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Giants
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
July 14, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants, played on July 14, 1979 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 14, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Home Team |
New York Mets
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 14, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vida Blue |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Hausman |
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 28,254 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dutch Rennert 1B: Ed Montague 2B: Lee Weyer 3B: Lanny Harris |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill North | Center Fielder |
| Terry Whitfield | Left Fielder |
| Jack Clark | Right Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
| Roger Metzger | Second Baseman |
| Johnnie LeMaster | Shortstop |
| Dennis Littlejohn | Catcher |
| Vida Blue | Pitcher |
| Joe Altobelli | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joel Youngblood | Third Baseman |
| Frank Taveras | Shortstop |
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Steve Henderson | Left Fielder |
| John Stearns | Catcher |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| Elliott Maddox | Right Fielder |
| Doug Flynn | Second Baseman |
| Tom Hausman | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
July 14, 1979
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
North vs. Hausman
North hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Hausman
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitfield for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Hausman
Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Blue
Youngblood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Blue
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Blue
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Hausman
McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Hausman
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch McCovey for the double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Hausman
Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
LeMaster vs. Hausman
There goes Metzger. The throw from Stearns and he is out, Taveras applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Blue
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Blue
Stearns takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Montanez vs. Blue
Montanez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Stearns moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Maddox vs. Blue
Maddox strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Flynn vs. Blue
Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stearns tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausman vs. Blue
Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Hausman
LeMaster hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Littlejohn vs. Hausman
Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. LeMaster moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Blue vs. Hausman
Blue strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
North vs. Hausman
North hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out. LeMaster moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitfield vs. Hausman
There goes North. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. North steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Whitfield vs. Hausman
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards second. Flynn picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Flynn. LeMaster scores. North scores. Whitfield moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Hausman
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Blue
Youngblood hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Blue
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on LeMaster. Taveras moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Mazzilli vs. Blue
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Blue
Henderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clark. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Taveras scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Stearns vs. Blue
Stearns hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Hausman
McCovey hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Hausman
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Hausman
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Blue
Montanez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Blue
Maddox hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Metzger catches it and throws to first to double up Montanez. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Blue
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Hausman
LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Littlejohn vs. Hausman
Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Hausman
Blue hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausman vs. Blue
Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Blue
Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Blue
There goes Youngblood. The throw from Littlejohn and he is safe. Youngblood steals second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Taveras vs. Blue
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Youngblood moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Mazzilli vs. Blue
Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Blue
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
North vs. Hausman
North hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Hausman
Whitfield hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Whitfield reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Hausman
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
McCovey vs. Hausman
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Blue
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Blue
Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. North settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Blue
Maddox strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Hausman
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Hausman
Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
LeMaster vs. Hausman
LeMaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Youngblood fields it and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Littlejohn vs. Hausman
Littlejohn hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Blue
Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hausman vs. Blue
Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Blue
Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Blue
Taveras hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Hausman
Larry Herndon pinch hits for Vida Blue.
Herndon hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
North vs. Hausman
North hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Hausman covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Hausman
Whitfield hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Griffin
Larry Herndon now playing center field. Tom Griffin now pitching.
Mazzilli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Griffin
Griffin fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Griffin. Mazzilli moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Griffin
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stearns vs. Griffin
There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Littlejohn and he is out, Evans applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Griffin
Stearns hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Hausman
Sergio Ferrer now playing third base. Joel Youngblood now playing left field.
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Hausman
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Hausman
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ivie vs. Hausman
Mike Ivie pinch hits for Roger Metzger.
Ivie hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/14/1979 -- San Francisco at New York (D)
San Francisco AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
North B, cf 4 1 0 0 Youngblood J, 3b-lf 3 0 2 0
Griffin T, p 0 0 0 0 Taveras F, ss 4 1 1 0
Whitfield T, lf 4 0 2 1 Mazzilli L, cf 3 0 1 0
Clark J, rf 4 0 0 0 Henderson S, lf 4 1 2 1
McCovey W, 1b 4 0 1 0 Ferrer S, 3b 0 0 0 0
Evans D, 3b 1 0 0 0 Stearns J, c 3 1 0 0
Metzger R, 2b 3 0 1 0 Montanez W, 1b 3 0 2 1
Ivie M, ph 1 0 0 0 Maddox E, rf 3 0 0 0
LeMaster J, ss 3 1 1 0 Flynn D, 2b 2 0 0 1
Littlejohn D, c 3 0 1 0 Hausman T, p 3 0 0 0
Blue V, p 2 0 0 0
Herndon L, ph-cf 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 2 6 1 28 3 8 3
San Francisco 002 000 000 -- 2
New York 021 000 00x -- 3
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Blue V (L) 7.0 7 3 3 3 2
Griffin T 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hausman T (W) 9.0 6 2 1 3 2
E -- Flynn D, LeMaster J, Griffin T
DP -- San Francisco 2, New York 2
LOB -- San Francisco 4, New York 5
2B -- Henderson S, Whitfield T
SB -- North B, Youngblood J
CS -- Metzger R, Mazzilli L
SF -- Flynn D
T -- 2:05
A -- 28254
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