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July 17, 1980

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 6 13 0
Braves 0 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 6 13 0
Braves 0 6 0

Bruce Benedict Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .276
OBP .333 .318
At Bats 3 163
Hits 1 45
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 16

Jeff Reardon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 3
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - July 17, 1980
Out
Jeff Reardon
John Stearns
Mike Jorgensen
Doug Flynn
Elliott Maddox
Frank Taveras
Steve Henderson
Lee Mazzilli
Claudell Washington
Bruce Benedict

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 6 13 0 6
Atlanta Braves 0 6 0 7
Winning Pitcher John Pacella
Losing Pitcher Rick Matula
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Claudell Washington
Attendance 7,107
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Benedict hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Burroughs hits a line drive towards third. Maddox reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Horner is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Rick Camp now pitching. Mazzilli strikes out.
Bottom 8 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hubbard moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hubbard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Biff Pocoroba pinch hits for Gene Garber. Pocoroba hits a popup towards first. Jorgensen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reardon strikes out.
Top 8 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Larvell Blanks now playing shortstop. Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brian Asselstine pinch hits for Luis Gomez. Jeff Reardon now pitching. Asselstine strikes out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Burroughs moves to third. Benedict moves to second.
Bottom 7 Benedict hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burroughs moves to second.
Bottom 7 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen fields the ball and throws to Pacella covering. Safe.
Bottom 7 Horner hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 The ball gets by Benedict for a passed ball. Jorgensen moves to second.
Top 7 Jorgensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Garber covering, for the out.
Top 7 Gene Garber now pitching. Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Garber covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Chambliss strikes out.
Bottom 6 Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hubbard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Mike Lum pinch hits for Preston Hanna. Lum takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Taveras strikes out.
Top 6 Mazzilli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Pacella is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gomez hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Pacella scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gomez for the out.
Bottom 5 Benedict hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Horner hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Matthews is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Henderson strikes out.
Top 4 Washington takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Taveras strikes out.
Top 4 Mazzilli hits a popup towards short. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Murphy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Hubbard strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hanna hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Pacella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Preston Hanna now pitching. Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner fields it and throws to first for the out. Maddox moves to third.
Top 3 Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Maddox reaches second base with a double. Henderson scores. Stearns goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields it and throws to second for the out. Henderson moves to third.
Top 3 Jorgensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second.
Top 3 Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Benedict strikes out.
Bottom 2 Burroughs strikes out.
Bottom 2 Horner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Horner reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Matula covering, for the out.
Top 2 Taveras hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Taveras reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Matula fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pacella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Pacella reaches second base with a double. Murphy throws the ball in to Hubbard who relays the ball to Horner who tags Pacella trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 1 Matthews hits a line drive towards short. Taveras catches it and throws to second to double up Hubbard.
Bottom 1 Chambliss takes first base on ball four. Hubbard moves to second.
Bottom 1 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hubbard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Stearns. The throw from Benedict and he is out, Horner applying the tag. Maddox moves to second.
Top 1 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Stearns moves to second.
Top 1 Stearns takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Washington scores. Henderson moves to third.
Top 1 Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taveras scores. Washington moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Top 1 Washington hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazzilli scores. Taveras moves to second.
Top 1 Taveras bunts towards third. Horner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mazzilli moves to second.
Top 1 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.