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New York Mets 5 Houston Astros 4

September 2,1979

Visiting Team

New York Mets (54-79)

Home Team

Houston Astros (77-59)

Game Date

September 2,1979

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

14,215

Time of Game

2:43

Umpires

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

New York Mets 5 Houston Astros 4

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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	54-79		0	0	3		0	0	0		2	0	0			5	8	1		6	11	23	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	77-59		1	0	0		0	2	0		0	0	1			4	9	2		1	3	6	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	29.252	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.259		135	848
2	John Stearns	lf	28.012	R	4	1	2	2		0	0	.248		126	500
	Andy Hassler	p	27.319	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		28	80
3	Lee Mazzilli	cf	24.161	B	5	0	2	1		0	0	.303		129	460
4	Richie Hebner	3b	31.280	L	3	0	0	1		1	0	.255		110	1399
5	Joel Youngblood	rf-lf	28.005	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.283		129	392
6	Ed Kranepool	1b	34.298	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.239		63	1833
7	Ron Hodges	c	30.072	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.148		46	328
8	Doug Flynn	2b	28.137	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.254		129	594
9	Kevin Kobel	p	25.335	R	1	1	0	0		0	1	.175		24	69
	Elliott Maddox	ph-rf	31.255	R	1	1	1	0		1	0	.282		57	870
Totals

Errors: Frank Taveras

2B: John Stearns (24)

RBI: Frank Taveras (29), John Stearns 2 (59), Lee Mazzilli (67), Richie Hebner (59)

SH: Frank Taveras (9), Kevin Kobel (6)

SB: Elliott Maddox (2)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rafael Landestoy	2b	26.097	B	4	1	1	1		1	0	.203		103	177
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.249	L	5	0	0	0		0	1	.267		123	444
3	Jose Cruz	lf	32.025	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.289		134	1141
4	Cesar Cedeno	1b	28.189	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.267		108	1260
5	Enos Cabell	3b	29.329	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.269		129	817
6	Jeffrey Leonard	cf-rf	23.345	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.298		110	129
7	Denny Walling	rf	25.138	L	2	1	1	0		0	0	.299		66	201
	Alan Knicely	ph	24.106	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		5	5
	Terry Puhl	cf	23.056	L	1	1	1	0		0	0	.286		133	342
8	Bruce Bochy	c	24.139	R	1	0	0	0		2	0	.212		47	101
	Julio Gonzalez	ph	26.251	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.244		59	247
9	Joaquin Andujar	p	26.255	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.089		38	124
	Jesus Alou	ph	37.162	R	1	1	1	1		0	0	.229		36	1369
	Jimmy Sexton	ph	27.261	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		42	144
	Danny Heep	ph	22.061	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	2
Totals

Errors: Jeffrey Leonard, Joaquin Andujar

2B: Enos Cabell 2 (21), Denny Walling (4)

3B: Rafael Landestoy (3)

RBI: Rafael Landestoy (16), Jose Cruz (64), Jesus Alou (7)

SF: Jose Cruz (5)

GDP: Alan Knicely (2)

SB: Jeffrey Leonard (15)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Kevin Kobel	L	W 6-8	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	0		3.41	1.30		26	97
2	Andy Hassler	L		2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0		4.71	1.57		28	180
3	Neil Allen	R	SV 6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.19	1.59		39	39
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Kevin Kobel (0-0-0), Andy Hassler (0-0-0), Neil Allen (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joaquin Andujar	R		5.0	6	2	2	2	1	0		3.14	1.26		39	128
2	Randy Niemann	L	L 3-2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0		3.50	1.34		20	20
3	Pete Ladd	R		2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0		1.04	0.81		6	6
Totals				0.0

WP: Joaquin Andujar (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joaquin Andujar (0-0-0), Randy Niemann (0-0-0), Pete Ladd (0-0-0)