Nino Espinosa received credit for his fourth victory of the season over his ex-teammates, pitching the Phillies past the Mets, 5-2. The game was tied, 1-1, in the third inning when Greg Luzinski connected for a two-run homer. A single by Pete Rose drove home another tally in the fourth and a bases-loaded walk in the sixth forced in another Phillie run. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 2
Game Played on Tuesday, September 11, 1979 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Phillies     1  0  2    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 10  0
Mets         0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  9  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 1b               4   1   3   1     1   0   .315      Taveras ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .265
Trillo 2b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .252      Maddox rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   2     1   0   .259      Mazzilli cf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .313
  Anderson pr,rf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Hebner 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .251
Luzinski lf           4   1   1   2     1   1   .255      Youngblood lf         4   1   1   0     0   0   .282
  Vukovich 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stearns 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .246
Boone c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .284      Trevino c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Flynn 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .243
Smith rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Falcone p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .178
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bernard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bowa ss               4   1   1   0     0   1   .244        Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Espinosa p            3   1   1   0     0   0   .186        Scott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gross rf,lf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .328        Kranepool ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .240
                                                            Ferrer pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hausman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               35   5  10   5     4   5             Totals               34   2   9   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance:  4,713
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Mets 6
DP: Phillies 0, Mets 0
Errors: Hebner
Doubles: Stearns (26)
Triples: Bowa (11)
Home Runs: Luzinski (18)
Caught Stealing: Anderson (2), Taveras (20)
Sacrifice Flies: Schmidt (7)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa W(14-11)       6.2   8   2   2   1   3   0  27   3.63
Eastwick SV(6)          2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.16
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   4   0  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(5-13)         5.2   9   5   5   3   3   1  29   4.28
Bernard                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.82
Scott                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.29
Hausman                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.45
Totals                  9    10   5   5   4   5   1  40

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Rose singled to right; Trillo singled to right
[Rose to third, Trillo to second (on throw to 3b)]; Schmidt hit
a sacrifice fly to right [Rose scored]; Luzinski walked; Boone
walked [Trillo to third, Luzinski to second]; Maddox was called
out on strikes; Smith was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras walked; Taveras was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Maddox flied out to center; Mazzilli
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Espinosa
flied out to right; Rose walked; Trillo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Hebner flied out to left; On a bunt Youngblood singled
to pitcher; Stearns doubled to center [Youngblood scored];
Trevino popped to first; Flynn was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt singled to center; Luzinski homered
[Schmidt scored]; Boone lined to third; Maddox made an out to
pitcher; Smith flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 3, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Falcone struck out; Taveras flied out to center;
Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 3, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa tripled to center; Espinosa lined to left;
Rose singled to left [Bowa scored]; Trillo popped to first;
Schmidt flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); Hebner popped
to shortstop; Youngblood grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski flied out to center; Boone grounded out
(third to first); Maddox made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Stearns struck out; Trevino grounded out (pitcher to
first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Mets 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Bowa lined to
center; Espinosa singled to third; Rose singled to left
[Espinosa to second]; Trillo singled to left [Espinosa to third,
Rose to second]; BERNARD REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Schmidt
walked [Espinosa scored, Rose to third, Trillo to second];
Luzinski popped to first; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Mets 1.

METS 6TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR BERNARD; Boisclair grounded out
(first to pitcher); Taveras singled to right; Maddox singled to
third [Taveras to second]; Mazzilli singled to center [Taveras
scored, Maddox to second]; Hebner singled to right [Maddox out
at home (right to catcher), Mazzilli to second]; Youngblood
forced Hebner (shortstop to second); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 5, Mets 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: SCOTT REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Boone
grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: Stearns flied out to left; Trevino flied out to
center; On a bunt Flynn singled to second; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR
SCOTT; Kranepool singled to right [Flynn to second]; FERRER RAN
FOR KRANEPOOL; EASTWICK REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); GROSS
REPLACED ESPINOSA (PLAYING RF); Taveras forced Ferrer (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: HAUSMAN REPLACED FERRER (PITCHING); Bowa was
called out on strikes; Gross singled to center [Gross out at
second (center to second)]; Rose grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: Maddox flied out to right; Mazzilli grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hebner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 5, Mets 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: Trillo flied out to center; Schmidt reached on an
error by Hebner [Schmidt to first]; ANDERSON RAN FOR SCHMIDT;
Anderson was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GROSS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); VUKOVICH REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING 3B);
Youngblood lined to left; Stearns flied out to center; Trevino
singled to second; Flynn forced Trevino (second unassisted); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Mets 2.