Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
June 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1979 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 1, New York Mets 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b,2b 5 0 0 0
Matthews rf 4 1 2 1
Horner 1b,3b 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 3 0 2 0
  Office pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Bonnell cf,lf 2 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0
  Nolan ph 0 0 0 0
  Chaney 2b,c 0 0 0 0
Frias ss 4 0 1 0
Benedict c 2 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph,c 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Brizzolara p 1 0 0 0
  Spikes ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Mazzilli cf 4 2 2 0
Hebner 3b,1b 4 0 2 0
Montanez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Trevino 3b 1 0 1 1
Stearns c 2 0 1 1
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
  Flores rf 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
Falcone p 1 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 1 0
  Ferrer pr 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 9 2
Atlanta 000 010 000180
New York 000 100 001290
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Brizzolara   4.0 5 1 1 0 2
  McLaughlin   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Garber  L (3-9) 2.1 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.1
9
2
2
1
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   5.0 6 1 1 0 4
  Twitchell   3.0 1 0 0 4 2
  Reardon  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Hebner (10,off J McLaughlin).  HR–Atlanta Matthews (12,5th inning off Falcone 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Bonnell 2 (5,off Twitchell 2); Lum (5,off Twitchell).  IBB–Nolan (1,by Twitchell).  SB–Stearns (7,2nd base off Garber/Pocoroba); Mazzilli (17,3rd base off Garber/Chaney).  CS–Ferrer (1,2nd base by Garber/Pocoroba).  WP–Reardon (1).  IBB–Twitchell (3,Nolan).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:18.  A–12,133.
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