Pitching a two-hitter, Craig Swan was rewarded with a victory when Frank Taveras tripled in the eighth inning and Lee Mazzilli singled to beat the Braves, 2-1. Mazzilli also drove in the Mets' initial run with a single in the first. Jeff Burroughs homered for the Braves' tally in the seventh. New York Mets 2, Atlanta Braves 1Game Played on Friday, June 15, 1979 (Night game) at Shea StadiumBraves 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 2 1 Mets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 2 9 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Youngblood rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .283 Matthews rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Taveras ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 .241 Horner 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .299 Mazzilli cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .344 Burroughs lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .233 Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .305 Pocoroba c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .350 Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .223 Office cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Montanez 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .208 Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Henderson lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .281 Frias ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .223 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Swan p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .083 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Solomon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 J. McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chaney ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .098 Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Totals 28 1 2 1 0 7 Totals 30 2 9 2 3 5 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 9,808 Left on Base: Braves 1, Mets 8 DP: Braves 1, Mets 2 Errors: Pocoroba, Taveras Triples: Taveras (2) Home Runs: Burroughs (6) Stolen Bases: Henderson (10), Mazzilli (16) Caught Stealing: Taveras (4) Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (4) GIDP: Pocoroba (1), Royster (3) Hit by Pitch: Niekro (2,by Swan) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 5 5 1 1 1 3 0 19 4.19 J. McLaughlin L(0-1) 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 10 1.50 Garber 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.67 Totals 8 9 2 2 3 5 0 34 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan W(7-4) 9 2 1 1 0 7 1 29 2.90 Totals 9 2 1 1 0 7 1 29 Hit by Pitch: Swan (1) Balks: Niekro (2) Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - John McSherry BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews struck out; Horner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Youngblood singled to left; Niekro balked [Youngblood to second]; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Youngblood to third]; Mazzilli singled to left [Youngblood scored]; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted) [Mazzilli to second]; Stearns flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs made an out to second; Pocoroba grounded out (first unassisted); Office flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. METS 2ND: Montanez singled to left; Henderson struck out; Flynn hit into a double play (right to first) [Montanez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. BRAVES 3RD: Hubbard made an out to second; Frias grounded out (second to first); Niekro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Swan grounded out (shortstop to first); Youngblood flied out to left; Taveras walked; Taveras was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. BRAVES 4TH: Royster flied out to left; Matthews flied out to right; Horner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Hebner was called out on strikes; Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs reached on an error by Taveras [Burroughs to first]; Pocoroba grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Burroughs out at second]; Office singled to center; Hubbard flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Montanez flied out to right; Henderson singled to left; Flynn singled to left [Henderson to second]; On a bunt Swan struck out; Youngblood popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. BRAVES 6TH: Frias popped to second; Niekro was hit by a pitch; Braves Manager Bobby Cox confronted Craig Swan on the field after Swan hit Phil Niekro with a pitch; Cox had to be restrained by the umpires and was ejected by HP umpire Paul Runge; SOLOMON RAN FOR NIEKRO; Royster grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Solomon out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. METS 6TH: J. MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED SOLOMON (PITCHING); Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Hebner walked; Stearns singled to left [Hebner to second]; Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Mets 1. BRAVES 7TH: Matthews flied out to right; Horner was called out on strikes; Burroughs homered; Pocoroba made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 1. METS 7TH: Henderson singled to center; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first) [Henderson to second]; Henderson stole third; Swan was called out on strikes; Youngblood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 1. BRAVES 8TH: Office flied out to left; Hubbard flied out to left; Frias was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 1. METS 8TH: Taveras tripled to left; GARBER REPLACED FRIAS (PITCHING); CHANEY REPLACED J. MCLAUGHLIN (PLAYING SS); Mazzilli singled to right [Taveras scored]; Mazzilli stole second [Mazzilli to third (error by Pocoroba)]; Hebner flied out to right; Stearns lined to third; Montanez was walked intentionally; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 2. BRAVES 9TH: LUM BATTED FOR CHANEY; Lum struck out; Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Mets 2. |
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