New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Mets 0, Philadelphia Phillies 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 2 0
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Hodges c 3 0 1 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Flores ph 1 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Chapman 2b 2 0 0 0
Allen p 1 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
  Stearns c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 5 0
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 3 1 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Rose 1b 1 0 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
  Gross lf 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 2 1
Maddox cf 4 1 1 1
Trillo 2b 3 0 2 1
Boone c 3 0 1 0
Espinosa p 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 8 3
New York 000 000 000–050
Philadelphia 100 200 00x–381
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Allen  L (0-2) 4.0 5 3 3 3 1
  Bernard   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Murray   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
5
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  W (2-0) 7.1 4 0 0 2 2
  McGraw  SV (2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
4
  E–Trillo (2).  DP–New York 4.  2B–New York Hodges (1,off Espinosa).  3B–Philadelphia Maddox (2,off Allen).  SB–Schmidt (1,2nd base off Allen/Hodges).  U-HP–Bob Nelson, 1B–Joe Myers, 2B–Tom Telford, 3B–John Schleyer.  T–2:14.  A–31,851.
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