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Mets 6 @ Giants 5
Candlestick Park
July 24, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets, played on July 24, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Mets with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 24, 1979 
Visiting Team
New York Mets
R: 6 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
San Francisco Giants
R: 5 H: 16 E: 5 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 16
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherWayne Twitchell  
Losing PitcherPedro Borbon  
SaveTom Hausman  
Game Winning RBIAlex Trevino 

Game Info

DateJuly 24, 1979 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Mets 
Home TeamSan Francisco Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherKevin Kobel  
Home Starting PitcherJohn Montefusco  
BallparkCandlestick Park 
CitySan Francisco 
StateCA 
Attendance24,821 
Time of Game3 hours 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dutch Rennert
1B: Ed Montague
2B: Lee Weyer
3B: Harry Wendelstedt

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joel Youngblood  Right Fielder 
Frank Taveras  Shortstop 
Steve Henderson  Left Fielder 
Richie Hebner  Third Baseman 
Willie Montanez  First Baseman 
John Stearns  Catcher 
Elliott Maddox  Center Fielder 
Doug Flynn  Second Baseman 
Kevin Kobel  Pitcher 
Joe Torre  Manager 

San Francisco Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill North  Center Fielder 
Joe Strain  Second Baseman 
Jack Clark  Right Fielder 
Mike Ivie  First Baseman 
Darrell Evans  Third Baseman 
Larry Herndon  Left Fielder 
Johnnie LeMaster  Shortstop 
Marc Hill  Catcher 
John Montefusco  Pitcher 
Joe Altobelli  Manager 

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Mets 6 @ Giants 5
Candlestick Park
July 24, 1979

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         Game of 7/24/1979 -- New York at San Francisco (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI
Youngblood J, rf      6  1  2  0   North B, cf           2  0  1  2   
Taveras F, ss         5  0  0  0   Littlejohn D, c       1  0  0  1   
Henderson S, lf       5  0  0  0   Strain J, 2b          4  0  1  0   
Hebner R, 3b          3  0  0  0   Lavelle G, p          1  0  0  0   
Trevino A, 3b         3  1  1  1   Borbon P, p           0  0  0  0   
Montanez W, 1b        5  1  3  0   Blue V, ph            0  1  0  0   
Stearns J, c          6  1  2  2   Clark J, rf           5  0  0  0   
Maddox E, cf          5  1  1  0   Ivie M, 1b            6  0  4  0   
Flynn D, 2b           6  1  3  0   Evans D, 3b           6  0  2  1   
Kobel K, p            2  0  1  1   Herndon L, lf-cf      6  0  1  0   
Glynn E, p            0  0  0  0   LeMaster J, ss        3  3  3  0   
Kranepool E, ph       1  0  0  0   McCovey W, ph         1  0  0  0   
Allen N, p            0  0  0  0   Metzger R, ss         1  0  0  0   
Hassler A, p          1  0  0  0   Hill M, c             0  0  0  0   
Murray D, p           0  0  0  0   Sadek M, ph-c         2  0  0  0   
Flores G, ph          1  0  0  0   Whitfield T, ph-lf    1  1  1  0   
Twitchell W, p        0  0  0  0   Montefusco J, p       2  0  2  1   
Hausman T, p          0  0  0  0   Andrews R, ph-2b      1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     49  6 13  4                        42  5 16  5

New York         030 000 100 002 --  6
San Francisco    001 010 101 001 --  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kobel K               5.2 10  2  2  1  2
Glynn E               0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Allen N               1.2  3  1  1  1  0
Hassler A*            0.1  2  1  1  0  0
Murray D              2.0  1  0  0  0  1
Twitchell W (W)+      1.0  0  1  1  4  0
Hausman T (S)         1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Montefusco J          7.0  6  4  1  2  8
Lavelle G             4.0  3  0  0  0  2
Borbon P (L)          1.0  4  2  2  1  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 12th

E -- Hill M, Stearns J, Strain J, Clark J, Trevino A, Evans D 2
DP -- New York 3, San Francisco 1
LOB -- New York 11, San Francisco 10
2B -- Stearns J, LeMaster J, Youngblood J
CS -- Montefusco J, Whitfield T
SH -- Andrews R, Taveras F
SF -- North B, Littlejohn D
WP -- Montefusco J, Hassler A
Balk -- Lavelle G
T -- 3:55
A -- 24821

    

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