New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
July 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, San Diego Padres 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood 3b 5 0 1 0
  Ferrer 3b 0 0 0 0
Taveras ss 5 2 3 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0
Henderson lf 4 0 2 0
Stearns c 3 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 1
Maddox rf 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0
Hausman p 2 0 1 0
  Flores ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Briggs 1b 3 0 0 0
  Dade pr 0 0 0 0
Turner lf 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 3 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
Johnstone cf 4 1 2 0
Bevacqua 3b 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 1
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Richards ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
New York 000 001 0102110
San Diego 000 010 000131
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hausman   6.0 2 1 1 2 7
  Allen  W (4-5) 2.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Hassler  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (4-10) 7.2 10 2 1 2 3
  Lee   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Fingers   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
1
2
4

  E–Briggs (3).  2B–New York Taveras 2 (20,off Shirley 2); Henderson (15,off Shirley); Stearns (18,off Shirley); Maddox (7,off Shirley).  SB–Taveras (24,3rd base off Shirley/Tenace); Winfield (7,2nd base off Hausman/Stearns).  CS–Youngblood (11,2nd base by Shirley/Tenace); Taveras (11,2nd base by Shirley/Tenace); Henderson (5,2nd base by Shirley/Tenace).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:37.  A–25,327.
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