New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
June 3, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1979 at Fulton County Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 9, Atlanta Braves 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 6 1 1 0
Taveras ss 5 2 1 0
Mazzilli cf 1 1 1 0
  Maddox cf 2 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 2 1 1
Stearns c 4 2 3 3
Montanez 1b 4 1 2 3
Henderson lf 4 0 2 1
Flynn 2b 5 0 3 0
Zachry p 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 15 8
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 5 0 1 1
Matthews rf 3 0 1 0
Horner 1b 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 0 0 0
Nolan c 2 2 1 0
Office cf 4 1 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 1 1 0
Frias ss 4 0 1 2
Mahler M. p 0 0 0 0
  Mahler R. p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 1 1
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Spikes ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Skok p 0 0 0 0
  Chaney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 4
New York 402 002 0109151
Atlanta 020 002 000462
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  W (5-0) 6.0 5 4 2 3 5
  Lockwood  SV (9) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
2
3
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler M.  L (2-5) 0.2 4 4 4 1 1
  Mahler R.   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Devine   3.0 4 2 2 3 0
  Easterly   1.0 3 2 0 0 0
  McLaughlin   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Skok   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
7
5
6

  E–Flynn (9), Royster (10), Frias (9).  PB–Nolan (1).  2B–New York Youngblood (10,off M Mahler); Henderson 2 (8,off M Mahler,off Devine).  3B–New York Flynn 2 (3,off Devine,off B McLaughlin), Atlanta Frias (1,off Zachry).  HR–New York Montanez (3,3rd inning off Devine 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Lockwood (1,off Skok).  SF–Montanez (2,off M Mahler).  SB–Stearns (4,2nd base off M Mahler/Nolan); Taveras (16,2nd base off B McLaughlin/Nolan).  CS–Mazzilli (4,3rd base by Devine/Nolan); Henderson (3,2nd base by Devine/Nolan).  WP–M Mahler (2).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Steve Fields.  T–2:46.  A–3,526.
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