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Mets 12 @ Pirates 9
Three Rivers Stadium
June 27, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets, played on June 27, 1979 at Three Rivers Stadium. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Mets with a score of 12 to 9.

Game Summary

DateJune 27, 1979 
Visiting Team
New York Mets
R: 12 H: 15 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 12
Hits: 15
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 9 H: 13 E: 3 LOB: 11
Runs: 9
Hits: 13
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherWayne Twitchell  
Losing PitcherGrant Jackson  
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Game Winning RBIElliott Maddox 

Game Info

DateJune 27, 1979 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Mets 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherDock Ellis  
Home Starting PitcherEd Whitson  
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance13,168 
Time of Game3 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe West
1B: Bruce Froemming
2B: Jerry Dale
3B: Bill Williams

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joel Youngblood  Right Fielder 
Frank Taveras  Shortstop 
Lee Mazzilli  Center Fielder 
Richie Hebner  Third Baseman 
John Stearns  Catcher 
Willie Montanez  First Baseman 
Steve Henderson  Left Fielder 
Doug Flynn  Second Baseman 
Dock Ellis  Pitcher 
Joe Torre  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Omar Moreno  Center Fielder 
Tim Foli  Shortstop 
Dave Parker  Right Fielder 
John Milner  First Baseman 
Mike Easler  Left Fielder 
Ed Ott  Catcher 
Phil Garner  Third Baseman 
Rennie Stennett  Second Baseman 
Ed Whitson  Pitcher 
Chuck Tanner  Manager 

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Three Rivers Stadium
June 27, 1979

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         Game of 6/27/1979 -- New York at Pittsburgh (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Youngblood J, rf-2b   5  2  4  2   Moreno O, cf          4  1  2  1   
Taveras F, ss         3  0  0  0   Foli T, ss            5  2  2  2   
Kranepool E, ph       1  0  0  0   Parker D, rf          4  0  1  0   
Ferrer S, ss          0  0  0  0   Milner J, 1b          4  2  1  0   
Maddox E, ph-rf       2  1  1  1   Easler M, lf          2  1  1  1   
Mazzilli L, cf        5  1  2  1   Robinson B, lf        1  0  0  0   
Hebner R, 3b          3  1  1  2   Ott E, c              5  1  1  2   
Stearns J, c          6  0  1  2   Garner P, 3b          5  0  3  1   
Montanez W, 1b        5  2  2  1   Stennett R, 2b        5  1  2  1   
Henderson S, lf       3  2  2  1   Whitson E, p          2  0  0  0   
Flynn D, 2b-ss        5  2  2  0   Lacy L, ph            1  0  0  0   
Ellis D, p            2  0  0  0   Romo E, p             0  0  0  0   
Boisclair B, ph       0  0  0  0   Tekulve K, p          0  0  0  0   
Glynn E, p            0  0  0  0   Stargell W, ph        0  0  0  0   
Hodges R, ph          0  1  0  0   Alexander M, pr       0  1  0  0   
Murray D, p           0  0  0  0   Jackson G, p          0  0  0  0   
Flores G, ph          0  0  0  0   Sanguillen M, ph      1  0  0  0   
Twitchell W, p        0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40 12 15 10                        39  9 13  8

New York         210 000 135 -- 12
Pittsburgh       001 110 240 --  9

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ellis D               6.0  8  3  2  3  4
Glynn E               1.0  1  2  2  1  1
Murray D              1.0  3  4  2  3  0
Twitchell W (W)       1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Whitson E             6.0  5  3  3  4  2
Romo E*               1.0  2  2  1  2  1
Tekulve K             1.0  3  2  1  2  1
Jackson G (L)         1.0  5  5  4  1  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Taveras F, Moreno O, Parker D, Stennett R, Hebner R
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 11, Pittsburgh 11
2B -- Youngblood J, Montanez W, Foli T, Flynn D
3B -- Stearns J
HR -- Ott E, Montanez W, Henderson S
SB -- Mazzilli L, Garner P 2, Moreno O, Alexander M
SH -- Flores G
SF -- Foli T
WP -- Whitson E
Balk -- Whitson E
PB -- Ott E
T -- 3:24
A -- 13168

    

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