San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
July 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1979 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres 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 1, New York Mets 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
Dade 3b 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 3 0 1 0
Tenace c 4 0 1 0
Turner lf 2 0 0 0
Bevacqua 1b 2 0 0 0
  Tolan ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Almon 2b 3 0 0 0
Shirley p 1 0 0 0
  Kendall ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Mura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Stearns 1b 3 1 2 0
  Montanez 1b 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 2 0
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 1
Henderson lf 4 1 3 0
Youngblood rf 3 1 0 0
Trevino c 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 2 3
Hassler p 2 0 0 0
  Hausman p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 11 4
San Diego 000 001 000140
New York 031 000 00x4110
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (4-9) 4.0 5 4 4 3 2
  Lee   3.0 4 0 0 0 1
  Mura   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hassler  W (2-2) 5.2 3 1 1 3 7
  Hausman  SV (1) 3.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
9

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1, New York 2.  2B–New York Flynn (9,off Shirley); Stearns (17,off Shirley).  SF–Hebner (6,off Shirley).  SB–Smith (14,2nd base off Hassler/Trevino).  CS–Stearns (9,2nd base by Shirley/Tenace).  WP–Hassler 2 (3).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:24.  A–17,320.
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