St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets
May 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1979 at Shea Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 9, New York Mets 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 1 2 2
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b,ss 6 2 1 1
Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 3
Simmons c 5 2 3 1
Iorg rf 4 0 2 0
Scott cf 5 1 0 1
Reitz 3b 5 0 0 0
Phillips ss 4 0 2 0
  Freed ph 0 0 0 0
  Tyson pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Vuckovich p 3 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 0 0 0 0
  Templeton pr 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Mumphrey pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Totals 44 9 12 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 3 2 0
Taveras ss 5 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 5 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 6 0 4 2
Montanez 1b 6 0 3 2
Youngblood rf 5 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 5 0 0 0
Scott p 3 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 1 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Flores ph 1 0 0 0
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 11 4
St. Louis 300 000 000 0069120
New York 200 010 000 0014111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich   9.0 6 3 3 3 7
  Schultz   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Knowles  W (2-0) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  McEnaney   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.0
11
4
4
5
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   8.1 7 3 3 2 0
  Murray   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Lockwood   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bernard  L (0-1) 0.2 1 2 0 1 0
  Orosco   0.0 0 1 0 1 0
  Allen   0.1 4 3 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
12
9
3
6
1

  E–Hebner (6).  DP–St. Louis 1, New York 2.  PB–Simmons (5).  HR–St. Louis Hernandez (3,1st inning off Scott 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Iorg (2,off Bernard); Henderson (1,off Schultz).  IBB–Scott (2,by Bernard); Stearns (4,by Knowles).  CS–Iorg (1,2nd base by Scott/Stearns); Templeton (4,2nd base by Murray/Stearns).  SB–Henderson (7,2nd base off Vuckovich/Simmons); Taveras (11,2nd base off Knowles/Simmons).  IBB–Knowles (2,Stearns); Bernard (2,Scott).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:15.  A–6,782.
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