HR: Joel Youngblood (7).
Intentional Walks: Lee Mazzilli.
SF: Joel Youngblood.
SB: Steve Henderson (22), Claudell Washington (15).

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