New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 2 4 1
Boisclair rf 4 0 1 0
  Maddox ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 6 0 2 1
Youngblood cf,rf 4 2 2 0
Norman lf 5 0 1 0
Hodges c 3 0 1 0
  Ferrer pr 0 1 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Flynn ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Chapman 2b 5 1 1 2
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Flores ph 1 1 1 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Falcone p 2 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
  Stearns ph,c 3 0 0 0
Totals 46 7 14 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 2 1 2 0
  Phillips pr,ss 4 1 1 0
Lentine rf 4 1 1 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 1 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Scott cf 5 0 1 1
Freed 1b 4 0 2 2
  Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 6 1 2 0
Swisher c 4 1 1 1
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey rf 2 1 1 0
Smith lf 4 0 2 0
  Iorg ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
  Oberkfell pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Urrea p 2 0 1 1
  O'Brien p 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy c 2 0 1 0
Totals 48 6 19 5
New York 001 110 021 017142
St. Louis 200 200 101 006194
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   5.0 9 4 4 0 3
  Jackson   1.2 5 1 1 0 0
  Bernard   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Glynn   0.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Reardon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Allen  W (6-10) 2.0 3 1 0 0 0
  Hassler  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
19
6
5
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Urrea   4.1 5 3 2 5 1
  O'Brien   3.0 5 2 2 0 1
  Knowles   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Thomas   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Frazier  L (2-4) 1.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
14
7
5
7
4

  E–Taveras (27), Stearns (16), Freed (1), Hernandez (9), Tyson (8), Oberkfell (10).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Templeton (32,off Falcone); Freed (2,off Falcone); Reitz (41,off Falcone); Phillips (3,off Jackson); Mumphrey (10,off Allen).  3B–St. Louis Swisher (1,off Falcone).  SH–Maddox (1,off Thomas).  SF–Scott (8,off Falcone).  SB–Mazzilli (34,3rd base off Urrea/Swisher); Hebner (3,2nd base off Urrea/Swisher); Taveras (44,2nd base off Knowles/Kennedy); Youngblood (18,3rd base off Thomas/Kennedy); Norman (2,2nd base off Thomas/Kennedy).  CS–Smith (1,2nd base by Falcone/Hodges); Brock (12,2nd base by Allen/Stearns).  WP–Urrea (1).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:36.  A–9,245.
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