The Mets ended their four-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory that pinned the Padres with their sixth straight defeat. Kevin Kobel pitched the first eight innings before Skip Lockwood came in to finish the shutout. John Stearns, snapping out of a 1-for-18 batting slump, accounted for the Mets' first two runs with a homer in the fourth inning.

The other pair followed in the eighth. Frank Taveras walked, stole second and scored on a single by Richie Hebner. After lee Mazzilli bounced into a double play, Steve Henderson homered. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 4, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Friday, May       11, 1979 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  0  -   4  5  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            3   1   0   0     1   0   .216      Richards cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .234
Hebner 3b             2   0   1   1     2   1   .259      Almon 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .346
Mazzilli cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .312      Turner lf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .307
Henderson lf          3   2   1   1     1   1   .277      Winfield rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .354
Kranepool 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .192      Tenace 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .250
Youngblood rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Stearns c             2   1   1   2     2   0   .226        Hargrove ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Flynn 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Fahey c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Kobel p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .167      Smith ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .174
  Hodges ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Mura p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Gonzalez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Shirley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   4   5   4     6   5             Totals               29   0   6   0     3   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 43,142
Left on Base: Mets 5, Padres 7
DP: Mets 3, Padres 2
Errors: Smith
Doubles: Mazzilli (6), Turner (6)
Home Runs: Stearns (2), Henderson (1)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (9), Stearns (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Mura (3)
GIDP: Flynn (2), Mazzilli (4), Turner (3), Tenace (2)
Hit by Pitch: Turner (2,by Kobel)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kobel W(1-0)            8     6   0   0   3   2   0  31   1.37
Lockwood                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.96
Totals                  9     6   0   0   3   3   0  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mura L(2-1)             7     3   2   0   4   5   1  27   2.36
Fingers                 1     2   2   2   1   0   1   5   3.90
D'Acquisto              0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   7.04
Shirley                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.23
Totals                  9     5   4   2   6   5   2  36

Hit by Pitch: Kobel (1)

Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - Frank Campagna, 2B - Frank Fisher, 3B - Terry Bovey


METS 1ST: Taveras grounded out (second to first); Hebner walked;
Mazzilli doubled to right [Hebner to third]; Henderson struck
out; Kranepool lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to center; Almon walked; Turner
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Almon
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 2ND: Youngblood flied out to center; Stearns walked; Flynn
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Stearns out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield singled to center; Tenace grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Winfield out at
second]; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres
0.

METS 3RD: Kobel flied out to center; Taveras lined to shortstop;
Hebner walked; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Fahey made an out to first; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mura grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Padres 0.

METS 4TH: Henderson walked; Kranepool grounded out (first
unassisted) [Henderson to second (error by Smith; assist by
Tenace)]; Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Stearns
homered (unearned) [Henderson scored (unearned)]; Flynn flied
out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Richards singled to center; Almon struck out; Turner
was hit by a pitch [Richards to second]; Winfield forced Turner
(shortstop to second) [Richards to third]; Tenace walked
[Winfield to second]; Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 5TH: Kobel was called out on strikes; Taveras flied out to
right; Hebner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Fahey grounded out (second to first); Smith singled
to first; Mura out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Smith to second]; Richards singled to first [Smith to third];
Almon made an out to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2,
Padres 0.

METS 6TH: On a bunt Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first);
Henderson flied out to center; Kranepool singled to right;
Youngblood flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2,
Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Turner doubled to right; Winfield lined to left;
Tenace walked; Evans flied out to center; Fahey flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 7TH: Stearns grounded out (third to first); Flynn grounded
out (third to first); Kobel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Smith made an out to first; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR
MURA; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); Richards flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Padres 0.

METS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Taveras walked;
Taveras stole second; Hebner singled to center [Taveras scored];
Mazzilli grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Hebner out at second]; Henderson homered; Kranepool grounded
out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Almon flied out to left; Turner singled to center;
Winfield hit into a double play (right to first) [Turner out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

METS 9TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Youngblood
popped to first in foul territory; Stearns walked; Stearns stole
second; Flynn grounded out (second to first) [Stearns to third];
HODGES BATTED FOR KOBEL; SHIRLEY REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING);
MADDOX BATTED FOR HODGES; Maddox flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Tenace made an
out to second; HARGROVE BATTED FOR EVANS; Hargrove flied out to
center; Fahey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Padres
0.