Pushing across a run in the eighth inning, the Reds edged the Mets, 6-5. Ray Knight led off with a double, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Dave Collins. [The Sporting News]
Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Mets 5

Game Played on Sunday, August 19, 1979 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

Mets         1  0  0    0  1  1    2  0  0  -   5  9  0
Reds         1  0  0    0  4  0    0  1  x  -   6 10  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Flores rf             5   2   3   1     0   0   .200      Collins rf,lf         4   2   2   1     0   0   .313
Trevino 2b,3b         2   1   0   0     1   2   .312      Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Mazzilli cf           5   0   0   0     0   2   .309      Concepcion ss         3   1   1   1     1   1   .297
Hebner 3b             2   0   1   1     1   1   .258      Foster lf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .325
  Bernard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cruz rf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .209
  Norman ph           1   1   1   2     0   0   .175      Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Driessen 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .241
  Taveras ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Knight 3b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .318
Kranepool 1b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .263      Geronimo cf           3   0   1   1     1   0   .253
Stearns c,3b,c        3   0   0   0     1   0   .253      Bonham p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .146
Youngblood lf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .292        Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flynn ss,2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .244        Spilman ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .289
Ellis p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .091        Hume p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .375
  Hodges ph,c         2   0   0   0     0   0   .163
  Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   5     3   6             Totals               32   6  10   6     4   4

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 34,765
Left on Base: Mets 7, Reds 7
DP: Mets 1, Reds 0
Doubles: Kranepool (4), Collins (13), Knight (29)
Home Runs: Flores (1), Norman (1)
Stolen Bases: Collins (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Trevino (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Collins (1)
Hit by Pitch: Trevino (1,by Bonham)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis                   4.2   9   5   5   3   3   0  26   6.24
Twitchell               0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   5.23
Bernard                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.14
Murray L(4-8)           1.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   6   4.60
Glynn                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.81
Totals                  8    10   6   6   4   4   0  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham                  5.2   7   3   3   2   5   1  26   3.86
Bair W(8-6)             2.1   2   2   2   1   0   1  10   3.89
Hume SV(8)              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.90
Totals                  9     9   5   5   3   6   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Bonham (6)
Wild Pitches: Murray (3)

Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Dutch Rennert


METS 1ST: Flores singled to center; Trevino out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Flores to second]; Mazzilli flied out
to center [Flores to third]; Hebner singled to right [Flores
scored]; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Collins singled to left; Collins stole second; Morgan
flied out to right; Concepcion walked; Foster singled to center
[Collins scored, Concepcion to third]; Bench struck out;
Driessen walked [Foster to second]; Knight flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 1.

METS 2ND: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Youngblood
grounded out (shortstop to first); Flynn grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo flied out to left; Bonham flied out to left;
Collins flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 1.

METS 3RD: Ellis grounded out (pitcher to first); Flores singled
to shortstop; Trevino was hit by a pitch [Flores to second];
Mazzilli struck out; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 1, Reds 1.

REDS 3RD: Morgan grounded out (second to first); Concepcion was
called out on strikes; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Reds 1.

METS 4TH: Kranepool popped to third in foul territory; Stearns
walked; Youngblood popped to second; Flynn forced Stearns
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 1.

REDS 4TH: Bench singled to left; Driessen forced Bench
(shortstop to second); Knight grounded out (third to first)
[Driessen to second]; Geronimo was walked intentionally; Bonham
lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 1.

METS 5TH: Ellis was called out on strikes; Flores hit an inside
the park homer to right; Trevino was called out on strikes;
Mazzilli struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Collins doubled to left; Morgan flied out to left;
Concepcion singled to center [Collins scored]; Foster singled to
center [Concepcion to second]; Bench flied out to left; Driessen
singled to first [Concepcion to third, Foster to second]; Knight
singled to center [Concepcion scored, Foster scored, Driessen to
third]; Geronimo singled to right [Driessen scored, Knight to
third]; TWITCHELL REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Bonham struck out;
4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Reds 5.

METS 6TH: Hebner walked; Kranepool doubled to center [Hebner out
at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; Richie Hebner
ejected by HP umpire Lanny Harris; Stearns flied out to
center; Youngblood singled to shortstop [Kranepool to third];
Flynn singled to left [Kranepool scored, Youngblood to second];
HODGES BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; BAIR REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING);
Hodges flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: HODGES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); STEARNS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); BERNARD REPLACED HEBNER (PITCHING); On a
bunt Collins made an out to first; Morgan grounded out (second
to first); Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Reds 5.

METS 7TH: Flores popped to second; Trevino walked; Mazzilli
lined to right; NORMAN BATTED FOR BERNARD; Norman homered
[Trevino scored]; Kranepool singled to left; Stearns popped to
first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Reds 5.

REDS 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Foster grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bench grounded out (third to first);
Driessen flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Reds
5.

METS 8TH: Youngblood flied out to center; Flynn popped to
second; Hodges flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
5, Reds 5.

REDS 8TH: Knight doubled to right; Murray threw a wild pitch
[Knight to third]; Geronimo flied out to left; SPILMAN BATTED
FOR BAIR; Spilman walked; GLYNN REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING);
TAVERAS REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING SS); FLYNN CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 2B); TREVINO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); STEARNS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Collins sacrifice flied into a
double play to left [Knight scored, Spilman out at second (left
to catcher to shortstop)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Reds 6.

METS 9TH: HUME REPLACED SPILMAN (PITCHING); CRUZ REPLACED FOSTER
(PLAYING RF); COLLINS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Flores
flied out to center; Trevino struck out; Mazzilli popped to
shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Reds
6.
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