San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
July 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1979 at Shea Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Diego Padres 11, New York Mets 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 2 3 1
Smith ss 5 3 3 0
Dade 3b 5 3 3 2
Winfield rf 4 1 1 1
Turner lf 5 1 2 4
Johnstone 1b 5 0 1 1
Tenace c 4 0 1 0
Almon 2b 3 1 0 0
D'Acquisto p 2 0 1 0
  Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 9
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 3 1 1 0
Taveras ss 5 1 2 1
Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 1
Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 1 2 0
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Hodges c 2 0 1 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 1 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 0 1
Ellis p 1 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
  Stearns ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
San Diego 400 100 30311150
New York 000 021 000392
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto  W (5-5) 5.0 7 3 3 3 4
  Rasmussen  SV (1) 4.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (0-2) 5.0 8 5 5 2 3
  Hausman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Murray   2.0 3 3 2 1 1
  Twitchell   1.0 4 3 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
11
9
3
6

  E–Taveras (17), Stearns (7).  DP–San Diego 2, New York 1.  2B–San Diego Johnstone (3,off Ellis).  3B–San Diego Turner (2,off Ellis).  CS–Johnstone (1,3rd base by Ellis/Hodges).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:53.  A–14,048.
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