New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 6, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets 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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New York Mets 1, Philadelphia Phillies 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 1 0
Maddox 3b,rf 3 0 1 0
Mazzilli cf 3 0 2 0
Youngblood lf 4 0 0 0
Stearns 1b 4 0 0 0
Norman rf 2 0 0 0
  Hebner ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
Falcone p 1 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 0
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 1 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 3 0 1 2
Luzinski lf 3 0 0 0
  Unser lf 0 0 0 0
Boone c 2 0 0 0
Anderson rf 3 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Vukovich 3b 3 0 0 0
Bowa ss 2 0 0 0
Lerch p 1 1 0 0
  Gross rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 4 2
New York 000 000 001142
Philadelphia 101 000 00x240
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone  L (5-12) 5.0 3 2 2 1 5
  Reardon   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Hassler   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
3
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  W (8-12) 6.0 1 0 0 3 4
  Reed   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Eastwick  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
5

  E–Maddox (3), Trevino (7).  DP–New York 2, Philadelphia 1.  SF–Maddox (7,off Falcone).  CS–Mazzilli (10,2nd base by Lerch/Boone).  SB–Rose (17,2nd base off Falcone/Trevino); Maddox (26,2nd base off Falcone/Trevino).  BK–Falcone (1).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:13.  A–21,091.
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