Cardinals @ Mets
September 23, 1979

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Bottom 10 R H E
Cardinals 7 5 1
Mets 4 7 3
Bottom 10 R H E
Cardinals 7 5 1
Mets 4 7 3

Frank Taveras Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .257
OBP .250 .294
At Bats 3 646
Hits 0 166
• Singles 0 128
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 9
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 32
RBI’s 0 32

Mark Littell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 3 12
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Shea Stadium - September 23, 1979
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Mark Littell
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Ken Oberkfell
Ken Reitz
Mike Phillips
Jim Lentine
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Frank Taveras

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 7 5 1 9
New York Mets 4 7 3 3
Winning Pitcher Mark Littell
Losing Pitcher Andy Hassler
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tony Scott
Attendance 27,033
Time of Game 3 hours 1 minute
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Maddox hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 George Hendrick now playing right field. Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Littell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to third for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Top 10 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 There's a wild pitch. Hendrick scores. Reitz moves to second.
Top 10 Reitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Hendrick moves to third.
Top 10 Neil Allen now pitching. Elliott Maddox now playing center field. Joel Youngblood now playing left field. Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hernandez tags and scores. Simmons tags and moves to third. Hendrick tags and moves to second.
Top 10 Hendrick is walked intentionally.
Top 10 George Hendrick pinch hits for Dane Iorg. The ball gets by Stearns for a passed ball. Hernandez moves to third. Simmons moves to second.
Top 10 Simmons takes first base on ball four. Hernandez moves to second.
Top 10 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Norman strikes out.
Bottom 9 Stearns hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Mark Littell now pitching. Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lentine strikes out.
Top 9 Oberkfell strikes out.
Top 9 John Fulgham pinch hits for Will McEnaney. Fulgham bunts towards the mound. Hassler fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Top 9 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Will McEnaney now pitching. Hebner hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Boisclair strikes out.
Bottom 8 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Reitz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Iorg is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Hassler strikes out.
Bottom 7 Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Lentine now playing left field. Norman strikes out.
Top 7 Andy Hassler now pitching. Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards second. Flynn scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Hernandez takes first base on ball four. Phillips scores. Oberkfell moves to third. Brock moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner juggles the ball. That's an error on Hebner. Phillips moves to third. Oberkfell moves to second.
Top 7 Oberkfell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Ed Glynn now pitching. Bruno bunts in front of the plate. Stearns fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Top 7 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Youngblood strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hebner hits a fly ball into right field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reitz strikes out.
Top 6 Scott is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Iorg hits a popup towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazzilli for the out.
Bottom 5 Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Simmons hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Brock. The throw from Stearns and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.Youngblood fumbles the ball. That's an error on Youngblood. Brock goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Oberkfell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Berenguer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tom Bruno now pitching. Norman hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bernie Carbo pinch hits for John Urrea. Carbo hits a fly ball into left field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reitz takes first base on ball four. Iorg moves to second.
Top 4 Scott hits a line drive into center field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Iorg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Simmons hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Stearns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hebner scores. There goes Youngblood trying to get to home. Scott throws the ball in to Phillips who relays the ball to Simmons, who tags Youngblood, who came all the way from first, for the out. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz juggles the ball. That's an error on Reitz. Hebner moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hebner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Mazzilli scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Mazzilli steals second.
Bottom 3 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Boisclair hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hernandez hits a popup in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Oberkfell hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Berenguer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Urrea covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Flynn strikes out.
Bottom 2 Norman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock throws the ball in to Oberkfell who tags Norman, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 2 Urrea strikes out.
Top 2 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Scott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stearns hits a fly ball towards left. Brock catches it and throws to second to double up Hebner.
Bottom 1 Youngblood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hebner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hebner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taveras scores. Boisclair scores.
Bottom 1 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Urrea fields it and throws to first for the out. Taveras moves to third. Boisclair moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boisclair bunts towards the mound. Urrea fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 1 Taveras takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Iorg strikes out.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Berenguer Oberkfell scores. Brock moves to second.
Top 1 Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Oberkfell moves to third.
Top 1 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 1 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oberkfell moves to second.
Top 1 Oberkfell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.