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Pirates 2 @ Mets 3
Shea Stadium
September 8, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 8, 1979 at Shea Stadium. The home team Mets beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 8, 1979 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 2 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 2
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Mets
R: 3 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 14
Runs: 3
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 14
Winning Pitcher—Dock Ellis  
Losing Pitcher—Jim Rooker  
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Game Winning RBI—John Stearns 

Game Info

DateSeptember 8, 1979 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamNew York Mets 
Visiting Starting PitcherBert Blyleven  
Home Starting PitcherKevin Kobel  
BallparkShea Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance8,095 
Time of Game4 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John McSherry
1B: Fred Brocklander
2B: Paul Runge
3B: Bob Engel

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Omar Moreno  Center Fielder 
Tim Foli  Shortstop 
Dave Parker  Right Fielder 
Bill Robinson  First Baseman 
Lee Lacy  Left Fielder 
Bill Madlock  Third Baseman 
Phil Garner  Second Baseman 
Steve Nicosia  Catcher 
Bert Blyleven  Pitcher 
Chuck Tanner  Manager 

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frank Taveras  Shortstop 
Elliott Maddox  Right Fielder 
Lee Mazzilli  Center Fielder 
Richie Hebner  Third Baseman 
Ed Kranepool  First Baseman 
Joel Youngblood  Left Fielder 
Ron Hodges  Catcher 
Doug Flynn  Second Baseman 
Kevin Kobel  Pitcher 
Joe Torre  Manager 

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Shea Stadium
September 8, 1979

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         Game of 9/8/1979 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Moreno O, cf          7  0  4  1   Taveras F, ss         7  0  3  0   
Foli T, ss            6  0  2  1   Maddox E, rf          7  0  0  0   
Parker D, rf          4  0  0  0   Mazzilli L, cf        5  2  3  0   
Robinson B, 1b        4  0  0  0   Hebner R, 3b          6  0  0  0   
Milner J, ph-1b       3  0  0  0   Kranepool E, 1b       4  1  1  2   
Lacy L, lf            6  0  0  0   Flores G, ph          1  0  0  0   
Madlock B, 3b         6  0  0  0   Bernard D, p          0  0  0  0   
Garner P, 2b          6  0  1  0   Norman D, ph          1  0  0  0   
Nicosia S, c          2  0  1  0   Ellis D, p            0  0  0  0   
Alexander M, pr       0  1  0  0   Chapman K, ph         1  0  0  0   
Ott E, c              2  0  0  0   Youngblood J, lf      5  0  3  0   
Blyleven B, p         1  0  0  0   Hodges R, c           2  0  0  0   
Stargell W, ph        1  0  1  0   Reardon J, p          0  0  0  0   
Lois A, pr            0  1  0  0   Stearns J, ph-1b      3  0  1  1   
Romo E, p             0  0  0  0   Flynn D, 2b           6  0  1  0   
Easler M, ph          1  0  0  0   Kobel K, p            2  0  1  0   
Roberts D, p          0  0  0  0   Glynn E, p            0  0  0  0   
Tekulve K, p          0  0  0  0   Trevino A, c          3  0  1  0   
Boyland D, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Jackson G, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Sanguillen M, ph      1  0  0  0                                      
Rooker J, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Bibby J, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     51  2  9  2                        53  3 14  3

Pittsburgh       000 000 020 000 000 --  2
New York         000 002 000 000 001 --  3
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blyleven B            7.0  8  2  2  2  2
Romo E                2.0  3  0  0  1  0
Roberts D             0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Tekulve K             1.2  0  0  0  1  2
Jackson G             3.0  0  0  0  1  2
Rooker J (L)          0.2  1  1  1  0  0
Bibby J               0.0  1  0  0  1  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kobel K               7.1  4  2  2  2  2
Glynn E               0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Reardon J             2.0  0  0  0  0  1
Bernard D             2.0  2  0  0  1  2
Ellis D (W)           3.0  3  0  0  2  0

DP -- Pittsburgh 1, New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 11, New York 14
2B -- Youngblood J, Mazzilli L
HR -- Kranepool E
SB -- Foli T, Moreno O 2, Youngblood J, Parker D
CS -- Taveras F
SH -- Kobel K, Blyleven B, Hebner R
SF -- Foli T
PB -- Ott E
T -- 4:18
A -- 8095

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