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August 29, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 5 8 1
Mets 4 12 4
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 5 8 1
Mets 4 12 4

Ed Kranepool Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .255
OBP .750 .322
At Bats 3 102
Hits 2 26
• Singles 2 21
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 11
RBI’s 0 13

Joey McLaughlin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 2
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Shea Stadium - August 29, 1979
Out
Joey McLaughlin
Joe Nolan
Dale Murphy
Jerry Royster
Darrel Chaney
Pepe Frias
Barry Bonnell
Rowland Office
Gary Matthews
Ed Kranepool
Joel Youngblood

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 5 8 1 6
New York Mets 4 12 4 11
Winning Pitcher Rick Matula
Losing Pitcher Ray Burris
Save Joey McLaughlin
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 6,602
Time of Game 2 hours 22 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kranepool hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Royster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Joey McLaughlin now pitching. Youngblood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taveras scores. Trevino scores.
Bottom 9 Hebner strikes out.
Bottom 9 Larry Bradford now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Taveras moves to third. Trevino moves to second.
Bottom 9 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into left field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 9 Barry Bonnell now playing left field. Taveras bunts towards first. Murphy fields the ball and throws to Matula covering. Safe.
Top 9 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Royster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dale Murray now pitching. Matula is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Maddox hits a line drive towards third. Chaney reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ron Hodges pinch hits for Ed Glynn. Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Chaney hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Frias hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Youngblood throws the ball in to Taveras who tags Nolan trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 7 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chaney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hebner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Matthews. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Taveras scores. Mazzilli moves to third.
Bottom 7 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Taveras moves to third.
Bottom 7 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 7 Taveras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ed Glynn now pitching. John Stearns now catching. Alex Trevino now playing second base. Elliott Maddox now playing left field. Office hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Office for the out.
Top 7 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Taveras fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Royster scores. Matthews moves to third.
Top 7 Murphy is hit by the pitch. Matthews moves to second.
Top 7 Matthews is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Royster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stearns who is chasing the ball. Royster reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Matula hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Flynn hits a popup towards first. Murphy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops it up and throws to first, with Matula covering, for the out.
Top 6 Chaney 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.
Top 6 Frias hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Office scores. Nolan moves to second.
Top 6 Nolan is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Office hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngblood who is chasing the ball. Office reaches third base with a triple. Murphy goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Burroughs hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Youngblood hits a popup towards third. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hebner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops it up and throws to first, with Matula covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Trevino hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Matthews hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Royster hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Trevino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Matula hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taveras is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Nolan for a passed ball. Flynn moves to third. Burris moves to second.
Bottom 4 Burris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chaney juggles the ball. That's an error on Chaney. Flynn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Stearns bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 4 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Chaney hits a fly ball into left field. Stearns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nolan hits a fly ball into left field. Stearns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hebner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Matula fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Office hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner juggles the ball. That's an error on Hebner. Royster scores. Murphy moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Royster moves to second.
Top 3 Matthews hits a fly ball into left field. Stearns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Royster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Matula hits a popup towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Burris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flynn moves to third.
Bottom 2 Flynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kranepool scores.
Bottom 2 The umpire calls a balk on Matula Kranepool moves to third.
Bottom 2 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kranepool moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kranepool takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chaney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Chaney strikes out.
Top 2 There go the runners. The throw from Trevino to Hebner. The throw back to home, and Nolan is out at the plate.
Top 2 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nolan moves to third.
Top 2 Nolan hits a line drive into left field. Stearns picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Stearns. Office scores. Nolan moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 There goes Office. The throw from Trevino and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 2 Office hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn misplays the ball. That's an error on Flynn.
Bottom 1 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Royster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Taveras hits a popup towards third. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Matthews takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Royster strikes out.