Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
August 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1979 at Shea Stadium. 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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Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 5 0 0 0
Scott 2b 3 2 1 0
  Cash 2b 1 0 1 0
Dawson cf 5 1 3 2
Staub 1b 4 0 0 0
  Hutton 1b 1 0 0 0
Valentine rf 5 0 0 1
Parrish 3b 4 3 4 1
Mason ss 4 0 1 1
Dyer c 3 0 1 1
Palmer p 3 0 1 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood lf 5 1 2 0
Taveras ss 4 1 1 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Stearns ph 1 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 5 1 2 3
Hebner 3b 4 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 4 2
Norman rf 4 0 0 0
Hodges c 3 0 0 0
Flynn 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Bernard p 0 0 0 0
  Flores ph 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Montreal 011 121 0006120
New York 100 000 0135110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (4-2) 8.2 11 5 5 2 3
  Sosa  SV (13) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bernard  L (0-3) 4.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Twitchell   3.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Allen   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
3
5

  E–None.  2B–Montreal Parrish 2 (27,off Bernard,off Twitchell), New York Youngblood (28,off Palmer); Kranepool (2,off Palmer).  HR–Montreal Parrish (17,2nd inning off Bernard 0 on, 1 out); Dawson (18,5th inning off Twitchell 1 on, 1 out), New York Mazzilli (11,9th inning off Palmer 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Bernard (2,off Palmer).  CS–Valentine (9,2nd base by Bernard/Hodges); Mason (2,2nd base by Bernard/Hodges).  SB–Taveras 2 (33,2nd base off Palmer/Dyer,3rd base off Palmer/Dyer).  WP–Allen (3).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:56.  A–9,161.
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