The Mets scored two runs in the 12th inning to defeat the Giants, 6-5. The score was 4-4 when Joel Youngblood led off the Mets' 12th with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice and came home on a single by Alex Trevino. Singles by Willie Montanez and John Stearns gave the Mets the needed marker to offset a run by the Giants in their half of the 12th. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 6, San Francisco Giants 5
Game Played on Tuesday, July      24, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Mets         0  3  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   6 13  2
Giants       0  0  1    0  1  0    1  0  1    0  0  1  -   5 16  5


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Youngblood rf         6   1   2   0     0   1   .288      North cf              2   0   1   2     1   1   .271
Taveras ss            5   0   0   0     0   1   .252        Littlejohn c        1   0   0   1     0   0   .241
Henderson lf          5   0   0   0     1   2   .297      Strain 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Hebner 3b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .264        Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Trevino 3b          3   1   1   1     0   2   .329        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Montanez 1b           5   1   3   0     1   0   .228        Blue ph             0   1   0   0     1   0   .143
Stearns c             6   1   2   2     0   0   .246      Clark rf              5   0   0   0     1   0   .262
Maddox cf             5   1   1   0     1   1   .255      Ivie 1b               6   0   4   0     0   0   .296
Flynn 2b              6   1   3   0     0   0   .231      Evans 3b              6   0   2   1     0   0   .251
Kobel p               2   0   1   1     0   1   .200      Herndon lf,cf         6   0   1   0     0   0   .277
  Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      LeMaster ss           3   3   3   0     0   0   .276
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .182        McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Metzger ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Hassler p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hill c                0   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sadek ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   1   .245
  Flores ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .216        Whitfield ph,lf     1   1   1   0     2   0   .301
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Montefusco p          2   0   2   1     0   0   .182
  Hausman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Andrews ph,2b       1   0   1   0     1   0   .278

Totals               49   6  13   4     3  10             Totals               42   5  16   5     6   3

Time of Game: 3:55   Attendance: 24,821
Left on Base: Mets 11, Giants 10
DP: Mets 3, Giants 1
Errors: Trevino, Stearns, Strain, Clark, Evans 2, Hill
Doubles: Stearns (21), Youngblood (19), LeMaster (8)
Caught Stealing: Montefusco (1), Whitfield (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (6), Andrews (2)
Sacrifice Flies: North (3), Littlejohn (2)
GIDP: Hassler (1), Strain (2)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kobel                   5.2  10   2   2   1   2   0  23   3.38
Glynn                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.59
Allen                   1.2   3   1   1   1   0   0   9   4.58
Hassler                 0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   4.39
Murray                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.74
Twitchell W(4-2)        1     0   1   1   4   0   0   6   4.96
Hausman SV(2)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.00
Totals                 12    16   5   5   6   3   0  51

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco              7     6   4   1   2   8   0  30   4.23
Lavelle                 4     3   0   0   0   2   0  15   2.21
Borbon L(4-3)           1     4   2   2   1   0   0   8   3.96
Totals                 12    13   6   3   3  10   0  53

Wild Pitches: Hassler (4), Montefusco (2)
Balks: Lavelle (3)

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


METS 1ST: Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first); Taveras
struck out; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North struck out; Strain grounded out (third to
first); Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Giants 0.

METS 2ND: Hebner grounded out (second to first); Montanez
singled to left; Stearns doubled to left [Montanez scored];
Maddox struck out; Flynn singled to right [Stearns scored (error
by Hill; assist by Clark) (unearned), Flynn to second]; Kobel
singled to right [Flynn scored (unearned)]; Youngblood flied out
to center; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Ivie singled to center [Ivie out at second (center
to shortstop)]; Evans popped to catcher in foul territory;
Herndon popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 3, Giants 0.

METS 3RD: Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson
walked; Montefusco threw a wild pitch [Henderson to second];
Hebner struck out; Montanez was walked intentionally; Stearns
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster singled to left; SADEK BATTED FOR HILL;
Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first) [LeMaster to second];
Montefusco singled to shortstop [LeMaster to third]; North
singled to left [LeMaster scored, Montefusco to second]; Strain
grounded into a double play (third to first) [Montefusco out at
third]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.

METS 4TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Maddox flied out to
right; Flynn grounded out (second to first); Kobel struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark flied out to left; Ivie singled; Evans lined
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Ivie out at first]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.

METS 5TH: Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Taveras
grounded out (second to first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); LeMaster
doubled to left; Sadek struck out; Montefusco singled to left
[LeMaster scored, Montefusco to third (error by Stearns)]; North
walked; Montefusco was picked off and caught stealing home
(pitcher to first to shortstop to third); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 3, Giants 2.

METS 6TH: Hebner struck out; Montanez flied out to left; Stearns
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: TREVINO REPLACED HEBNER (PLAYING 3B); Strain singled
to third; Clark popped to catcher in foul territory; Ivie
singled to left [Strain to second]; Evans singled to right
[Strain out at home (right to catcher), Ivie to second];
Giants Manager Joe Altobelli ejected by HP umpire Dutch
Rennert; GLYNN REPLACED KOBEL (PITCHING); Herndon lined to
left; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Giants 2.

METS 7TH: Maddox singled to right; Flynn singled to left [Maddox
to third]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR GLYNN; Kranepool popped to
catcher in foul territory; Youngblood struck out; Taveras
reached on an error by Strain [Maddox scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Flynn to third, Taveras to first]; Henderson struck out; 1
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: ALLEN REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); LeMaster
singled; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR SADEK; Whitfield walked [LeMaster
to second]; ANDREWS BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Andrews out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [LeMaster to third, Whitfield
to second]; North hit a sacrifice fly to left [LeMaster scored];
Strain grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Giants 3.

METS 8TH: WHITFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HERNDON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); LITTLEJOHN REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING C );
ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LAVELLE REPLACED STRAIN
(PITCHING); Trevino struck out; Montanez singled to right;
Stearns flied out to left; Maddox forced Montanez (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Clark grounded out (pitcher to first); Ivie singled
to center; Evans made an out to second; Herndon singled to right
[Ivie to third]; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR LEMASTER; HASSLER REPLACED
ALLEN (PITCHING); McCovey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Giants 3.

METS 9TH: METZGER REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING SS); Flynn singled;
On a bunt Hassler grounded into a double play (third to
shortstop to second) [Flynn out at second]; Youngblood doubled
to right [Youngblood to third (error by Clark)]; Taveras
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 9TH: Whitfield singled to center; Hassler threw a wild
pitch [Whitfield to second]; Andrews singled to center
[Whitfield to third]; MURRAY REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING);
Littlejohn sacrifice flied into a double play to center
[Whitfield scored, Andrews out at second (center to second)];
Lavelle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Giants 4.

METS 10TH: Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher); Trevino
struck out; Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Giants 4.

GIANTS 10TH: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie
grounded out (shortstop to first); Trevino dropped a foul fly
hit by Evans for an error; Evans singled to center; Herndon
forced Evans (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
4, Giants 4.

METS 11TH: Stearns reached on an error by Evans [Stearns to
first]; Lavelle balked [Stearns to second]; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Stearns to third]; FLORES BATTED FOR MURRAY; Flores flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Giants 4.

GIANTS 11TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED FLORES (PITCHING); Metzger
grounded out (second to first); Whitfield walked; Whitfield was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Andrews walked;
Littlejohn made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Giants 4.

METS 12TH: BORBON REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Youngblood
singled to left; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Youngblood to second]; Henderson grounded out
(third to first) [Youngblood to third]; Trevino singled to right
[Youngblood scored]; Montanez singled to left [Trevino to
third]; Stearns singled to third [Trevino scored (RBI), Montanez
to third (error by Evans), Stearns to second]; Maddox walked;
Flynn lined to second; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 6, Giants 4.

GIANTS 12TH: BLUE BATTED FOR BORBON; Blue walked; Clark walked
[Blue to second]; HAUSMAN REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Ivie
grounded out (third to first) [Blue to third, Clark to second];
Evans grounded out (first unassisted) [Blue scored, Clark to
third]; Herndon flied out to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
6, Giants 5.