Splitting 2-1 decisions, the Braves won the opener of a doubleheader and the Mets captured the nightcap. In the first game, the Braves packaged a two-run homer by Dale Murphy in the second inning with the combined six-hit pitching of Rick Matula and Rick Camp to produce the victory.

A pair of errors gave the Mets their second-game win. The Mets trailed, 1-0, when Frank Taveras opened the ninth inning with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored when second baseman Jerry Royster erred on a grounder by Lee Mazzilli, who reached first on the miscue. After an infield out, Mazzilli scored when Royster threw Joel Youngblood's routine grounder past first baseman Chris Chambliss. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 2, New York Mets 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       18, 1980 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  0
Braves       0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  6  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .232      Royster 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .233
Maddox 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .289      Blanks 3b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .183
  Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Matthews rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .242
  Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Mazzilli 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Asselstine lf         3   1   1   0     0   0   .262
Jorgensen rf          3   1   2   0     1   1   .316      Murphy cf             3   1   1   2     0   1   .267
  Ramirez pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nahorodny c           3   0   1   0     0   1   .182
Stearns c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     1   1   .183
Henderson lf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .300      Matula p              3   0   1   0     0   2   .071
Youngblood cf         2   0   0   1     0   0   .278        Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flynn 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .212
Zachry p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Hausman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Trevino ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .360

Totals               30   1   6   1     2   1             Totals               28   2   6   2     3   8

Time of Game: 2:11
Left on Base: Mets 5, Braves 5
DP: Mets 1, Braves 2
Doubles: Nahorodny (1), Royster (6)
Home Runs: Murphy (6)
Caught Stealing: Blanks (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Youngblood (3)
GIDP: Mazzilli (1), Youngblood (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry L(0-2)           5     4   2   2   1   5   1  19   2.70
Hausman                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.72
Reardon                 0.2   1   0   0   2   1   0   5   3.32
Glynn                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.09
Totals                  8     6   2   2   3   8   1  31

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matula W(3-2)           8.1   6   1   1   2   1   0  31   1.68
Camp SV(2)              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.95
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   1   0  33

Wild Pitches: Matula (1), Camp (1)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Frank Pulli


METS 1ST: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
walked; Mazzilli grounded into a double play (first to shortstop
to pitcher) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks
was called out on strikes; Matthews flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 0.

METS 2ND: Jorgensen was called out on strikes; Stearns grounded
out (third to first); Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Asselstine
singled to pitcher; Murphy homered [Asselstine scored];
Nahorodny was called out on strikes; Gomez struck out; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 2.

METS 3RD: Youngblood popped to first; Flynn grounded out
(pitcher to first); Zachry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Matula singled to right; Royster lined into a double
play (third to first) [Matula out at first]; Blanks flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 2.

METS 4TH: Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
grounded out (third to first); Mazzilli grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Matthews grounded out (second to first); Chambliss
struck out; Asselstine flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Braves 2.

METS 5TH: Jorgensen singled to left; Stearns grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Jorgensen to second]; Henderson singled to
shortstop [Jorgensen stayed at second]; Youngblood grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Henderson out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Murphy flied out to left; Nahorodny doubled to left;
Gomez walked; On a bunt Matula struck out; Royster flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 2.

METS 6TH: Flynn singled to center; HODGES BATTED FOR ZACHRY;
Hodges forced Flynn (second unassisted); Taveras singled to left
[Hodges to second]; Maddox flied out to right; Mazzilli lined to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: HAUSMAN REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Blanks singled
to right; Blanks was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Matthews struck out; Chambliss flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 2.

METS 7TH: Jorgensen singled to center; Stearns flied out to
left; Henderson singled to center [Jorgensen to second]; Matula
threw a wild pitch [Jorgensen to third, Henderson to second];
Youngblood hit a sacrifice fly to right [Jorgensen scored,
Henderson to third]; Flynn popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Asselstine made an out to shortstop; Murphy struck
out; Nahorodny lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Braves 2.

METS 8TH: TREVINO BATTED FOR HAUSMAN; Trevino grounded out
(third to first); Taveras flied out to center; Maddox lined to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: REARDON REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); TREVINO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Gomez grounded out (third to first);
Matula struck out; Royster doubled to center; Blanks walked;
Matthews walked [Royster to third, Blanks to second]; GLYNN
REPLACED REARDON (PITCHING); Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 2.

METS 9TH: Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Jorgensen
walked; RAMIREZ RAN FOR JORGENSEN; CAMP REPLACED MATULA
(PITCHING); Stearns grounded out (pitcher to first) [Ramirez to
second]; Camp threw a wild pitch [Ramirez to third]; Henderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
1, Braves 2.