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Friday July 6, 1979
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Dave Winfield hit a homer in the 12th inning to give the Padres a 6-5 victory over the Mets. Triples by Joel Youngblood, Frank Taveras and Steve Henderson helped the Mets take a 4-0 lead in the first two innings before the Padres scored twice in the fourth on a single by Paul Dade and a homer by Gene Tenace.

The Padres gained the lead with three runs in the eighth, scoring their go-ahead tally on a pass to Gene Richards with the bases loaded. Lee Mazzilli then knotted the count with a homer in the Mets' half of the eighth. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 6, New York Mets 5

Game Played on Friday, July 6, 1979 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Padres       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  1  -   6  9  0
Mets         2  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 15  3


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards cf           4   0   1   1     2   0   .274      Youngblood rf         5   1   2   1     1   0   .285
Smith ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .182      Taveras ss            6   1   2   1     0   0   .252
  Bevacqua ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Mazzilli cf           6   1   1   1     0   1   .332
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Hebner 3b             5   0   2   1     0   1   .291
  Rasmussen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .043      Stearns c             4   0   3   0     2   0   .252
  Wilhelm ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Montanez 1b           6   0   0   0     0   1   .206
  Mura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Henderson lf          5   1   2   0     0   0   .275
  Lee p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Flynn 2b              4   1   3   1     1   0   .227
Dade 3b               5   2   1   0     1   1   .290      Falcone p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Winfield rf           6   2   2   1     0   0   .320        Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Tenace 1b,c           5   2   4   3     1   0   .257        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Johnstone lf          4   0   0   1     1   1   .274        Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kendall c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .222        Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Tolan ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Almon 2b,ss           5   0   0   0     1   2   .228        Kranepool ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .158
Jones p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .190        Ferrer pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Owchinko p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .105        Hausman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Gonzalez ph,2b      3   0   1   0     0   0   .235

Totals               44   6   9   6     6   7             Totals               44   5  15   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 10,021
Left on Base: Padres 11, Mets 10
DP: Padres 3, Mets 0
Errors: Montanez, Henderson, Flynn
Doubles: Gonzalez (8), Stearns (16), Flynn (8), Henderson (11)
Triples: Youngblood (2), Taveras 2 (4), Henderson (4)
Home Runs: Tenace (8), Winfield (19), Mazzilli (9)
Caught Stealing: Tenace (3), Stearns (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Tolan 2 (2), Johnstone (2), Twitchell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hebner (4)
GIDP: Falcone (1), Montanez (10), Taveras (5)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones                   1.1   6   4   4   0   2   0  10   3.93
Owchinko                4.2   0   0   0   2   1   0  14   4.76
Rasmussen               1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.53
Mura                    0     2   1   1   0   0   1   2   3.38
Lee W(1-1)              5     6   0   0   2   1   0  20   6.35
Totals                 12    15   5   5   5   4   1  51

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone                 6.2   5   2   2   2   5   1  28   5.08
Twitchell               0.1   1   2   2   1   0   0   3   5.27
Murray                  0     1   1   0   0   0   0   1   4.26
Glynn                   2     0   0   0   2   1   0   9   1.40
Allen                   2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   5.45
Hausman L(0-4)          1     2   1   1   0   0   1   5   2.96
Totals                 12     9   6   5   6   7   2  53

Wild Pitches: Falcone (8)

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Bill Williams


PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to center; Smith struck out; Dade
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Youngblood tripled to right; Taveras tripled to left
[Youngblood scored]; Mazzilli grounded out (third to first);
Hebner hit a sacrifice fly to center [Taveras scored]; Stearns
doubled to left; Montanez struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Mets 2.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield flied out to center; Tenace singled to
center; Johnstone reached on an error by Flynn [Tenace to
second, Johnstone to first]; Kendall lined to left; Almon struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 2.

METS 2ND: Henderson tripled to center; Flynn doubled to left
[Henderson scored]; Falcone struck out; Youngblood singled to
right [Flynn scored]; OWCHINKO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING);
Taveras forced Youngblood (third to second); Mazzilli flied out
to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 4.

PADRES 3RD: Owchinko struck out; Richards flied out to right;
Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 4.

METS 3RD: Hebner struck out; Stearns grounded out (third to
first); Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Mets 4.

PADRES 4TH: Dade singled to left; Winfield lined to shortstop;
Tenace homered [Dade scored]; Johnstone grounded out (second to
first); Kendall struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2,
Mets 4.

METS 4TH: Henderson flied out to right; Flynn walked; On a bunt
Falcone grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
second) [Flynn out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2,
Mets 4.

PADRES 5TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Owchinko
grounded out (pitcher to first); Richards singled to center;
Smith popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 2, Mets 4.

METS 5TH: Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); Taveras
flied out to right; Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 4.

PADRES 6TH: Dade flied out to left; Winfield flied out to
center; Tenace walked; Johnstone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 4.

METS 6TH: Hebner made an out to shortstop; Stearns walked;
Stearns was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to
first); Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 2, Mets 4.

PADRES 7TH: Kendall popped to first; Almon grounded out
(shortstop to first); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR OWCHINKO; Gonzalez
doubled to left; Falcone threw a wild pitch [Gonzalez to third];
Richards walked; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR SMITH; TWITCHELL REPLACED
FALCONE (PITCHING); TURNER BATTED FOR BEVACQUA; Turner popped to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Mets 4.

METS 7TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ALMON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); RASMUSSEN REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING);
Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Flynn singled to
left; Twitchell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Flynn to second]; Youngblood was walked intentionally; Taveras
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
2, Mets 4.

PADRES 8TH: Dade walked; Winfield singled to left [Dade to
second]; MURRAY REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Tenace singled to
left [Dade scored, Winfield to third (error by Henderson)];
GLYNN REPLACED MURRAY (PITCHING); Johnstone reached on an error
by Montanez [Winfield scored (RBI), Tenace to second, Johnstone
to first]; TOLAN BATTED FOR KENDALL; Tolan out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Tenace to third, Johnstone to second];
Almon was walked intentionally; Gonzalez flied out to right;
Richards walked [Tenace scored (unearned), Johnstone to third,
Almon to second]; WILHELM BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Wilhelm grounded
out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 5,
Mets 4.

METS 8TH: TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TENACE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); MURA REPLACED WILHELM (PITCHING);
Mazzilli homered; Hebner singled to right; LEE REPLACED MURA
(PITCHING); On a bunt Stearns singled to first [Hebner to
second]; On a bunt Montanez forced Hebner (pitcher to shortstop)
[Stearns to second]; Henderson forced Stearns (third unassisted)
[Montanez to second]; Flynn grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 5, Mets 5.

PADRES 9TH: Dade was called out on strikes; Winfield lined to
first; Tenace flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
5, Mets 5.

METS 9TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR GLYNN; Boisclair grounded out
(third to first); Youngblood grounded out (third to first);
Taveras tripled to left; On a bunt Mazzilli grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Mets 5.

PADRES 10TH: ALLEN REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Johnstone
walked; Tolan grounded out (second to first) [Johnstone to
second]; Almon struck out; Gonzalez flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Mets 5.

METS 10TH: Hebner lined to center; Stearns walked; Montanez
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Stearns out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Mets 5.

PADRES 11TH: Richards flied out to right; Lee grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dade popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Mets 5.

METS 11TH: Henderson doubled to center; On a bunt Flynn singled
to first [Henderson to third]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR ALLEN;
Kranepool was walked intentionally [Flynn to second]; FERRER RAN
FOR KRANEPOOL; Youngblood popped to second; Taveras grounded
into a double play (third to catcher to first) [Henderson out at
home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 5, Mets 5.

PADRES 12TH: HAUSMAN REPLACED FERRER (PITCHING); Winfield
homered; Tenace singled to left; Johnstone reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Tenace to second]; Tolan
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tenace to third,
Johnstone to second]; Tenace was caught stealing home (catcher
unassisted) [Johnstone to third]; Almon grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Mets 5.

METS 12TH: Mazzilli struck out; Hebner singled to right; Stearns
was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted
ball [Hebner out at second (second unassisted)]; Montanez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6,
Mets 5.



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