The New York Mets managed to stay ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals, 8 to 7, on May 20, 1979.

1979 New York Mets

Final

NYM

Mets

12-23

8

1

1

2

2

0

0

3

1

0

4

0

1

5

2

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

0

0

10

3

3

11

0

1

R

7

8

H

12

12

E

1

0

Top 1st

STL

NYM

Cardinals

Home run by Lou Brock.

1

0

Bottom 1st

STL

NYM

Mets

Double by Richie Hebner; Steve Henderson and Frank Taveras scored.

1

2

Top 3rd

STL

NYM

Cardinals

Single by Keith Hernandez; Garry Templeton scored.

2

2

Bottom 4th

STL

NYM

Mets

Home run by John Stearns.

2

3

Top 5th

STL

NYM

Cardinals

Single by Lou Brock; Ken Oberkfell scored.

3

3

Cardinals

Single by Keith Hernandez; Lou Brock scored.

4

3

Bottom 8th

STL

NYM

Mets

Single by John Stearns; Error by Jerry Mumphrey; Lee Mazzilli scored.

4

4

Top 10th

STL

NYM

Cardinals

Single by Dane Iorg; Keith Hernandez scored.

5

4

Cardinals

Single by Ken Reitz; Ted Simmons and Dane Iorg scored.

7

4

Bottom 10th

STL

NYM

Mets

Home run by Richie Hebner; Frank Taveras and Lee Mazzilli scored.

7

7

Bottom 11th

STL

NYM

Mets

Single by Frank Taveras; Joel Youngblood scored.

7

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Garry Templeton SS 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Lou Brock LF 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Jerry Mumphrey RF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Keith Hernandez 1B 5 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 3
Ted Simmons C 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dane Iorg RF,LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Tony Scott CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Ken Reitz 3B 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ken Oberkfell 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Sykes P 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Bernie Carbo PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mark Littell P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Darold Knowles P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 12 7 1 6 10 1 1 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Sykes 8.0 6 4 4 3 3 1
Mark Littell 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 0
Darold Knowles (L) 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 1
Totals 10.1 12 8 8 4 4 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Steve Henderson LF 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Frank Taveras SS 6 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Lee Mazzilli CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Richie Hebner 3B 5 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 6
John Stearns C 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Willie Montanez 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Youngblood RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Doug Flynn 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Swan P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alex Trevino PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Skip Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Hodges PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murray P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Allen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gil Flores PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 12 8 2 4 4 1 1 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Craig Swan 7.0 6 4 4 1 7 1
Skip Lockwood 2.0 3 0 0 2 1 0
Dale Murray 0.1 2 3 3 3 0 0
Neil Allen (W) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 11.0 12 7 7 6 10 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

9

Alonso

Pete Alonso

RBI

27

Nimmo

Brandon Nimmo

AVG

.269

Taylor

Tyrone Taylor

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

5

Garrett

Reed Garrett

K

41

Severino

Luis Severino

ERA

0.43

Garrett

Reed Garrett

Team Rankings

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HR

41

14th

R

172

18th

SO

368

6th

ERA

3.71

11th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
29 13 .690
Braves Braves
25 13 .658 2.0
Nationals Nationals
19 20 .487 8.5
Mets Mets
19 21 .475 9.0
Marlins Marlins
11 32 .256 18.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/14
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
1:10 PM
Wed
5/15
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Thu
5/16
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
5/17
NYM NYM
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Sat
5/18
NYM NYM
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM

Last Game

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NYM Mets

19-21

4

Final

5

PHI Phillies

29-13

Mon 13 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
5/12
LAD LAD
@
SFG SFG
6-4
Sun
5/12
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
5-4
Sun
5/12
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
0-2
Sun
5/12
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
2-6
Sun
5/12
CIN CIN
@
ARI ARI
5-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/14
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
1:10 PM
Tue
5/14
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
4:40 PM
Tue
5/14
TOR TOR
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
5/14
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
5/14
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM