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Craig Swan shut out San Francisco for the second time this season as the Mets downed the Giants, 3-0. The Mets' first run came in the second inning on a throwing error by Frisco catcher Dennis Littlejohn and a passed ball. Joel Youngblood connected for a homer in the fourth. The Mets registered their final marker in the fifth on a single by Doug Flynn, an infield out and single by Elliott Maddox. [The Sporting News] New York Mets 3, San Francisco Giants 0Game Played on Wednesday, July 25, 1979 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkMets 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 3
Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Herndon cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .277
Maddox 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .254 Strain 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Clark rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266
Stearns c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .247 Evans 3b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .254
Youngblood cf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .294 Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .298
Norman rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .333 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .209
Flynn 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .232 Littlejohn c 3 0 1 0 0 2 .250
Swan p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .074 Knepper p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .192
Andrews ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
North ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .270
Halicki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Totals 33 3 8 2 2 7 Totals 31 0 6 0 0 7
Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 11,497
Left on Base: Mets 5, Giants 4
DP: Mets 2, Giants 1
Errors: Littlejohn 2, Knepper
Doubles: Youngblood (20), Evans (13), Littlejohn (1)
Home Runs: Youngblood (13)
Stolen Bases: Youngblood (14), Stearns (11)
GIDP: Whitfield 2 (11)
Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Swan W(9-9) 9 6 0 0 0 7 0 31 3.06
Totals 9 6 0 0 0 7 0 31
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Knepper L(7-5) 6 7 3 2 1 5 1 26 4.21
Griffin 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 3.78
Halicki 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.52
Totals 9 8 3 2 2 7 1 35
Passed Balls: Littlejohn (2)
Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert
METS 1ST: On a bunt Taveras singled to first; Maddox flied out
to left; Henderson flied out to center; Montanez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Herndon struck out; Strain popped to first in foul
territory; Clark grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Mets 0, Giants 0.
METS 2ND: Stearns singled to left; Youngblood forced Stearns
(shortstop to second); Youngblood stole second [Youngblood to
third (error by Littlejohn)]; Norman struck out; Flynn walked;
Littlejohn allowed a passed ball [Youngblood scored (unearned),
Flynn to second]; Swan struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: McCovey singled to center; Evans struck out;
Whitfield grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [McCovey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1,
Giants 0.
METS 3RD: Taveras lined to second; Maddox grounded out (third to
first); Henderson singled to right [Henderson out at second
(right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Metzger struck out; Littlejohn struck out; On a bunt
Knepper singled; Herndon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Giants 0.
METS 4TH: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); Stearns
grounded out (third to first); Youngblood homered; Norman was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Strain grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark
grounded out (second to first); McCovey grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Giants 0.
METS 5TH: Flynn singled; Swan grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Flynn to second]; Taveras flied out to center; Maddox singled
to left [Flynn scored, Maddox to third (error by Littlejohn)];
Henderson popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Mets 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: Evans singled to right; Whitfield grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at
second]; Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Giants 0.
METS 6TH: Montanez flied out to center; Stearns reached on an
error by Knepper [Stearns to first]; Stearns stole second;
Youngblood singled to third [Stearns to third]; Norman struck
out; Flynn struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 6TH: Littlejohn struck out; ANDREWS BATTED FOR KNEPPER;
Andrews grounded out (second to first); Herndon singled to left;
Strain made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3,
Giants 0.
METS 7TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Swan struck out;
Taveras struck out; Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 7TH: Clark made an out to shortstop; McCovey grounded out
(second to first); Evans doubled to right; Whitfield flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Giants 0.
METS 8TH: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Stearns walked; Stearns was
picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets
3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 8TH: Metzger flied out to center; Littlejohn doubled to
right; NORTH BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; North struck out; Herndon flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Giants 0.
METS 9TH: HALICKI REPLACED NORTH (PITCHING); Youngblood doubled
to left; Norman made an out to third; Flynn lined into a double
play (left to second) [Youngblood out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Mets 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 9TH: Strain grounded out (pitcher to first); Clark
grounded out (third to first); McCovey grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Giants 0.
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