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Mets
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
April 20, 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 April 20, 1979 at Veterans Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 20, 1979 |
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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 | April 20, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Mets |
Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Craig Swan |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Ruthven |
Ballpark | Veterans Stadium |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | 33,253 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bob Nelson 1B: Joe Myers 2B: Tom Telford 3B: Greg Mills |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kelvin Chapman | Second Baseman |
Steve Henderson | Left Fielder |
Richie Hebner | Third Baseman |
Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
John Stearns | Catcher |
Joel Youngblood | Right Fielder |
Doug Flynn | Shortstop |
Craig Swan | Pitcher |
Joe Torre | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bake McBride | Right Fielder |
Larry Bowa | Shortstop |
Pete Rose | First Baseman |
Greg Luzinski | Left Fielder |
Mike Schmidt | Third Baseman |
Garry Maddox | Center Fielder |
Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
Bob Boone | Catcher |
Dick Ruthven | Pitcher |
Danny Ozark | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mets
@ Phillies
Veterans Stadium
April 20, 1979
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Ruthven
Chapman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Ruthven
Henderson hits a popup 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: ---
Hebner vs. Ruthven
Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up 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. Swan
McBride hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Swan
Bowa hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Swan
Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Swan
Luzinski takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schmidt vs. Swan
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. Rose moves to third. Luzinski moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Maddox vs. Swan
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rose scores. Luzinski scores. Schmidt moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trillo vs. Swan
Trillo hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Stearns scoops up the ball and tags Trillo for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Ruthven
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Ruthven
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Ruthven
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Swan
Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruthven vs. Swan
Ruthven hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ruthven for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Swan
McBride hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowa vs. Swan
Bowa hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McBride moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rose vs. Swan
Rose hits a line drive into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Ruthven
Youngblood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Ruthven
Flynn is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swan vs. Ruthven
Swan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Ruthven
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Swan
Luzinski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Swan
There goes Luzinski. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Luzinski steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Swan
Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maddox vs. Swan
Maddox hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trillo vs. Swan
Trillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Luzinski scores. Trillo moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Swan
Boone is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ruthven vs. Swan
Ruthven strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Ruthven
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Ruthven
Hebner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McBride who is chasing the ball. Hebner reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mazzilli vs. Ruthven
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Montanez vs. Ruthven
Montanez 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, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Swan
McBride hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowa vs. Swan
There goes McBride. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. McBride steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bowa vs. Swan
There goes McBride. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. McBride steals third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bowa vs. Swan
Bowa hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rose vs. Swan
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Luzinski vs. Swan
Luzinski hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Ruthven
Stearns hits a popup in front of the plate. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Ruthven
Youngblood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Luzinski. Youngblood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flynn vs. Ruthven
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. Ruthven
Ron Hodges pinch hits for Craig Swan.
Hodges 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, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Twitchell
Wayne Twitchell now pitching.
Schmidt strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Twitchell
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner juggles the ball. That's an error on Hebner. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trillo vs. Twitchell
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Twitchell
Boone is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ruthven vs. Twitchell
Ruthven hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn misplays the ball. That's an error on Flynn. Maddox moves to third. Boone moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McBride vs. Twitchell
McBride is hit by the pitch. Maddox scores. Boone moves to third. Ruthven moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bowa vs. Twitchell
Bowa takes first base on ball four. Boone scores. Ruthven moves to third. McBride moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rose vs. Twitchell
Rose takes first base on ball four. Ruthven scores. McBride moves to third. Bowa moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Luzinski vs. Bernard
Dwight Bernard now pitching.
Luzinski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McBride scores. Bowa scores. Rose moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schmidt vs. Bernard
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Ruthven
Pete Mackanin now playing third base.
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Ruthven
Henderson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Ruthven
Hebner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Ruthven
Mazzilli 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
Bottom 6
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Bernard
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Bernard
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Bernard
Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruthven vs. Bernard
Ruthven hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bernard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Ruthven
Montanez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Ruthven
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngblood vs. Ruthven
Youngblood hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Ruthven
Flynn is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Orosco
Jesse Orosco now pitching. Frank Taveras now playing shortstop.
McBride hits a popup towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowa vs. Orosco
Bowa hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Orosco
Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Ruthven
Del Unser now playing first base.
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, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Ruthven
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mackanin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Ruthven
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Orosco
Luzinski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mackanin vs. Orosco
Mackanin hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Orosco
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hebner vs. Ruthven
Greg Gross now playing left field.
Hebner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Ruthven
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Unser fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Ruthven
Montanez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazzilli moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stearns vs. Ruthven
Stearns hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngblood vs. Ruthven
Youngblood takes first base on ball four. Mazzilli moves to third. Montanez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Phillies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kranepool vs. Ruthven
Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Jesse Orosco.
Kranepool hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/20/1979 -- New York at Philadelphia (N) New York AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI Chapman K, 2b 4 0 0 0 McBride B, rf 4 1 2 1 Henderson S, lf 4 0 0 0 Bowa L, ss 4 1 1 1 Hebner R, 3b 4 0 3 0 Rose P, 1b 4 1 1 1 Mazzilli L, cf 4 0 0 0 Unser D, 1b 0 0 0 0 Montanez W, 1b 3 0 1 0 Luzinski G, lf 3 2 1 2 Stearns J, c 4 0 0 0 Gross G, lf 0 0 0 0 Youngblood J, rf 2 0 1 0 Schmidt M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Flynn D, ss 3 0 0 0 Mackanin P, 3b 1 0 0 0 Orosco J, p 0 0 0 0 Maddox G, cf 5 1 1 2 Kranepool E, ph 1 0 0 0 Trillo M, 2b 4 0 1 1 Swan C, p 1 0 0 0 Boone B, c 2 1 1 0 Hodges R, ph 1 0 0 0 Ruthven D, p 4 1 0 0 Twitchell W, p 0 0 0 0 Bernard D, p 0 0 0 0 Taveras F, ss 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 0 5 0 34 8 8 8 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Philadelphia 201 050 00x -- 8 New York IP H R ER BB SO Swan C (L) 4.0 6 3 3 4 1 Twitchell W 0.2 0 5 0 3 1 Bernard D 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 Orosco J 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Ruthven D (W) 9.0 5 0 0 3 4 E -- Hebner R, Flynn D LOB -- New York 8, Philadelphia 10 2B -- Youngblood J 3B -- Hebner R SB -- Luzinski G, McBride B 2 HBP -- by Twitchell W (McBride B) T -- 2:20 A -- 33253
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