League President Chub Feeney upheld a ninth-inning protest by the Astros, making the Mets wait until the following afternoon for their 5-0 victory. Pete Falcone had tossed a four-hitter before the final-out protest by the Astros. New York Mets 5, Houston Astros 0Game Played on Tuesday, August 21, 1979 (Night game) at Shea StadiumAstros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 3 Mets 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 x - 5 8 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVGBATTINGTotals 31 0 5 0 3 6 Totals 31 5 8 5 3 4 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 9,337 Left on Base: Astros 7, Mets 7 DP: Astros 1, Mets 1 Errors: Cabell, Cruz, Bochy, Ferrer Doubles: Puhl (17), Youngblood 2 (31), Flynn (17), Taveras (25) Stolen Bases: Reynolds (11), Mazzilli (25) Sacrifice Hits: Falcone (4) GIDP: Bochy (5), Falcone (2) Hit by Pitch: Norman (1,by Ladd) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA LaCorte L(1-2) 4 4 3 2 2 3 0 19 6.33 Throop 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 10 4.32 Ladd 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.00 Totals 8 8 5 4 3 4 0 36 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone W(5-9) 8.2 5 0 0 3 6 0 33 4.26 Kobel 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.37 Totals 9 5 0 0 3 6 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Ladd (1) Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Doug Harvey ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy struck out; Reynolds walked; Reynolds stole second; Puhl flied out to right; Cedeno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Taveras popped to first; Trevino grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli walked; Stearns reached on an error by Cabell [Mazzilli to third, Stearns to first]; Kranepool grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cabell flied out to right; Leonard flied out to center; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Youngblood doubled to left; Norman grounded out (third to first); Flynn singled to center [Youngblood scored]; Falcone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Flynn to second]; Taveras was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 1. ASTROS 3RD: Bochy popped to first; LaCorte was called out on strikes; Landestoy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Trevino flied out to center; Mazzilli flied out to center; Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 1. ASTROS 4TH: Reynolds singled to center; Puhl forced Reynolds (shortstop to second); Cedeno popped to second; Cabell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Kranepool walked; Youngblood struck out; Norman singled to left [Kranepool to third, Norman to second (error by Cruz)]; Flynn doubled to left [Kranepool scored, Norman scored (unearned)]; Falcone struck out; Taveras flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 3. ASTROS 5TH: Leonard grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (second to first); Bochy singled to left; KNICELY BATTED FOR LACORTE; Knicely walked [Bochy to second]; Landestoy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 3. METS 5TH: THROOP REPLACED KNICELY (PITCHING); Trevino flied out to right; Mazzilli walked; Mazzilli stole second [Mazzilli to third (error by Bochy)]; Stearns singled to left [Mazzilli scored]; Kranepool grounded out (second to first) [Stearns to second]; Youngblood doubled to right [Stearns scored]; Norman grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 5. ASTROS 6TH: Reynolds was called out on strikes; Puhl doubled to center; Cedeno flied out to center; Cabell walked; Leonard flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 5. METS 6TH: Flynn grounded out (second to first); Falcone flied out to left; Taveras doubled to left; Trevino flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 5. ASTROS 7TH: Cruz singled to left; Bochy grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cruz out at second]; HOWE BATTED FOR THROOP; Howe popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 5. METS 7TH: LADD REPLACED HOWE (PITCHING); Mazzilli flied out to center; Stearns was called out on strikes; Kranepool flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 5. ASTROS 8TH: FERRER REPLACED STEARNS (PLAYING 3B); Landestoy lined to second; Ferrer dropped a foul fly hit by Reynolds for an error; Reynolds popped to third; Puhl grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 5. METS 8TH: Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Norman was hit by a pitch; Flynn singled to center [Norman to third]; Falcone grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Flynn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 5. ASTROS 9TH: Cedeno flied out to left; Cabell grounded out (third to first); Leonard singled to center; this game actually ended 3 times; Jeffrey Leonard flied out to CF to end game and Mets left field; however, SS Frank Taveras had asked for time before the pitch to Leonard and it was granted by 3B umpire Doug Harvey; the Mets were called back on the field and Leonard singled to CF; however, manager Mets manager Joe Torre noted that first baseman Ed Kranepool was not on the field and argued that the game could not properly resume without 9 defenders; the umpires agreed and brought Leonard back to HP; Houston manager Bill Virdon argued that the count on Leonard should revert to 0-0 and erase the pitches thrown while Kranepool was absent; the umpires ruled that the pitches would count; Virdon formally protested the game; Leonard then flied out to LF to apparently end the game a second time; NL President Chub Feeney was at the game and one hour later upheld the Houston protest, saying that Leonard's single was legal; the game was resumed the next evening with Leonard on first with his single and a new pitcher for the Mets, who faced one batter and the game was finally ended; KOBEL REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 5. |
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