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September 3, 1979

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Bottom 10	R	H	E
Mets	5	8	1
Expos	5	7	2

Bottom 10	R	H	E
Mets	5	8	2
Expos	6	7	2

Ellis Valentine Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.279
OBP	.250	.303
At Bats	3	438
Hits	0	122
• Singles	0	78
• Doubles	0	20
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	21
Walks	1	17
RBI’s	0	73

Neil Allen Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	7	6

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Stade Olympique - September 3, 1979

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Fielder's Choice

Neil Allen

Alex Trevino

John Stearns

Doug Flynn

Richie Hebner

Frank Taveras

Joel Youngblood

Lee Mazzilli

Elliott Maddox

Ellis Valentine

Rodney Scott

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Mets	5	8	2	9
Montreal Expos	6	7	2	7
Winning Pitcher	Bill Atkinson
Losing Pitcher	Neil Allen
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	(none)
Attendance	48,366
Time of Game	3 hours 20 minutes

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Count: - , 1 Out

End of Game

Rodney Scott pinch runs for Rusty Staub. Valentine hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Scott scores. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 10 Staub hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Staub reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 10 Dawson hits a popup towards first. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Flynn strikes out.

Top 10 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 10 Jim Mason now playing shortstop. Bill Atkinson now pitching. Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Cromartie hits a line drive off the glove of Hebner, and into shallow left field. Cromartie reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 9 Tom Hutton pinch hits for Elias Sosa. Hutton hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Jerry White pinch hits for Chris Speier. White hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Staub scoops it up and throws to first, with Sosa covering, for the out.

Top 9 Gary Carter now catching. Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Gary Carter pinch hits for Duffy Dyer. Carter hits a popup towards first. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Parrish hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Valentine takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Neil Allen now pitching. Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier misplays the ball. That's an error on Speier. Taveras moves to second.

Top 8 Ron Hodges pinch hits for Ed Glynn. Hodges strikes out.

Top 8 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Dawson strikes out.

Bottom 7 Cash hits a popup towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Ed Glynn now pitching. Cromartie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stearns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cromartie for the out.

Top 7 Trevino hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Youngblood scores. Maddox moves to second.

Top 7 Elias Sosa now pitching. Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hebner scores. Youngblood moves to third.

Top 7 Youngblood takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Woodie Fryman now pitching. Hebner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Valentine. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Taveras scores. Mazzilli goes all the way around to score.

Top 7 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taveras moves to second.

Top 7 Stearns hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Taveras bunts towards third. Parrish fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 7 Dan Norman pinch hits for Juan Berenguer. Norman is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Sanderson strikes out.

Bottom 6 Speier takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Dyer strikes out.

Bottom 6 Elliott Maddox now playing right field. Joel Youngblood now playing left field. John Stearns now playing first base. Parrish hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Trevino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Flynn strikes out.

Top 6 Trevino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazzilli scores. Kranepool moves to third. Trevino moves to second.

Top 6 Kranepool takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Hebner strikes out.

Top 6 There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Dyer and he is safe. Mazzilli steals second.

Top 6 Mazzilli bunts towards first. Staub fields the ball and throws to Sanderson covering. Safe.

Bottom 5 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Staub hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stearns. Staub reaches second base with a double. Cash goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 5 Dawson hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cromartie scores.

Bottom 5 Cromartie hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Cromartie reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 5 Sanderson hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Stearns strikes out.

Top 5 Taveras hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Berenguer takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Speier strikes out.

Bottom 4 Dyer hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Parrish hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Kranepool is called out on strikes.

Top 4 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Valentine hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Staub hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Dawson hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Stearns hits a fly ball into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Dyer and he is safe. Taveras steals second.

Top 3 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 3 Berenguer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Cromartie strikes out.

Bottom 2 The umpire calls a balk on Berenguer Speier scores. Sanderson moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 2 Sanderson bunts towards the mound. Berenguer juggles the ball. That's an error on Berenguer. Parrish scores. Speier moves to third. Sanderson moves to second.

Bottom 2 Speier takes first base on ball four. Parrish moves to second.

Bottom 2 Dyer is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Parrish takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Trevino hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Valentine hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out. Cromartie scores. Dawson moves to third.

Bottom 1 Dawson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stearns. Dawson reaches second base with a double. Cromartie moves to third.

Bottom 1 Cash hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Cromartie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Hebner strikes out.

Top 1 There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Dyer and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.

Top 1 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Stearns takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Taveras hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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