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New York Mets 6 Atlanta Braves 3

August 16,1979

Visiting Team

New York Mets (52-66)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (47-75)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

7,397

Time of Game

2:37

Umpires

[HP]: Fred Brocklander [1B]: Satch Davidson [2B]: Ed Vargo [3B]: Jim Quick

New York Mets 6 Atlanta Braves 3

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Mets	NYN	52-66		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	5	0			6	8	0		6	10	21	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	47-75		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	2	0			3	12	1		6	12	24	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Mets - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Taveras	ss	29.235	R	5	1	1	0		0	1	.261		120	833
2	Alex Trevino	c	21.355	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.319		49	55
3	Lee Mazzilli	cf	24.144	B	2	1	0	0		2	1	.316		114	445
4	John Stearns	3b	27.360	R	3	1	1	1		0	1	.252		111	485
5	Joel Youngblood	lf	27.353	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.292		114	377
6	Jose Cardenal	1b	35.313	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.238		39	1965
7	Dan Norman	rf	24.217	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.171		16	42
8	Doug Flynn	2b	28.120	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.248		114	579
9	Pete Falcone	p	25.319	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.222		22	125
	Gil Flores	ph-rf	26.293	R	2	1	0	0		0	0	.169		50	165
Totals

2B: Joel Youngblood (29), Doug Flynn (16)

3B: John Stearns (2)

HR: Jose Cardenal (2)

RBI: Alex Trevino (17), John Stearns (52), Joel Youngblood 2 (46), Jose Cardenal (13)

SH: John Stearns (2), Pete Falcone (3)

SB: Lee Mazzilli (24)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	2b	26.302	R	3	1	2	1		2	0	.266		119	577
2	Gary Matthews	rf	29.042	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.307		121	992
3	Jeff Burroughs	lf	28.162	R	5	0	2	1		0	1	.224		104	1111
4	Bob Horner	3b	22.010	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.329		86	175
5	Dale Murphy	1b	23.157	R	4	1	1	0		1	1	.283		68	256
6	Barry Bonnell	cf	25.293	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.260		99	316
	Rowland Office	ph	26.295	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.260		107	734
7	Pepe Frias	ss	31.033	R	4	0	1	0		1	1	.284		111	539
8	Bruce Benedict	c	23.363	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.213		52	74
9	Phil Niekro	p	40.137	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.189		33	582
	Charlie Spikes	ph	28.205	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.284		60	622
Totals

Errors: Barry Bonnell

RBI: Jerry Royster (41), Jeff Burroughs (44), Bruce Benedict (10)

GDP: Barry Bonnell (9)

SB: Gary Matthews (14)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Falcone	L	W 4-9	7.0	7	1	1	4	1	0		4.55	1.51		25	137
2	Ed Glynn	L		0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0		2.45	1.51		29	55
3	Neil Allen	R	SV 5	2.0	3	0	0	0	3	0		3.65	1.55		33	33
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pete Falcone (0-0-0), Ed Glynn (0-0-0), Neil Allen (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	L 15-16	8.0	8	6	6	2	5	1		3.74	1.32		33	585
2	Gene Garber	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.34	1.34		56	434
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Gene Garber (0-0-0)