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MIA2

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ATL6

CIN0

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Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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CHC3

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NL · 71–91 (.438) · Rank 4 · Attendance 1456402

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Darrell Evans	160	562	142	17	70	6	.253	.747
Jack Clark	143	527	144	26	86	11	.273	.824
Bill North	142	460	119	5	30	58	.259	.727
Mike Ivie	133	402	115	27	89	5	.286	.906
Terry Whitfield	133	394	113	5	44	5	.287	.745
Larry Herndon	132	354	91	7	36	8	.257	.697
Willie McCovey	117	353	88	15	57	0	.249	.720
Johnnie LeMaster	108	343	87	3	29	9	.254	.628
Roger Metzger	94	259	65	0	31	11	.251	.651
Joe Strain	67	257	62	1	12	8	.241	.577
Bill Madlock	69	249	65	7	41	11	.261	.707
Dennis Littlejohn	63	193	38	1	13	0	.197	.526
Marc Hill	63	169	35	3	15	0	.207	.586
Rob Andrews	75	154	40	2	13	4	.260	.607
Mike Sadek	63	126	30	1	11	1	.238	.624
Max Venable	55	85	14	0	3	3	.165	.460
Vida Blue	37	83	10	1	3	0	.120	.349
Greg Johnston	42	74	15	1	7	0	.203	.494
Bob Knepper	35	66	12	1	9	0	.182	.491
John Tamargo	30	60	12	2	6	0	.200	.589
John Montefusco	24	42	7	0	3	0	.167	.472
John Curtis	29	34	5	0	3	0	.147	.392
Ed Halicki	33	34	7	0	1	0	.206	.464
Ed Whitson	18	32	5	0	2	0	.156	.312
Hector Cruz	16	25	3	0	1	0	.120	.334
Phil Nastu	25	24	1	0	1	0	.042	.190
Tom Griffin	59	14	1	0	0	0	.071	.142
Dave Roberts	26	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Gary Lavelle	70	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Greg Minton	46	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.200
Randy Moffitt	29	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pedro Borbon	30	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.666
Joe Coleman	5	0	0	0	0	0
Al Holland	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Kearney	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Plank	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Vida Blue	14	14	5.01	34	0	138	1.506
Bob Knepper	9	12	4.64	34	0	123	1.534
John Montefusco	3	8	3.94	22	0	76	1.431
Ed Halicki	5	8	4.58	33	0	81	1.440
John Curtis	10	9	4.18	27	0	85	1.351
Ed Whitson	5	8	3.95	18	0	62	1.365
Phil Nastu	3	4	4.32	25	0	47	1.460
Gary Lavelle	7	9	2.51	70	20	80	1.324
Tom Griffin	5	6	3.91	59	2	82	1.367
Greg Minton	4	3	1.81	46	4	33	1.079
Pedro Borbon	4	3	4.89	30	3	26	1.500
Dave Roberts	0	2	2.57	26	3	23	1.429
Randy Moffitt	2	5	7.71	28	2	16	1.914
Al Holland	0	0	0.00	3	0	7	1.143
Joe Coleman	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	1.364
Ed Plank	0	0	7.36	4	0	1	3.000

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1979-04-04	@ CIN	W 11–5
1979-04-06	@ CIN	W 7–2
1979-04-07	@ CIN	W 4–2
1979-04-08	@ CIN	L 6–7
1979-04-10	vs SDN	W 4–2
1979-04-11	vs SDN	L 1–4
1979-04-12	vs SDN	W 4–3
1979-04-13	vs HOU	W 8–7
1979-04-14	vs HOU	W 2–1
1979-04-15	vs HOU	L 3–4
1979-04-15	vs HOU	L 1–9
1979-04-17	@ SDN	L 3–4
1979-04-18	@ SDN	L 6–7
1979-04-19	@ SDN	W 14–10
1979-04-20	vs LAN	W 3–2
1979-04-21	vs LAN	L 1–2
1979-04-22	vs LAN	L 2–9
1979-04-24	@ NYN	L 3–10
1979-04-25	@ NYN	L 0–2
1979-04-27	@ MON	L 8–14
1979-04-28	@ MON	L 4–6
1979-04-29	@ MON	L 5–7
1979-04-30	@ PHI	L 1–4
1979-05-01	@ PHI	W 7–0
1979-05-03	vs NYN	W 7–5
1979-05-04	vs NYN	W 4–3
1979-05-05	vs NYN	W 6–4
1979-05-06	vs NYN	L 4–5
1979-05-08	vs MON	L 0–4
1979-05-09	vs MON	W 9–2
1979-05-10	vs MON	L 0–3
1979-05-11	vs PHI	W 2–1
1979-05-12	vs PHI	W 4–1
1979-05-13	vs PHI	L 3–12
1979-05-15	@ HOU	W 8–1
1979-05-16	@ HOU	W 8–4
1979-05-17	@ HOU	W 3–0
1979-05-18	@ ATL	L 4–6
1979-05-19	@ ATL	W 4–2
1979-05-19	@ ATL	W 7–6
1979-05-20	@ ATL	W 8–1
1979-05-22	vs CIN	W 12–2
1979-05-23	vs CIN	L 0–5
1979-05-24	vs CIN	W 2–1
1979-05-25	vs ATL	W 6–4
1979-05-26	vs ATL	L 4–5
1979-05-27	vs ATL	L 8–10
1979-05-28	vs ATL	L 1–4
1979-05-29	@ LAN	L 5–6
1979-05-30	@ LAN	L 5–6
1979-05-31	@ LAN	L 10–12
1979-06-01	@ CHN	L 2–8
1979-06-02	@ CHN	W 8–6
1979-06-03	@ CHN	L 1–2
1979-06-05	@ SLN	L 4–5
1979-06-06	@ SLN	L 5–6
1979-06-07	@ SLN	W 12–10
1979-06-08	@ PIT	L 2–3
1979-06-09	@ PIT	W 6–2
1979-06-10	@ PIT	W 7–4
1979-06-12	vs CHN	W 7–2
1979-06-13	vs CHN	L 2–3
1979-06-14	vs CHN	L 6–8
1979-06-15	vs SLN	W 9–6
1979-06-16	vs SLN	W 6–1
1979-06-17	vs SLN	W 7–4
1979-06-19	vs PIT	L 4–9
1979-06-20	vs PIT	L 5–8
1979-06-22	@ CIN	W 3–2
1979-06-23	@ CIN	W 5–2
1979-06-24	@ CIN	L 7–8
1979-06-25	vs ATL	L 1–6
1979-06-26	vs ATL	W 6–5
1979-06-27	vs HOU	W 6–3
1979-06-28	vs HOU	L 5–6
1979-06-29	vs CIN	W 6–4
1979-06-30	vs CIN	L 0–2
1979-07-01	vs CIN	W 2–1
1979-07-01	vs CIN	W 7–3
1979-07-03	@ ATL	L 2–5
1979-07-04	@ ATL	L 6–7
1979-07-05	@ ATL	L 4–5
1979-07-06	@ PHI	L 1–6
1979-07-07	@ PHI	W 8–6
1979-07-08	@ PHI	L 3–5
1979-07-09	@ PHI	L 2–4
1979-07-10	@ MON	W 11–7
1979-07-11	@ MON	W 1–0
1979-07-12	@ MON	W 5–3
1979-07-13	@ NYN	L 6–7
1979-07-13	@ NYN	L 2–5
1979-07-14	@ NYN	L 2–3
1979-07-15	@ NYN	W 4–0
1979-07-19	vs PHI	W 1–0
1979-07-20	vs PHI	L 4–6
1979-07-21	vs PHI	W 4–1
1979-07-22	vs MON	W 8–6
1979-07-22	vs MON	L 5–15
1979-07-23	vs MON	L 3–8
1979-07-24	vs NYN	L 5–6
1979-07-25	vs NYN	L 0–3
1979-07-26	@ SDN	W 6–2
1979-07-27	@ SDN	W 4–3
1979-07-28	@ SDN	L 3–4
1979-07-29	@ SDN	W 4–2
1979-07-30	@ HOU	W 8–0
1979-07-31	@ HOU	L 4–6
1979-08-01	@ HOU	L 4–5
1979-08-03	@ LAN	L 3–11
1979-08-04	@ LAN	L 3–4
1979-08-05	@ LAN	L 1–8
1979-08-06	@ LAN	W 7–1
1979-08-07	vs SDN	W 3–2
1979-08-08	vs SDN	W 10–7
1979-08-09	vs SDN	L 0–4
1979-08-10	vs LAN	L 0–9
1979-08-11	vs LAN	L 4–7
1979-08-12	vs LAN	W 4–1
1979-08-14	@ CHN	W 8–2
1979-08-15	@ CHN	L 5–6
1979-08-16	@ CHN	L 4–14
1979-08-17	@ SLN	L 0–3
1979-08-18	@ SLN	L 4–5
1979-08-19	@ SLN	L 0–4
1979-08-20	@ PIT	L 5–6
1979-08-21	@ PIT	W 6–1
1979-08-22	@ PIT	L 6–8
1979-08-24	vs CHN	L 1–4
1979-08-25	vs CHN	W 5–2
1979-08-26	vs CHN	L 1–4
1979-08-28	vs SLN	L 1–2
1979-08-29	vs SLN	L 1–5
1979-08-30	vs SLN	W 3–2
1979-08-31	vs PIT	L 4–6
1979-09-01	vs PIT	L 3–5
1979-09-01	vs PIT	L 2–7
1979-09-02	vs PIT	L 3–5
1979-09-03	@ SDN	L 0–3
1979-09-04	@ SDN	W 3–1
1979-09-05	@ CIN	L 5–6
1979-09-06	@ CIN	L 3–12
1979-09-07	@ HOU	W 9–2
1979-09-08	@ HOU	W 2–1
1979-09-09	@ HOU	L 1–4
1979-09-11	vs ATL	L 1–2
1979-09-12	vs ATL	W 4–3
1979-09-13	vs ATL	L 1–4
1979-09-14	vs HOU	L 0–7
1979-09-15	vs HOU	W 5–3
1979-09-16	vs HOU	W 2–1
1979-09-17	vs CIN	W 7–4
1979-09-18	vs CIN	W 3–1
1979-09-19	@ LAN	L 2–7
1979-09-20	@ LAN	L 0–3
1979-09-22	@ ATL	L 2–10
1979-09-23	@ ATL	W 2–1
1979-09-25	vs LAN	L 2–11
1979-09-26	vs LAN	L 4–8
1979-09-27	vs LAN	W 5–3
1979-09-28	vs SDN	L 0–2
1979-09-29	vs SDN	W 6–5
1979-09-30	vs SDN	L 3–5