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August 28, 1979

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Braves 5 12 2
Mets 4 12 0
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Braves 5 13 2
Mets 4 12 0

Gary Matthews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .316
OBP .250 .370
At Bats 4 532
Hits 1 168
• Singles 0 108
• Doubles 1 31
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 25
Walks 0 47
RBI’s 0 73

Neil Allen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 7 5
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Shea Stadium - August 28, 1979
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Triple
Neil Allen
John Stearns
Richie Hebner
Doug Flynn
Elliott Maddox
Frank Taveras
Joel Youngblood
Lee Mazzilli
Gil Flores
Gary Matthews
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Elliott Maddox now playing third base. Neil Allen now pitching. Matthews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood who is chasing the ball. Matthews reaches third base with a triple.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Trevino strikes out.
Bottom 8 Joey McLaughlin now pitching. Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stearns moves to second.
Bottom 8 Larry Bradford now pitching. Hebner hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mazzilli tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Stearns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taveras scores. Mazzilli moves to third.
Bottom 8 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy juggles the ball. That's an error on Murphy. Maddox scores. Taveras moves to third.
Bottom 8 Taveras hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Taveras reaches second base with a double. Maddox moves to third.
Bottom 8 Flores strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gene Garber now pitching. Elliott Maddox pinch hits for Jeff Reardon. Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Royster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazzilli throws the ball in to Flynn who tags Royster trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Benedict scores.
Top 8 Niekro bunts in front of the plate. Stearns fields it and throws to first for the out. Benedict moves to second.
Top 8 Benedict hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jeff Reardon now pitching. Chaney hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hebner moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hebner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Matthews. Hebner reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Trevino fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Office is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Burroughs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Burroughs reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner fields it, throws to third for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 7 Matthews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flores. Matthews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Flores moves to second.
Bottom 6 Flores is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Royster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Niekro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Benedict scores.
Top 6 Benedict hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flores. Benedict reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Chaney 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 6 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Royster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Youngblood scores.
Bottom 5 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Youngblood moves to third.
Bottom 5 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Youngblood reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Office hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Office for the out.
Top 5 Burroughs strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Murphy. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Murphy steals second.
Top 5 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellis covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Royster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Royster hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Niekro hits a fly ball into right field. Flores settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Office tags and scores.
Top 4 Benedict hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burroughs scores. Office moves to third. Chaney moves to second.
Top 4 Chaney is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ellis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Office hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Office reaches second base with a double. Burroughs moves to third.
Top 4 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Benedict and he is out, Frias applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Taveras bunts towards first. Murphy fields the ball and throws to Niekro covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Flores hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Murphy strikes out.
Top 3 Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Flores settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Royster strikes out.
Top 3 Niekro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Flynn strikes out.
Bottom 2 Trevino hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 There goes Youngblood. The throw from Benedict and he is out, Royster applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hebner is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Benedict hits a popup towards third. Trevino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chaney 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 2 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stearns strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Benedict and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 1 Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Taveras hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Royster reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flores hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Royster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Office strikes out.
Top 1 Burroughs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Murphy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Royster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Trevino fields it and throws to first for the out.