Braves @ Mets
August 28, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 6 13 2
Mets 4 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 6 13 2
Mets 4 12 0

Ed Kranepool Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .245
OBP .000 .310
At Bats 0 98
Hits 0 24
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 13

Joey McLaughlin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 1
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Shea Stadium - August 28, 1979
Joey McLaughlin
Bruce Benedict
Dale Murphy
Jerry Royster
Darrel Chaney
Pepe Frias
Barry Bonnell
Rowland Office
Gary Matthews
Ed Kranepool

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 6 13 2 8
New York Mets 4 12 0 6
Winning Pitcher Phil Niekro
Losing Pitcher Dock Ellis
Save Joey McLaughlin
Game Winning RBI Dale Murphy
Attendance 6,586
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Gil Flores. Kranepool is called out on strikes.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Maddox strikes out.
Bottom 9 Barry Bonnell now playing left field. Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLaughlin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Office hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Burroughs is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Matthews tags and scores.
Top 9 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.
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.