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San Diego Padres @ New York Mets

1979-04-30 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 6154 · 2:47

New York Mets defeated San Diego Padres 4–3. New York Mets put up 3 in the 5th. Craig Swan earned the win and Skip Lockwood picked up the save. Fernando Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SDN	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8
NYN	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		4	10

W: Craig Swan L: Bob Shirley SV: Skip Lockwood

Umpires — HP: Lanny Harris · 1B: Phil Lospitalier · 2B: Bill Henry · 3B: Len Riccio · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Richards	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ozzie Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Turner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Winfield	4	1	3	0	0	1
Mike Hargrove	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bill Fahey	0	0	0	0	2	0
Barry Evans	3	0	1	2	0	1
Fernando Gonzalez	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bob Owchinko	2	0	0	0	0	1
Broderick Perkins	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Briggs	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Tenace	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Bevacqua	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Taveras	4	1	2	0	1	0
Richie Hebner	4	0	2	1	1	0
Lee Mazzilli	3	1	0	0	2	0
John Stearns	3	1	1	0	2	0
Willie Montanez	5	0	0	0	0	4
Joel Youngblood	2	1	2	0	2	0
Steve Henderson	3	0	2	2	1	0
Doug Flynn	4	0	1	1	0	0
Craig Swan	4	0	0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Owchinko	4.2	5	5	4
Eric Rasmussen	1.1	2	1	0
Bob Shirley	2.0	3	3	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Craig Swan	8.0	8	4	2
Skip Lockwood	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Richards: 3/G
Ozzie Smith: 4/P
Jerry Turner: S7
Dave Winfield: K

Bot 1

Frank Taveras: W
Richie Hebner: SB2#
Richie Hebner: 8
Lee Mazzilli: 9
John Stearns: 9

Top 2

Mike Hargrove: W
Bill Fahey: W.1-2
Barry Evans: S7.2-H;1-3
Fernando Gonzalez: 64(1)3/GDP.3-3
Bob Owchinko: K

Bot 2

Willie Montanez: K
Joel Youngblood: W
Steve Henderson: D9.1-3
Doug Flynn: 3/G
Craig Swan: 43

Top 3

Gene Richards: D7
Ozzie Smith: 53/SH.2-3
Jerry Turner: 4(B)5(3)/LDP

Bot 3

Frank Taveras: 9
Richie Hebner: W
Lee Mazzilli: 9
John Stearns: D9.1-3
Willie Montanez: K

Top 4

Dave Winfield: T9
Mike Hargrove: 143
Bill Fahey: W
Barry Evans: 9/SF.3-H;1-2(THH)
Fernando Gonzalez: IW
Bob Owchinko: 13

Bot 4

Joel Youngblood: S6
Steve Henderson: 3/P
Doug Flynn: 7
Craig Swan: K

Top 5

Gene Richards: 6/L
Ozzie Smith: 5/P
Jerry Turner: 3/L

Bot 5

Frank Taveras: S6
Richie Hebner: WP.1-2
Richie Hebner: S8.2-H
Lee Mazzilli: 64(1)/FO
John Stearns: SB2
John Stearns: W
Willie Montanez: K
Joel Youngblood: W.2-3;1-2
Steve Henderson: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Doug Flynn: 43

Top 6

Dave Winfield: T9
Mike Hargrove: 3/G
Broderick Perkins: FC4.3XH(42);B-1
Barry Evans: 2/FL

Bot 6

Craig Swan: 63
Frank Taveras: 3/P
Richie Hebner: S7
Lee Mazzilli: W.1-2
John Stearns: 9

Top 7

Fernando Gonzalez: HR
Dan Briggs: 3/P
Gene Richards: S7
Ozzie Smith: CS2(26)#
Ozzie Smith: 8

Bot 7

Willie Montanez: 43
Joel Youngblood: S7
Steve Henderson: SB2
Steve Henderson: IW
Doug Flynn: S8.2-H;1-3
Craig Swan: CSH(2)
Craig Swan: 63

Top 8

Jerry Turner: 43
Dave Winfield: S7
Mike Hargrove: 3/G.1-2
Gene Tenace: 53

Bot 8

Frank Taveras: S8
Richie Hebner: 7(B)3(1)/LDP
Lee Mazzilli: W
John Stearns: SB2
John Stearns: IW
Willie Montanez: K

Top 9

Barry Evans: K/C
Fernando Gonzalez: 63
Kurt Bevacqua: 4/L

Notes & reviews

Debut for umpire Bill Henry Protest=V
Mets Manager Joe Torre ejected by HP umpire Lanny Harris for arguing that Bob Owchinko balked; Padres manager Roger Craig later protested the game because he said he saw Torre in the Mets bullpen

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