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Thursday July 5, 1979
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Scattering eight hits, Craig Swan pitched the Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Phillies. Joel Youngblood led off the game with a homer. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Game Played on Thursday, July 5, 1979 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Mets         1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  8  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Youngblood rf,lf      4   1   1   1     0   1   .283      McBride rf            4   0   0   0     1   2   .271
Taveras ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .251      Bowa ss               2   0   0   0     1   0   .267
Mazzilli cf           3   1   1   0     1   1   .336        Unser ph            1   1   1   2     0   0   .310
Hebner 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .289        Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Montanez 1b           3   0   1   1     1   1   .211        Rader ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .219
Stearns c             2   0   0   1     1   0   .244      Rose 1b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .320
Henderson lf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   3   .266
  Maddox rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .225        Harrelson ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Flynn 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .219      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .242
Swan p                4   0   0   0     0   3   .087      Maddox cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .285
                                                          Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .297
                                                          Boone c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .289
                                                          Noles p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            McCarver ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .269
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gross ph,lf         2   1   1   0     0   0   .340

Totals               32   3   8   3     3   7             Totals               34   2   8   2     4  10

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 28,720
Left on Base: Mets 6, Phillies 9
DP: Mets 1, Phillies 1
Doubles: Hebner (13), Taveras (14)
Home Runs: Youngblood (12), Unser (3)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (10), Maddox (17)
Caught Stealing: Mazzilli (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Stearns (4)
GIDP: Henderson (4), Trillo (4)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan W(8-6)             9     8   2   2   4  10   1  38   3.14
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4  10   1  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Noles L(0-1)            5     4   3   3   2   4   1  19   5.40
Eastwick                2     3   0   0   1   1   0  10   6.47
Saucier                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.45
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   7   1  36

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague


METS 1ST: Youngblood homered; Debut game for Dickie
Noles; Taveras lined to first; Mazzilli singled to right;
Mazzilli was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Hebner flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowa
walked; Bowa stole second; Rose walked; Luzinski flied out to
center; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Montanez flied out to center; Stearns walked;
Henderson flied out to right; Flynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox flied out to center; Trillo singled to
center; Boone singled to center [Trillo to second]; On a bunt
Noles struck out; McBride walked [Trillo to third, Boone to
second]; Bowa popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 0.

METS 3RD: Swan struck out; Youngblood popped to second; Taveras
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski
struck out; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 0.

METS 4TH: Mazzilli walked; Hebner doubled to left [Mazzilli to
third]; Montanez singled to left [Mazzilli scored, Hebner to
third]; Stearns hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hebner scored];
Henderson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Montanez out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox singled to center; Trillo grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Maddox out at second];
Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies
0.

METS 5TH: Flynn grounded out (second to first); Swan was called
out on strikes; Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: MCCARVER BATTED FOR NOLES; McCarver walked;
McBride made an out to shortstop; Bowa made an out to second;
Rose forced McCarver (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 0.

METS 6TH: EASTWICK REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Taveras doubled
to left; Mazzilli struck out; Hebner grounded out (second to
first) [Taveras to third]; Montanez walked; Stearns forced
Montanez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski struck out; Schmidt grounded out (pitcher
to first); Maddox singled to center; Maddox stole second; Trillo
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Phillies 0.

METS 7TH: Henderson singled to left; Flynn singled to shortstop
[Henderson to second]; Swan forced Henderson (third to
shortstop) [Flynn to second]; Youngblood made an out to first;
Taveras flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: MADDOX REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING RF); YOUNGBLOOD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Boone singled to left; GROSS
BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Gross forced Boone (shortstop to second);
McBride struck out; UNSER BATTED FOR BOWA; Unser homered [Gross
scored]; Rose singled to left; Luzinski struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 2.

METS 8TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HARRELSON REPLACED
LUZINSKI (PLAYING SS); SAUCIER REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING);
Mazzilli flied out to center; Hebner flied out to left; Montanez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Schmidt made an out to shortstop; Maddox grounded
out (second to first); Trillo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 2.

METS 9TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Flynn singled to pitcher;
Swan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone flied out to right; Gross singled to left;
McBride struck out; RADER BATTED FOR SAUCIER; Rader struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 2.



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