1979 National League Championship Series
Game 1 @ CIN: Mets 9, Reds 1 Game 2 @ CIN: Reds 4, Mets 3 Game 3 @ NYN: Mets 6, Reds 3 Game 4 @ NYN: Reds 2, Mets 0 Game 5 @ NYN: Reds 11, Mets 9 Go to Statistics BOXSCORE: 1979 New York NL Mets At 1979 Cincinnati Reds 10/2/1979 *** 1979 NLCS Game 1 *** Mets AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG L.Mazzilli CF 3 2 0 0 .000 D.Collins CF 4 0 1 1 .250 T.Harrah 3B 5 2 2 2 .400 D.Concepcion SS 4 0 0 0 .000 K.Hernandez 1B 4 1 3 1 .750 J.Stearns C 4 0 1 0 .250 S.Lezcano LF 4 1 1 4 .250 G.Foster LF 3 0 2 0 .667 J.Bench C 5 1 3 1 .600 D.Driessen 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Youngblood RF 4 0 1 1 .250 R.Knight 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Orta 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 K.Griffey RF 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Speier SS 3 1 0 0 .000 J.Strain 2B 3 1 2 0 .667 S.Carlton P 4 1 1 0 .250 T.Seaver P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-C.Spikes PH 1 0 0 0 .000 F.Pastore P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-R.Pruitt PH 1 0 1 01.000 T.Hume P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-L.May PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Sambito P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Lacoss P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 9 11 9 Totals 32 1 7 1 A-Pinch Hit For Seaver In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Pastore In 5th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Hume In 7th Inning Mets............ 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 - 9 11 0 Reds............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Mets (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Carlton WIN(1-0) 9 7 1 1 1 8 0 122 1.00 A1 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 8 0 Reds (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Seaver LOSS(0-1) 3 6 4 4 2 0 0 68 12.00 A1 B7 F.Pastore 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 33 9.00 B8 C7 T.Hume 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 31 0.00 C8 D5 J.Sambito 1 2/3 1 2 2 1 2 0 29 10.80 D6 E3 M.Lacoss 0 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 1 14 27.00 E4 Totals 9 11 9 9 5 7 2 ATTENDANCE- 46,927 DATE- Tuesday, October 2nd 1979 TIME- Day T- 2:40 LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 7 Reds: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 2 Reds: 1 DOUBLES- J.Bench(1st), J.Strain(1st) HOME RUNS- T.Harrah(1st), S.Lezcano(1st) STOLEN BASES- L.Mazzilli(1st), K.Hernandez(1st), J.Youngblood(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Lezcano WALKS- L.Mazzilli-2, K.Hernandez, J.Youngblood, J.Orta, G.Foster HIT BY PITCH- C.Speier STRIKE OUTS- L.Mazzilli, K.Hernandez, S.Lezcano, J.Bench, J.Youngblood, J.Orta, S.Carlton, D.Concepcion-2, J.Stearns, D.Driessen-2, K.Griffey-2, C.Spikes GIDP- C.Speier, R.Knight-2 BOXSCORE: 1979 New York NL Mets At 1979 Cincinnati Reds 10/3/1979 *** 1979 NLCS Game 2 *** Mets AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG L.Mazzilli CF 6 0 0 0 .000 C.Geronimo CF 4 0 1 0 .250 T.Harrah 3B 3 0 0 0 .250 F-C.Spikes PH 1 0 0 0 .000 K.Hernandez 1B 4 0 0 0 .375 D.Concepcion SS 4 1 1 1 .125 S.Lezcano RF 2 2 0 0 .167 D.Driessen 1B 4 1 1 0 .125 R.Smith LF 2 1 0 0 .000 G.Foster LF 4 0 2 1 .571 J.Bench C 5 0 1 0 .400 R.Knight 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Orta 2B 3 0 1 0 .143 K.Griffey RF 4 0 3 1 .429 A-M.Tyson 2B 1 0 0 1 .000 J.Stearns C 4 0 0 0 .125 C.Speier SS 2 0 2 0 .400 J.Kennedy 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Swan P 2 0 1 2 .500 D-T.Poquette PH 0 1 0 0 ---- S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Frost P 1 0 0 0 .000 C-J.Nolan PH 1 0 0 0 .000 T.Hume P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Stanhouse P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-B.Valentine PH 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Lyle P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Clear P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Reardon P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-D.Collins PH 0 1 0 0 .250 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 3 5 3 Totals 34 4 8 3 A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Orta In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hume In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Lockwood In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Kennedy In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Clear In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Geronimo In 9th Inning Mets............ 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 5 0 Reds............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 4 8 2 Mets (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Swan 7 2/3 6 1 1 4 5 0 120 1.17 A1 D6 S.Lockwood HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 D7 D7 D.Stanhouse 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 7 ---- D8 D9 S.Lyle LOSS(0-1) BS(1st) 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 12 13.50 E1 E4 J.Reardon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ---- E5 Totals 8 2/3 8 4 4 5 6 0 Reds (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Frost 6 1/3 4 2 2 8 3 0 123 2.84 A1 D5 T.Hume 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00 D6 D7 M.Clear WIN(1-0) 2 1 1 1 4 0 0 43 4.50 D8 Totals 9 5 3 3 12 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 49,385 DATE- Wednesday, October 3rd 1979 TIME- Day T- 2:52 LEFT ON BASE- Mets:16 Reds:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0 Reds: 0 ERRORS- D.Driessen, J.Kennedy DOUBLES- J.Orta(1st), C.Swan, C.Geronimo(1st) STOLEN BASES- R.Smith(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Swan-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Tyson WALKS- T.Harrah-2, K.Hernandez, S.Lezcano-3, R.Smith-3, C.Speier-3, D.Concepcion, D.Driessen, G.Foster, T.Poquette, D.Frost HIT BY PITCH- D.Collins STRIKE OUTS- K.Hernandez, S.Lezcano, J.Bench-2, C.Geronimo-2, D.Driessen, R.Knight, K.Griffey, D.Frost WILD PITCHES- J.Reardon BOXSCORE: 1979 Cincinnati Reds At 1979 New York NL Mets 10/5/1979 *** 1979 NLCS Game 3 *** Reds AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG J.Simpson RF 4 1 1 0 .250 L.Mazzilli CF 4 0 2 1 .154 D.Concepcion SS 3 0 0 0 .091 T.Harrah 3B 4 1 0 0 .167 D.Driessen 1B 3 1 1 0 .182 K.Hernandez 1B 3 1 1 1 .364 J.Stearns C 3 1 0 0 .091 S.Lezcano RF 4 1 2 0 .300 G.Foster LF 4 0 1 2 .455 R.Smith LF 2 1 2 0 .500 R.Knight 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 B-R.Metzger 2B 1 0 1 01.000 C.Geronimo CF 3 0 0 0 .143 J.Bench C 4 0 1 2 .357 J.Strain 2B 2 0 0 0 .400 J.Orta 2B 3 1 2 1 .300 C-T.Poquette PH 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-J.Kennedy 2B 0 0 0 0 .000 F-J.Nolan PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Wilcox P 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Stanhouse P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Hume P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Speier SS 4 1 1 0 .333 D-D.Collins PH 1 0 0 0 .200 K.Kravec P 2 0 0 0 .000 F.Pastore P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-J.Youngblood PH,LF 1 0 0 1 .200 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 3 3 2 Totals 33 6 12 6 A-Pinch Hit For Kravec In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Smith In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Strain In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Hume In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Poquette In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Lockwood In 8th Inning Reds............ 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 3 0 Mets............ 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 - 6 12 1 Reds (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Wilcox LOSS(0-1) 6 1/3 10 6 6 2 3 0 100 8.53 A1 D1 T.Hume 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 D2 D4 F.Pastore 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6.00 D5 Totals 8 12 6 6 2 3 0 Mets (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET K.Kravec WIN(1-0) 7 3 3 2 1 4 0 93 2.57 A1 C7 S.Lockwood HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00 C8 D1 D.Stanhouse SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 18.00 D2 Totals 9 3 3 2 2 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 46,241 DATE- Friday, October 5th 1979 TIME- Day T- 2:14 LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 2 Mets: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1 Mets: 1 ERRORS- R.Smith DOUBLES- G.Foster(1st), L.Mazzilli(1st), R.Smith(1st), J.Bench(2nd), C.Speier(1st) TRIPLES- K.Hernandez(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- D.Concepcion WALKS- D.Driessen, J.Stearns, K.Hernandez, R.Smith STRIKE OUTS- D.Concepcion-2, D.Driessen, R.Knight, M.Wilcox, S.Lezcano, J.Bench, K.Kravec GIDP- J.Stearns, J.Bench BOXSCORE: 1979 Cincinnati Reds At 1979 New York NL Mets 10/6/1979 *** 1979 NLCS Game 4 *** Reds AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG D.Collins CF 3 0 0 0 .125 L.Mazzilli CF 3 0 0 0 .125 B-C.Geronimo CF 1 0 0 0 .125 T.Harrah 3B 4 0 1 0 .188 D.Concepcion SS 4 0 2 0 .200 K.Hernandez 1B 3 0 0 0 .286 K.Griffey RF 2 0 0 0 .333 S.Lezcano RF 3 0 0 0 .231 G.Foster LF 4 1 1 0 .400 R.Smith LF 3 0 0 0 .286 C-J.Simpson LF 0 0 0 0 .250 J.Bench C 3 0 1 0 .353 D.Driessen 1B 4 0 1 0 .200 J.Orta 2B 3 0 0 0 .231 R.Knight 3B 4 1 0 0 .000 C.Speier SS 2 0 1 0 .364 J.Stearns C 4 0 1 2 .133 D-J.Youngblood PH 1 0 0 0 .167 J.Strain 2B 3 0 0 0 .250 E-R.Metzger SS 0 0 0 01.000 T.Seaver P 4 0 0 0 .000 S.Carlton P 1 0 0 0 .200 A-L.Roberts PH 1 0 1 01.000 D.Aase P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-J.Nolan PH 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 2 5 2 Totals 28 0 4 0 A-Pinch Hit For Carlton In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Collins In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Foster In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Speier In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Youngblood In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Lockwood In 9th Inning Reds............ 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 Mets............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Reds (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Seaver WIN(1-1) 9 4 0 0 2 5 0 105 3.00 A1 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 5 0 Mets (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Carlton LOSS(1-1) 6 4 2 1 1 5 0 79 1.20 A1 C6 D.Aase 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 27 0.00 C7 D3 S.Lockwood 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 0.00 D4 Totals 9 5 2 1 3 7 0 ATTENDANCE- 45,682 DATE- Saturday, October 6th 1979 TIME- Day T- 2:27 LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Mets: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 3 Mets: 0 ERRORS- D.Concepcion, S.Carlton DOUBLES- G.Foster(2nd), J.Stearns(1st) WALKS- K.Griffey-2, J.Strain, L.Mazzilli, K.Hernandez HIT BY PITCH- S.Lezcano STRIKE OUTS- D.Concepcion, K.Griffey, G.Foster, D.Driessen, T.Seaver-3, L.Mazzilli, T.Harrah, K.Hernandez, R.Smith, J.Bench GIDP- S.Lezcano, R.Smith WILD PITCHES- T.Seaver BOXSCORE: 1979 Cincinnati Reds At 1979 New York NL Mets 10/7/1979 *** 1979 NLCS Game 5 *** Reds AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG C.Geronimo CF 3 0 1 1 .182 L.Mazzilli CF 5 1 2 1 .190 C-J.Strain PH 1 1 1 1 .333 T.Harrah 3B 4 1 2 3 .250 M.Clear P 1 0 0 0 .000 K.Hernandez 1B 5 2 1 1 .263 F.Pastore P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Lezcano RF 4 0 1 1 .235 K.Griffey RF 5 1 2 1 .357 R.Smith LF 5 0 0 0 .167 J.Stearns C 4 2 1 1 .158 J.Bench C 5 1 2 0 .364 G.Foster LF 4 1 1 4 .368 J.Orta 2B 4 2 3 1 .353 L.May 1B 5 0 0 0 .000 R.Metzger SS 4 0 0 0 .200 E-D.Driessen 1B 0 0 0 0 .200 G-J.Youngblood PH 1 0 0 0 .143 R.Knight 3B 5 1 2 0 .100 C.Swan P 1 2 1 1 .667 D.Concepcion SS 5 2 3 0 .300 S.Lyle P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Kennedy 2B 5 2 4 2 .500 J.Reardon P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Frost P 1 0 0 0 .000 F-J.Nolan PH 0 0 0 0 .000 A-B.Valentine PH 0 0 0 1 .000 N.Allen P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Lacoss P 0 0 0 0 ---- H-L.Roberts PH 1 0 0 0 .500 T.Hume P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-T.Poquette PH 0 1 0 0 .000 D-J.Simpson CF 2 0 0 0 .167 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 11 15 11 Totals 39 9 12 8 A-Pinch Hit For Frost In 4th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hume In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Geronimo In 6th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Poquette In 6th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For May In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Reardon In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Metzger In 9th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Allen In 9th Inning Reds............ 1 0 0 3 0 6 1 0 0 - 11 15 1 Mets............ 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 9 12 0 Reds (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Frost 3 5 5 4 2 1 2 64 5.79 A1 B8 M.Lacoss 1 5 4 4 0 0 0 27 33.75 B9 C7 T.Hume WIN(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.00 C8 D2 M.Clear HOLD(1st) 3 1/3 1 0 0 3 2 0 57 1.69 D3 E7 F.Pastore SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.91 E8 Totals 9 12 9 8 5 3 2 Mets (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Swan 5 2/3 9 6 6 0 8 1 95 4.73 A1 C9 S.Lyle LOSS(0-2) 0 3 4 4 1 0 1 14 67.50 D1 D4 J.Reardon 2 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 34 3.86 D5 E5 N.Allen 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00 E6 Totals 9 15 11 11 2 9 2 ATTENDANCE- 47,631 DATE- Sunday, October 7th 1979 TIME- Day T- 3:18 LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Mets: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0 Mets: 0 ERRORS- L.May DOUBLES- D.Concepcion-2(2nd), J.Kennedy(1st), K.Hernandez(1st), J.Bench(3rd), J.Orta(2nd) TRIPLES- C.Geronimo(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Stearns(1st), G.Foster(1st), T.Harrah(2nd), J.Orta(1st) STOLEN BASES- K.Hernandez(2nd) SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Valentine, C.Swan WALKS- J.Stearns, G.Foster, T.Harrah, S.Lezcano, J.Orta, C.Swan, J.Nolan HIT BY PITCH- T.Poquette STRIKE OUTS- C.Geronimo, K.Griffey, G.Foster-2, L.May-3, R.Knight, D.Concepcion, S.Lezcano, J.Bench, R.Metzger
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Dave Concepcion 5 20 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 6 .300 .333 .400 0 Ray Knight 5 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 0 George Foster 5 19 2 7 2 0 1 7 3 3 .368 .455 .632 0 John Stearns 5 19 3 3 1 0 1 3 2 1 .158 .238 .368 0 Dan Driessen 5 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .200 .294 .200 0 Ken Griffey 4 14 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 5 .357 .438 .357 0 Cesar Geronimo 4 11 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 .182 .182 .455 0 Joe Strain 4 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .400 .444 0 Dave Collins 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .222 .125 0 Junior Kennedy 3 8 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .625 0 Joe Simpson 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 Tom Poquette 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .667 .000 0 Lee May 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 Charlie Spikes 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 Bobby Valentine 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Ron Pruitt 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Mark Clear 2 1.69 1-0 0 0 5.1 2 1 7 2 Tom Hume 4 0.00 1-0 0 0 4.1 2 0 1 3 Tom Seaver 2 3.00 1-1 0 2 12.0 10 4 4 5 Dave Frost 2 5.79 0-0 0 2 9.1 9 6 10 4 Frank Pastore 3 4.91 0-0 1 0 3.2 3 2 0 3 Joe Sambito 1 10.80 0-0 0 0 1.2 1 2 1 2 Mike LaCoss 2 33.75 0-0 0 0 1.1 7 5 1 0 Milt Wilcox 1 8.53 0-1 0 1 6.1 10 6 2 3
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Johnny Bench 5 22 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 6 .364 .364 .500 0 Lee Mazzilli 5 21 3 4 1 0 0 2 3 2 .190 .292 .238 1 Toby Harrah 5 20 4 5 0 0 2 5 3 1 .250 .348 .550 0 Keith Hernandez 5 19 4 5 1 1 0 3 4 3 .263 .391 .421 2 Sixto Lezcano 5 17 4 4 0 0 1 5 4 4 .235 .391 .412 0 Jorge Orta 5 17 3 6 2 0 1 2 2 1 .353 .421 .647 0 Reggie Smith 4 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 4 1 .167 .375 .250 1 Chris Speier 4 11 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 .364 .533 .455 0 Joel Youngblood 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 .143 .250 .143 1 Joe Nolan 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 0 Roger Metzger 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 Leon Roberts 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 Mike Tyson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Ken Kravec 1 2.57 1-0 0 1 7.0 3 2 1 4 Steve Carlton 2 1.20 1-1 0 2 15.0 11 2 2 13 Craig Swan 2 4.73 0-0 0 2 13.1 15 7 4 13 Skip Lockwood 3 0.00 0-0 0 0 3.0 0 0 1 1 Jeff Reardon 2 3.86 0-0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 Don Aase 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.1 1 0 1 1 Don Stanhouse 2 18.00 0-0 1 0 1.0 0 2 2 1 Neil Allen 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 Sparky Lyle 2 67.50 0-2 0 0 .2 5 5 1 1