Nino Espinosa gained his second victory of the season, both at the expense of his former teammates, when the Phillies defeated the Mets, 3-0. Espinosa pitched 7 1/3 innings before needing help from Tug McGraw, who completed the shutout. Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 0Game Played on Saturday, April 21, 1979 (Night game) at Veterans StadiumMets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Phillies 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .260 McBride rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .234 Henderson lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .311 Bowa ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Rose 1b 1 0 1 0 3 0 .268 Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .383 Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Gross lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hodges c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Schmidt 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .263 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maddox cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .391 Flores ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Trillo 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .372 Youngblood rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Boone c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Espinosa p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chapman 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stearns c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .135 Totals 33 0 5 0 2 4 Totals 28 3 8 3 5 1 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 31,851 Left on Base: Mets 8, Phillies 6 DP: Mets 4, Phillies 0 Errors: Trillo Doubles: Hodges (1) Triples: Maddox (2) Stolen Bases: Schmidt (1) GIDP: Espinosa (1), Luzinski 2 (2) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Allen L(0-2) 4 5 3 3 3 1 0 18 5.40 Bernard 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.26 Murray 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 3.65 Totals 8 8 3 3 5 1 0 33 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa W(2-0) 7.1 4 0 0 2 2 0 29 2.25 McGraw SV(2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 5 0 0 2 4 0 35 Umpires: HP - Bob Nelson, 1B - Joe Myers, 2B - Tom Telford, 3B - John Schleyer METS 1ST: Debut for umpire John Schleyer; Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson reached on an error by Trillo; Hebner walked [Henderson to second]; Mazzilli forced Hebner (second to shortstop) [Henderson to third]; Montanez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: McBride walked; Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first) [McBride to second]; Rose walked; Luzinski popped to shortstop; Schmidt singled to left [McBride scored, Rose to third]; Schmidt stole second; Maddox popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 1. METS 2ND: Hodges flied out to right; Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); Flynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 2ND: Trillo flied out to center; Boone singled to left; On a bunt Espinosa grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Boone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 1. METS 3RD: Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Taveras grounded out (catcher to first); Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 3RD: McBride struck out; Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); Rose walked; Luzinski popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 1. METS 4TH: Hebner struck out; Mazzilli flied out to center; Montanez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt singled to left; Maddox tripled to center [Schmidt scored]; Trillo singled to left [Maddox scored]; Boone flied out to center; Espinosa lined into a double play (left to first) [Trillo out at first]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 5TH: Hodges doubled to left; Youngblood flied out to left; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR ALLEN; Boisclair flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 5TH: BERNARD REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); CHAPMAN REPLACED FLYNN (PLAYING 2B); McBride grounded out (second to first); Bowa singled to left; Rose singled to center [Bowa to second]; Luzinski grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rose out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 6TH: Taveras singled to third; Henderson singled to center [Taveras to second]; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted) [Taveras to third, Henderson to second]; Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt popped to catcher in foul territory; Maddox grounded out (second to first); Trillo singled to right; Boone flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 7TH: Hodges flied out to right; Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Chapman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); STEARNS REPLACED BERNARD (PLAYING C ); Espinosa flied out to center; McBride flied out to center; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 8TH: Stearns grounded out (third to first); Taveras singled to center; Henderson walked [Taveras to second]; MCGRAW REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Hebner popped to second; Mazzilli flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 8TH: Rose walked; Luzinski grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rose out at second]; Schmidt walked; Maddox forced Schmidt (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. METS 9TH: GROSS REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Montanez flied out to center; FLORES BATTED FOR MURRAY; Flores struck out; Youngblood singled to right; Chapman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 3. |
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