New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, San Diego Padres 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 1 0 0
Hebner 3b 2 0 1 1
Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0
Henderson lf 3 2 1 1
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Youngblood rf 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 2 1 1 2
Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0
Kobel p 3 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 0 2 0
Almon 2b 3 0 0 0
Turner lf 3 0 2 0
Winfield rf 4 0 1 0
Tenace 1b 2 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph 1 0 0 0
Fahey c 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
Mura p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 6 0
New York 000 200 020450
San Diego 000 000 000061
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Kobel  W (1-0) 8.0 6 0 0 3 2
  Lockwood   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Mura  L (2-1) 7.0 3 2 0 4 5
  Fingers   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  D'Acquisto   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Shirley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
4
2
6
5

  E–Smith (3).  DP–New York 3, San Diego 2.  2B–New York Mazzilli (6,off Mura), San Diego Turner (6,off Kobel).  HR–New York Stearns (2,4th inning off Mura 1 on, 2 out); Henderson (1,8th inning off Fingers 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Mura (3,off Kobel).  HBP–Turner (2,by Kobel).  HBP–Kobel (1,Turner).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Frank Campagna, 2B–Frank Fisher, 3B–Terry Bovey.  T–2:22.  A–43,142.
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