San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
July 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1979 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 Francisco Giants 2, New York Mets 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 1 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 2 1
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 1 0 0 0
Metzger 2b 3 0 1 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 1 1 0
Littlejohn c 3 0 1 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  Herndon ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood 3b,lf 3 0 2 0
Taveras ss 4 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 0
Henderson lf 4 1 2 1
  Ferrer 3b 0 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 1 0 0
Montanez 1b 3 0 2 1
Maddox rf 3 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 1
Hausman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 8 3
San Francisco 002 000 000262
New York 021 000 00x381
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (7-8) 7.0 7 3 3 3 2
  Griffin   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hausman  W (1-4) 9.0 6 2 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
2

  E–Griffin (1), LeMaster (10), Flynn (12).  DP–San Francisco 2, New York 2.  2B–San Francisco Whitfield (16,off Hausman), New York Henderson (12,off Blue).  SF–Flynn (1,off Blue).  SB–North (38,2nd base off Hausman/Stearns); Youngblood (13,2nd base off Blue/Littlejohn).  CS–Metzger (1,2nd base by Hausman/Stearns); Mazzilli (9,3rd base by Griffin/Littlejohn).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:05.  A–28,254.
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