New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 6, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 5, San Francisco Giants 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 0 1 0
Trevino 3b 3 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 0
Henderson lf 5 1 1 2
  Flores rf 0 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 1 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Youngblood rf,lf 3 1 1 1
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 1
Kobel p 2 0 1 1
  Chapman ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 3 1 0 0
Clark rf 2 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 5 0 2 2
Madlock 2b 3 1 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 2 0 1 0
  Tamargo ph,c 1 0 0 0
Sadek c 2 0 0 1
  Metzger ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 3 1 1 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 1 0
  Herndon pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 3
New York 000 010 040583
San Francisco 010 020 100451
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Kobel   6.0 3 3 1 5 1
  Murray  W (2-3) 1.2 2 1 1 3 0
  Lockwood  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
2
8
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   7.0 6 4 3 4 3
  Moffitt  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Roberts   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
4
3

  E–Taveras (8), Trevino (1), Montanez (4), Evans (6).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Henderson (5,off Knepper), San Francisco Knepper (1,off Kobel).  SH–Whitfield 2 (4,off Kobel,off Murray).  SF–Sadek (1,off Kobel).  IBB–Clark (1,by Murray).  SB–Youngblood (4,2nd base off Knepper/Sadek); Madlock 2 (4,2nd base off Kobel/Stearns,3rd base off Kobel/Stearns).  WP–Kobel (1).  IBB–Murray (2,Clark).  U-HP–Roy Roth, 1B–Bill Lawson, 2B–Jim Cuneo, 3B–Tony Patch.  T–2:37.  A–19,818.
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