New York Mets vs Houston Astros - August 31,1979

Visiting Team

New York Mets (53-78)

Home Team

Houston Astros (76-58)

Game Date

August 31,1979

Year

1979

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

19,883

Time of Game

1:54

Umpires

[HP]: Lee Weyer [1B]: Dutch Rennert [2B]: Harry Wendelstedt [3B]: Ed Montague

New York Mets - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Joel Youngblood	lf	28.003	R	4	0	0	0	0	0	.287	127	390
2	Frank Taveras	ss	29.250	R	4	0	1	0	0	0	.262	133	846
3	Lee Mazzilli	cf	24.159	B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.302	127	458
4	Richie Hebner	3b-1b	31.278	L	2	0	0	0	1	1	.256	108	1397
5	John Stearns	c	28.010	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.245	124	498
6	Ed Kranepool	1b	34.296	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	.248	61	1831
	Elliott Maddox	ph-3b	31.253	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276	56	869
7	Dan Norman	rf	24.232	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	.180	26	52
8	Doug Flynn	2b	28.135	R	3	0	1	0	0	0	.250	127	592
9	Craig Swan	p	28.274	R	2	0	0	0	0	2	.132	30	122
	Alex Trevino	ph	22.005	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.288	58	64
Totals

Errors: Dan Norman 2

GDP: Alex Trevino (5)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Cedeno	1b	28.187	R	3	0	1	0	1	0	.270	106	1258
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.247	L	3	0	0	1	0	1	.270	121	442
3	Terry Puhl	cf	23.054	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	.285	132	341
4	Jose Cruz	lf	32.023	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	.289	132	1139
5	Enos Cabell	3b	29.327	R	3	0	1	0	0	0	.267	127	815
6	Jeffrey Leonard	rf	23.343	R	3	1	1	0	0	0	.300	108	127
7	Bruce Bochy	c	24.137	R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.217	45	99
8	Rafael Landestoy	2b	26.095	B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.201	101	175
9	Ken Forsch	p	32.357	R	0	1	0	0	1	0	.178	20	376
	Danny Heep	ph	22.059	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1
	Jesus Alou	ph	37.160	R	1	0	0	0	0	1	.206	35	1368
Totals

2B: Enos Cabell (18), Jeffrey Leonard (12)

RBI: Craig Reynolds (36)

SF: Craig Reynolds (3)

CS: Cesar Cedeno (10)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Craig Swan	R	L 12-11	7.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	3.18	1.16	30	124
2	Andy Hassler	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.72	1.55	27	179
Totals				0.0

WP: Craig Swan (2), Andy Hassler 2 (8)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Craig Swan (0-0-0), Andy Hassler (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Ken Forsch	R	W 9-6	5.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.23	1.04	20	381
2	Randy Niemann	L		3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	3.47	1.35	19	19
3	Joe Sambito	L	SV 18	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.43	1.06	50	186
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Forsch (0-0-0), Randy Niemann (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)

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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	53-78		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	3	2		6	11	23	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	76-58		0	1	1		0	0	0		0	0	x		2	3	0		2	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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