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Monday September 3, 1979
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Montreal Expos 6, New York Mets 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, September 3, 1979 (Day game) at Stade Olympique

Mets         0  0  0    0  0  1    4  0  0    0  -   5  8  2
Expos        1  2  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    1  -   6  7  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            5   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Cromartie lf          5   2   3   0     0   1   .289
Stearns lf,1b         4   0   0   0     1   1   .244      Cash 2b               5   1   1   1     0   0   .354
Mazzilli cf           4   2   2   0     1   0   .304      Dawson cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .276
Hebner 3b             5   1   1   2     0   2   .254      Staub 1b              5   0   2   2     0   0   .250
Youngblood rf,lf      4   1   0   0     1   0   .280        Scott pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .234
Kranepool 1b          2   0   0   0     1   1   .233      Valentine rf          4   0   0   0     1   0   .278
  Maddox rf           2   0   1   1     0   0   .277      Parrish 3b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .306
Trevino c             5   0   2   1     0   0   .285      Dyer c                3   0   0   0     0   2   .233
Flynn 2b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .252        Carter ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Berenguer p           1   0   1   0     1   0  1.000      Speier ss             1   1   0   0     2   1   .220
  Norman ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .177        White ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .282
  Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .183
  Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .145      Sanderson p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fryman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
                                                            Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   5   8   4     5   8             Totals               36   6   7   3     4   6

Time of Game: 3:20   Attendance: 48,366
Left on Base: Mets 9, Expos 7
DP: Mets 0, Expos 0
Errors: Flynn, Berenguer, Dyer, Speier
Doubles: Hebner (17), Dawson (20), Cromartie 2 (38), Staub 2 (3)
Stolen Bases: Mazzilli 2 (31), Taveras (39)
Sacrifice Hits: Sanderson (5)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Berenguer               6     5   5   4   3   5   0  27   6.00
Glynn                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.14
Allen L(4-8)            2.1   2   1   0   1   0   0  11   4.07
Totals                  9.1   7   6   4   4   6   0  41

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sanderson               6.2   6   3   3   4   6   0  30   3.46
Fryman                  0     1   2   2   1   0   0   2   3.38
Sosa                    2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   9   1.94
Atkinson W(1-0)         1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                 10     8   5   5   5   8   0  44

Wild Pitches: Sosa (1)
Balks: Berenguer (1)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


METS 1ST: Taveras popped to shortstop; Stearns walked; Mazzilli
forced Stearns (third to second); Mazzilli stole second
[Mazzilli to third (error by Dyer)]; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Cromartie singled to right; Cash popped to second;
Dawson doubled to left [Cromartie to third]; Staub grounded out
(first unassisted) [Cromartie scored, Dawson to third];
Valentine flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Expos 1.

METS 2ND: Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Trevino singled to
center; Flynn flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Expos 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Parrish walked; Dyer was called out on strikes;
Speier walked [Parrish to second]; Sanderson reached on an error
by Berenguer on a sacrifice bunt [Parrish scored (no RBI),
Speier to third, Sanderson to second]; Berenguer balked [Speier
scored (unearned), Sanderson to third]; Cromartie struck out;
Cash flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Expos 3.

METS 3RD: Berenguer singled to third; Taveras forced Berenguer
(third to second); Taveras stole second; Stearns flied out to
left; Mazzilli walked; Hebner grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Dawson flied out to center; Staub made an out to
shortstop; Valentine flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Expos 3.

METS 4TH: Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Kranepool
was called out on strikes; Trevino grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Parrish flied out to right; Dyer flied out to right;
Speier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 3.

METS 5TH: Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Berenguer
walked; Taveras made an out to shortstop; Stearns struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Expos 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Sanderson flied out to center; Cromartie doubled to
center; Cash singled to center [Cromartie scored]; Dawson flied
out to center; Staub doubled to left [Cash scored]; Valentine
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Expos 5.

METS 6TH: On a bunt Mazzilli singled to first; Mazzilli stole
second; Hebner struck out; Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to
first); Kranepool walked; Trevino singled to right [Mazzilli
scored, Kranepool to third, Trevino to second (on throw)]; Flynn
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 5.

EXPOS 6TH: MADDOX REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING RF); YOUNGBLOOD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); STEARNS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); Parrish popped to catcher in foul territory; Dyer
struck out; Speier walked; Sanderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 1, Expos 5.

METS 7TH: NORMAN BATTED FOR BERENGUER; Norman was called out on
strikes; On a bunt Taveras singled to third; Stearns flied out
to center; Mazzilli singled to right [Taveras to second]; FRYMAN
REPLACED SANDERSON (PITCHING); Hebner doubled to right [Taveras
scored, Mazzilli scored]; Youngblood walked; SOSA REPLACED
FRYMAN (PITCHING); Maddox singled to right [Hebner scored,
Youngblood to third]; Sosa threw a wild pitch [Youngblood
scored, Maddox to second]; Trevino flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Expos 5.

EXPOS 7TH: GLYNN REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Cromartie grounded
out (first unassisted); Cash made an out to third; Dawson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Expos 5.

METS 8TH: Flynn grounded out (third to first); HODGES BATTED FOR
GLYNN; Hodges struck out; Taveras reached on an error by Speier
[Taveras to second]; Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Expos 5.

EXPOS 8TH: ALLEN REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Staub flied out to
center; Valentine walked; Parrish flied out to left; CARTER
BATTED FOR DYER; Carter popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 5, Expos 5.

METS 9TH: CARTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Mazzilli flied out
to center; Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); Youngblood
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Expos 5.

EXPOS 9TH: WHITE BATTED FOR SPEIER; White flied out to right;
HUTTON BATTED FOR SOSA; Hutton flied out to left; Cromartie
doubled to third; Cash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Expos 5.

METS 10TH: MASON REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING SS); ATKINSON REPLACED
HUTTON (PITCHING); Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first);
Trevino grounded out (shortstop to first); Flynn struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Expos 5.

EXPOS 10TH: Dawson popped to first; Staub doubled to left; SCOTT
RAN FOR STAUB; Valentine reached on a fielder's choice [Scott
scored (error by Flynn; assists by Allen and Hebner)
(unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Expos 6.



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