The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves, 5 to 4, on August 29, 1979.

1979 New York Mets

Final

ATL

Braves

53-79

5

NYM

Mets

52-77

4

1

0

0

2

1

1

3

1

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

1

1

8

0

0

9

0

2

R

5

4

H

8

12

E

1

4

Top 2nd

ATL

NYM

Braves

Single by Joe Nolan; Error by John Stearns; Rowland Office scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

ATL

NYM

Mets

Single by Doug Flynn; Ed Kranepool scored.

1

1

Top 3rd

ATL

NYM

Braves

Jeff Burroughs ground ball; Error by Richie Hebner; Jerry Royster scored.

2

1

Top 6th

ATL

NYM

Braves

Triple by Rowland Office; Dale Murphy scored.

3

1

Braves

Single by Pepe Frias; Rowland Office scored.

4

1

Top 7th

ATL

NYM

Braves

Jeff Burroughs grounded out; Jerry Royster scored.

5

1

Bottom 7th

ATL

NYM

Mets

Double by Richie Hebner; Frank Taveras scored.

5

2

Bottom 9th

ATL

NYM

Mets

Single by Joel Youngblood; Frank Taveras and Alex Trevino scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 2B 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Gary Matthews RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dale Murphy 1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jeff Burroughs LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Bonnell LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rowland Office CF 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Joe Nolan C 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
Pepe Frias SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darrel Chaney 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Matula P 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Bradford P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 4 0 3 3 1 1 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Matula (W) 8.1 11 4 4 2 2 0
Larry Bradford 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joey McLaughlin (S) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 12 4 4 2 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank Taveras SS 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Alex Trevino C,2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Mazzilli CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Richie Hebner 3B 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Joel Youngblood RF 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Kranepool 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
John Stearns LF,C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Flynn 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Glynn 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
Ray Burris P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Elliott Maddox LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 12 4 0 2 3 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Burris (L) 6.2 7 5 3 3 2 0
Ed Glynn 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murray 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 5 3 3 3 0

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More Mets Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

13

Alonso

Pete Alonso

RBI

29

Alonso

Pete Alonso

AVG

.280

Martinez

J.D. Martinez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

5

Garrett

Reed Garrett

K

57

Manaea

Sean Manaea

ERA

3.08

Buttó

José Buttó

Team Rankings

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HR

63

11th

R

245

18th

SO

517

6th

ERA

4.24

21st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
41 18 .695
Braves Braves
32 24 .571 7.5
Nationals Nationals
26 31 .456 14.0
Mets Mets
24 34 .414 16.5
Marlins Marlins
21 38 .356 20.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/2
ARI ARI
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Mon
6/3
NYM NYM
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Tue
6/4
NYM NYM
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Wed
6/5
NYM NYM
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Sat
6/8
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
1:10 PM

Last Game

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NYM Mets

24-34

5

Final

10

Sat 1 Jun 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
Fri
5/31
CWS CWS
@
MIL MIL
3-4
Fri
5/31
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
8-1
Fri
5/31
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
5-7
Fri
5/31
TEX TEX
@
MIA MIA
7-0
Fri
5/31
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
2-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/2
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
1:05 PM
Sun
6/2
TBR TBR
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
OAK OAK
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM