Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
September 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1979 at Shea Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 1 3 1
Trillo 2b 5 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 2
  Anderson pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 2
  Vukovich 3b 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 1 0
Espinosa p 3 1 1 0
  Gross rf,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 1 1 0
Maddox rf 4 0 1 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 1
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Youngblood lf 4 1 1 0
Stearns 1b 4 0 1 1
Trevino c 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0
Falcone p 1 0 0 0
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 1 0
  Ferrer pr 0 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Philadelphia 102 101 0005100
New York 010 001 000291
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  W (14-11) 6.2 8 2 2 1 3
  Eastwick  SV (6) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone  L (5-13) 5.2 9 5 5 3 3
  Bernard   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Scott   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hausman   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5

  E–Hebner (20).  2B–New York Stearns (26,off Espinosa).  3B–Philadelphia Bowa (11,off Falcone).  HR–Philadelphia Luzinski (18,3rd inning off Falcone 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Schmidt (7,off Falcone).  CS–Anderson (2,2nd base by Hausman/Trevino); Taveras (20,2nd base by Espinosa/Boone).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:08.  A–4,713.
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