New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
May 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 1, San Diego Padres 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Trevino c 2 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 1
Stearns 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 2 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 1 0
Youngblood rf 3 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0
Falcone p 2 0 0 0
  Flores ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 6 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 2 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 1 1
  Gonzalez 2b 0 0 0 0
Turner lf 3 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 0 1 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 3 1 1 0
Almon 2b,ss 2 1 1 0
Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 2 6 1
New York 001 000 000160
San Diego 000 010 10x261
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   5.0 2 1 1 4 0
  Allen  L (0-5) 1.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Orosco   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
6
1
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Owchinko  W (1-1) 9.0 6 1 1 6 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
6
5

  E–Tenace (1).  DP–New York 2, San Diego 4.  2B–New York Mazzilli (7,off Owchinko), San Diego Winfield (11,off Falcone).  SH–Trevino 2 (2,off Owchinko 2); Youngblood (2,off Owchinko); Owchinko 2 (3,off Falcone,off Allen).  IBB–Henderson (3,by Owchinko); Richards (2,by Allen).  SB–Henderson (5,2nd base off Owchinko/Kendall).  CS–Tenace (2,2nd base by Lockwood/Trevino).  WP–Falcone (5).  IBB–Allen (2,Richards); Owchinko (1,Henderson).  U-HP–Terry Bovey, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Frank Campagna, 3B–Frank Fisher.  T–2:23.  A–18,409.
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