New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 14

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 2 0
Maddox rf 3 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 3 1 2 1
  Flores cf 1 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0
  Chapman 3b 1 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Stearns c 2 0 0 0
  Trevino c 1 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 2 0
Swan p 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 2 1 0
Russell ss 5 3 3 5
Smith rf 4 0 1 1
  Joshua lf 1 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 1 0
  Guerrero 1b 1 0 0 0
Cey 3b 2 2 2 2
  Martinez pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Thomasson lf,rf 5 1 3 2
Thomas cf 4 1 0 0
Yeager c 2 2 1 2
  Oates c 0 0 0 0
Messersmith p 4 1 2 2
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 14 14 14
New York 000 001 000160
Los Angeles 306 032 00x14140
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan  L (3-3) 2.1 6 8 8 2 3
  Twitchell   1.2 1 1 1 3 2
  Bernard   2.0 6 5 5 1 0
  Murray   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
14
14
6
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  W (2-2) 7.0 6 1 1 3 4
  Hough   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–New York Mazzilli (5,off Messersmith), Los Angeles Thomasson (1,off Swan); Messersmith (1,off Twitchell).  3B–Los Angeles Thomasson (1,off Bernard).  HR–New York Mazzilli (4,6th inning off Messersmith 0 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Cey (6,1st inning off Swan 1 on, 2 out); Russell (2,3rd inning off Swan 1 on, 0 out); Yeager (4,6th inning off Bernard 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Yeager (1,off Twitchell).  IBB–Thomas (1,by Twitchell).  SB–Taveras (8,2nd base off Messersmith/Yeager); Lopes (9,2nd base off Swan/Stearns); Russell (1,2nd base off Swan/Stearns); Garvey (2,2nd base off Swan/Stearns).  WP–Murray (2).  IBB–Twitchell (2,Thomas).  U-HP–Boyd Mauer, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Jim Scott, 3B–Dale Williams.  T–2:35.  A–26,399.
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