Wednesday April 25, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Throttling San Francisco on two hits, Craig Swan pitched the Mets to a 2-0 victory over the Giants. The Mets, who had only three hits themselves, scored in the second inning on a walk to Steve Henderson, double by Willie Montanez and sacrifice fly by Joel Youngblood. John Stearns hit a homer for the other run in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 2, San Francisco Giants 0

Game Played on Wednesday, April 25, 1979 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Mets 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 2 3 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Madlock 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .118 Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Clark rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Henderson lf 1 1 0 0 2 0 .296 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Montanez 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .170 Ivie 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Youngblood rf 2 0 0 1 0 1 .286 Hill c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .150 Stearns c 3 1 1 1 0 2 .170 Venable pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Sadek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Swan p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .250 Metzger ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .160 Griffin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCovey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .412 Totals 28 0 2 0 1 4 Totals 25 2 3 2 3 7 Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 5,665 Left on Base: Giants 2, Mets 3 DP: Giants 1, Mets 1 Doubles: Metzger (1), Montanez (3) Home Runs: Stearns (1) Stolen Bases: Mazzilli (4) Sacrifice Flies: Youngblood (2) GIDP: Metzger (1) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Griffin L(1-4) 5 2 2 2 2 3 1 19 4.19 Roberts 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 10 0.00 Totals 8 3 2 2 3 7 1 29 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan W(2-2) 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 29 2.19 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 29 Umpires: HP - Phil Lospitalier, 1B - Bill Lawson, 2B - Jerry Loeber, 3B - Merrill Hadry GIANTS 1ST: North grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitfield made an out to shortstop; Madlock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Taveras made an out to third; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted); Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. GIANTS 2ND: Clark made an out to second; Evans struck out; Ivie popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Henderson walked; Montanez doubled to right [Henderson to third]; Youngblood hit a sacrifice fly to left [Henderson scored]; Stearns struck out; Flynn walked; Swan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 3RD: Hill walked; Metzger doubled to center [Hill to third]; Griffin struck out; North lined to third; Whitfield made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Taveras made an out to second; Hebner grounded out (pitcher to first); Mazzilli made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 4TH: Madlock popped to first in foul territory; Clark lined to shortstop; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Montanez lined to first; Youngblood flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. GIANTS 5TH: Ivie grounded out (third to first); Hill grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Stearns homered; Flynn grounded out (second to first); Swan was called out on strikes; Taveras flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2. GIANTS 6TH: TAMARGO BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Tamargo popped to third in foul territory; North grounded out (second to first); Whitfield grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2. METS 6TH: ROBERTS REPLACED TAMARGO (PITCHING); Hebner grounded out (second to first); Mazzilli singled to second; Mazzilli stole second; Henderson walked; Montanez hit into a double play (left to second) [Mazzilli out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2. GIANTS 7TH: Madlock made an out to shortstop; Clark struck out; Evans made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2. METS 7TH: Youngblood was called out on strikes; Stearns was called out on strikes; Flynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2. GIANTS 8TH: Ivie flied out to right; Hill singled to left; VENABLE RAN FOR HILL; Metzger grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Venable out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2. METS 8TH: SADEK REPLACED VENABLE (PLAYING C ); Swan struck out; Taveras grounded out (second to first); Hebner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2. GIANTS 9TH: MCCOVEY BATTED FOR ROBERTS; McCovey flied out to center; North flied out to left; Whitfield popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Mets 2.

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