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Mets
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
September 6, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets, played on September 6, 1979 at Veterans Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 6, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 6, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Hausman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nino Espinosa |
| Ballpark | Veterans Stadium |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Williams 1B: Jerry Dale 2B: Bruce Froemming 3B: Dave Pallone |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | Shortstop |
| Elliott Maddox | Right Fielder |
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Richie Hebner | Third Baseman |
| Joel Youngblood | Left Fielder |
| Ed Kranepool | First Baseman |
| Ron Hodges | Catcher |
| Doug Flynn | Second Baseman |
| Tom Hausman | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bake McBride | Right Fielder |
| Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
| Pete Rose | First Baseman |
| Mike Schmidt | Third Baseman |
| Greg Luzinski | Left Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Catcher |
| Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Larry Bowa | Shortstop |
| Nino Espinosa | Pitcher |
| Dallas Green | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
September 6, 1979
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Espinosa
Taveras hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Espinosa
Espinosa fires to first and picks off Taveras. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Espinosa
Maddox hits a popup, foul, towards first. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Espinosa
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Hausman
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McBride for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Hausman
Trillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Trillo reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Hausman
There's a wild pitch. Trillo moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rose vs. Hausman
Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Trillo scores. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Hausman
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Hausman
Luzinski hits a line drive into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Espinosa
Hebner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngblood vs. Espinosa
Youngblood hits a line drive towards first. Rose catches it and steps on first to double up Hebner. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Espinosa
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Hausman
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Hausman
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Hausman
Bowa hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Espinosa
Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Espinosa
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausman vs. Espinosa
Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rose fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Espinosa
Taveras takes first base on ball four. Hausman moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maddox vs. Espinosa
Maddox hits a line drive into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Espinosa vs. Hausman
Espinosa hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Hausman
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McBride for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Hausman
Trillo is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Espinosa
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rose scoops it up and throws to first, with Espinosa covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Espinosa
Hebner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Maddox throws the ball in to Schmidt who tags Hebner trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Espinosa
Youngblood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Espinosa
Kranepool hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Hausman
Rose is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Hausman
Schmidt hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Hausman
Luzinski strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Hausman
Boone hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Espinosa
Hodges is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Espinosa
Flynn hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausman vs. Espinosa
Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Hausman
Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Maddox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bowa vs. Hausman
Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Espinosa vs. Hausman
Espinosa hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Espinosa for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McBride vs. Hausman
McBride hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Espinosa
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Espinosa
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Espinosa
Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hebner vs. Espinosa
Hebner hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maddox tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngblood vs. Espinosa
Youngblood hits a line drive towards short. Bowa reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Glynn
Ed Glynn now pitching.
Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Glynn
Rose hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Glynn
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Glynn
Luzinski hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Espinosa
Kranepool hits a line drive into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Espinosa
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Espinosa
Flynn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glynn vs. Espinosa
Glynn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Espinosa
Taveras hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McBride. Taveras reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maddox vs. Espinosa
Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Glynn
Boone hits a popup towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Glynn
Maddox bunts towards the mound. Glynn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowa vs. Glynn
Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mackanin vs. Glynn
Pete Mackanin pinch hits for Nino Espinosa.
Mackanin hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. McGraw
Tug McGraw now pitching.
Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hebner vs. McGraw
Hebner is hit by the pitch. Mazzilli moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngblood vs. McGraw
Sergio Ferrer pinch runs for Richie Hebner.
Youngblood hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McBride. Youngblood reaches second base with a double. Mazzilli scores. Ferrer moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kranepool vs. McGraw
Kranepool hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ferrer scores. There goes Youngblood trying to get to home. Luzinski throws the ball in to Boone who tags Youngblood, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Kranepool moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. McGraw
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flynn vs. Reed
Ron Reed now pitching.
Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 5 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Glynn
Sergio Ferrer now playing third base.
McBride takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Glynn
Trillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Trillo reaches second base with a double. McBride goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Allen
Neil Allen now pitching.
Rose hits a line drive into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Allen
Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Luzinski vs. Allen
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Reed
Allen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Reed
Taveras hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox who is chasing the ball. Taveras reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maddox vs. Reed
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mazzilli vs. Reed
Mazzilli is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stearns vs. Reed
John Stearns pinch hits for Sergio Ferrer.
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Allen
Gil Flores now playing right field. Elliott Maddox now playing third base.
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Flores settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Allen
Maddox hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Allen
Bowa hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Allen
Greg Gross pinch hits for Ron Reed.
Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McBride vs. Hassler
Andy Hassler now pitching.
McBride strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/6/1979, game 1 -- New York at Philadelphia (N)
New York AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Taveras F, ss 4 0 3 0 McBride B, rf 4 1 0 0
Maddox E, rf-3b 5 1 1 0 Trillo M, 2b 4 1 2 1
Mazzilli L, cf 4 1 2 0 Rose P, 1b 3 0 1 1
Hebner R, 3b 1 0 1 1 Schmidt M, 3b 3 0 0 0
Ferrer S, pr-3b 0 1 0 0 Luzinski G, lf 4 0 0 0
Stearns J, ph 1 0 0 0 Boone B, c 4 0 0 0
Flores G, rf 0 0 0 0 Maddox G, cf 4 1 3 1
Youngblood J, lf 4 0 2 1 Bowa L, ss 4 0 0 0
Kranepool E, 1b 4 0 1 1 Espinosa N, p 2 0 0 0
Hodges R, c 3 1 1 0 Mackanin P, ph 1 0 0 0
Flynn D, 2b 4 1 1 2 McGraw T, p 0 0 0 0
Hausman T, p 2 0 0 0 Reed R, p 0 0 0 0
Glynn E, p 1 0 0 0 Gross G, ph 1 0 1 0
Allen N, p 1 0 0 0
Hassler A, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 5 12 5 34 3 7 3
New York 000 001 220 -- 5
Philadelphia 100 000 011 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hausman T 5.0 3 1 1 0 3
Glynn E (W)* 2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Allen N 1.2 2 1 1 0 0
Hassler A (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa N (L) 7.0 8 3 3 3 1
McGraw T 0.2 3 2 2 0 0
Reed R 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- New York 8, Philadelphia 7
2B -- Trillo M 2, Hebner R, Maddox G, Taveras F, Youngblood J
3B -- Taveras F
HR -- Flynn D, Maddox G
SF -- Hebner R
HBP -- by Hausman T (Rose P), by McGraw T (Hebner R)
WP -- Hausman T
T -- 2:35
A -- 0
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