New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 1 1 0
  Chapman 2b 2 1 0 0
Maddox cf 4 1 2 1
Mazzilli 1b 5 0 0 1
Hebner 3b 4 0 2 1
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 3 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 0 2 0
Boisclair lf 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Pacella p 2 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 1 0
  Flores pr 0 0 0 0
  Trevino 3b 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 4 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 2 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph,cf 1 0 1 1
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 2 0 1 0
  Lentine cf,rf 2 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0
  Smith lf 0 0 0 0
Iorg rf,lf,1b 4 0 1 1
Kennedy c 4 1 2 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Tyson 2b 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
New York 100 000 1024101
St. Louis 010 000 100261
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pacella   6.0 3 1 1 1 7
  Jackson  W (1-0) 2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Reardon  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   3.0 5 1 1 2 3
  Thomas   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Vuckovich   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Littell  L (9-4) 2.0 2 2 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
5

  E–Mazzilli (5), Kennedy (1).  DP–New York 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–New York Boisclair (5,off Martinez); Kranepool (5,off Forsch).  SB–Trevino (2,2nd base off Littell/Kennedy); Hernandez (11,2nd base off Pacella/Stearns); Oberkfell (4,2nd base off Pacella/Stearns).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:32.  A–13,618.
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