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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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 5, Montreal Expos 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 1 0
Stearns lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 2 2 0
Hebner 3b 5 1 1 2
Youngblood rf,lf 4 1 0 0
Kranepool 1b 2 0 0 0
  Maddox rf 2 0 1 1
Trevino c 5 0 2 1
Flynn 2b 5 0 0 0
Berenguer p 1 0 1 0
  Norman ph 1 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 8 4
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 5 2 3 0
Cash 2b 5 1 1 1
Dawson cf 5 0 1 0
Staub 1b 5 0 2 2
  Scott pr 0 1 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 3 1 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
  Carter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Speier ss 1 1 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Mason ss 0 0 0 0
Sanderson p 2 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Atkinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 7 3
New York 000 001 400 0582
Montreal 120 020 000 1672
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer   6.0 5 5 4 3 5
  Glynn   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Allen  L (4-8) 2.1 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.1
7
6
4
4
6
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   6.2 6 3 3 4 6
  Fryman   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Sosa   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Atkinson  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
5
5
5
8

  E–Flynn (16), Berenguer (1), Dyer (2), Speier (17).  2B–New York Hebner (17,off Fryman), Montreal Dawson (20,off Berenguer); Cromartie 2 (38,off Berenguer,off Allen); Staub 2 (3,off Berenguer,off Allen).  SH–Sanderson (5,off Berenguer).  SB–Mazzilli 2 (31,2nd base off Sanderson/Dyer 2); Taveras (39,2nd base off Sanderson/Dyer).  WP–Sosa (1).  BK–Berenguer (1).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:20.  A–48,366.
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