New York Mets vs Montreal Expos
August 3, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1979 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Montreal Expos 10

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 3 0
Stearns c 5 0 1 1
Mazzilli cf 3 1 1 1
Montanez 1b 4 1 3 1
Hebner 3b 4 1 1 0
Kranepool rf 2 0 0 0
  Flores ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Youngblood lf 4 1 2 1
Flynn 2b 3 1 2 1
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
Kobel p 2 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino 2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 6 14 5
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 5 2 2 2
Scott 2b 3 3 1 0
Dawson cf 5 2 4 4
Perez 1b 4 1 3 3
Carter c 5 0 1 1
Valentine rf 5 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 1 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
  Hutton ph 0 1 0 0
  Mason ss 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 1 0 0 0
  May p 1 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanderson p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 14 10
New York 500 001 0006140
Montreal 401 000 14x10141
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Kobel   6.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Murray  L (4-6) 1.2 3 5 5 3 0
  Bernard   0.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
10
10
6
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   3.0 8 5 5 0 2
  May   3.0 4 1 1 2 2
  Sanderson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen  W (3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Fryman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
2
5

  E–Cromartie (8).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–New York Youngblood (24,off Rogers); Flynn (12,off Rogers), Montreal Perez (20,off Kobel).  3B–New York Mazzilli (3,off Rogers), Montreal Dawson 2 (9,off Kobel,off Murray).  HR–Montreal Cromartie (7,1st inning off Kobel 0 on, 0 out); Perez (10,1st inning off Kobel 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Kobel (5,off May); Parrish (4,off Murray).  SB–Taveras (31,2nd base off Rogers/Carter); Valentine (7,2nd base off Kobel/Stearns).  CS–Taveras (14,2nd base by Rogers/Carter); Stearns (11,2nd base by May/Carter); Youngblood (12,2nd base by Bahnsen/Carter); Trevino (1,2nd base by Fryman/Carter); Perez (1,2nd base by Kobel/Stearns); Valentine (8,2nd base by Kobel/Stearns).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:50.  A–28,734.
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