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TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

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STL7

SEA5

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TEX1

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WSH6

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SF6

KC1

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MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

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NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

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CIN4

MIL3

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STL3

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CHC3

SEA7

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ARI6

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CWS7

CLE3

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NYM1

ATL3

CHC7

NYY8

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STL2

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COL7

SEA4

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Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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CLE7

MIL5

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PHI3

WSH6

DET10

TOR1

BAL7

NYM5

ATL6

CHC3

NYY8

MIN1

SF10

STL3

BOS2

TEX4

KC2

HOU4

SD3

COL9

SEA1

LAA2

MIA4

ARI2

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Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Frank Taveras	153	635	167	1	33	42	.263	.638
Lee Mazzilli	158	597	181	15	79	34	.303	.844
Joel Youngblood	158	590	162	16	60	18	.275	.782
Doug Flynn	157	555	135	4	61	0	.243	.582
John Stearns	155	538	131	9	66	15	.243	.667
Richie Hebner	136	473	127	10	79	3	.268	.747
Willie Montanez	109	410	96	5	47	0	.234	.594
Steve Henderson	98	350	107	5	39	13	.306	.820
Elliott Maddox	86	224	60	1	12	3	.268	.674
Alex Trevino	79	207	56	0	20	2	.271	.671
Ed Kranepool	82	155	36	2	17	0	.232	.590
Dan Norman	44	110	27	3	11	2	.245	.684
Bruce Boisclair	59	98	18	0	4	0	.184	.465
Gil Flores	70	93	18	1	10	2	.194	.520
Ron Hodges	59	86	14	0	5	0	.163	.520
Craig Swan	35	81	10	0	2	0	.123	.332
Kelvin Chapman	35	80	12	0	4	0	.150	.410
Pete Falcone	33	52	9	0	2	0	.173	.377
Kevin Kobel	30	46	9	0	2	0	.196	.413
Jose Cardenal	11	37	11	2	4	1	.297	.977
Dock Ellis	17	26	2	0	1	0	.077	.188
Tom Hausman	19	26	3	0	0	0	.115	.230
Andy Hassler	29	22	0	0	0	0	.000	.043
Pat Zachry	7	16	2	0	0	0	.125	.250
Neil Allen	50	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mike Scott	18	12	0	0	0	0	.000	.077
Wayne Twitchell	33	8	3	0	0	0	.375	.750
Juan Berenguer	5	7	1	0	0	0	.143	.476
Sergio Ferrer	32	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.222
Tim Foli	3	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ray Burris	4	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.334
Dale Murray	58	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143
Jesse Orosco	18	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ed Glynn	46	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
John Pacella	4	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Skip Lockwood	28	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Roy Lee Jackson	8	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dwight Bernard	32	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Reardon	18	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Craig Swan	14	13	3.29	35	0	145	1.186
Pete Falcone	6	14	4.16	33	0	113	1.467
Kevin Kobel	6	8	3.51	30	0	67	1.330
Neil Allen	6	10	3.55	50	8	65	1.485
Dale Murray	4	8	4.82	58	4	37	1.619
Dock Ellis	3	7	6.04	17	0	41	1.694
Andy Hassler	4	5	3.70	29	4	53	1.444
Tom Hausman	2	6	2.75	19	2	33	1.068
Wayne Twitchell	5	3	5.23	33	0	44	1.728
Ed Glynn	1	4	3.00	46	7	32	1.617
Mike Scott	1	3	5.33	18	0	21	1.510
Dwight Bernard	0	3	4.70	32	0	20	1.932
Pat Zachry	5	1	3.59	7	0	17	1.523
Skip Lockwood	2	5	1.49	27	9	42	1.110
Jesse Orosco	1	2	4.89	18	0	22	1.571
Juan Berenguer	1	1	2.93	5	0	25	1.304
Ray Burris	0	2	3.32	4	0	10	1.246
Jeff Reardon	1	2	1.74	18	2	10	1.016
Roy Lee Jackson	1	0	2.20	8	0	10	.980
John Pacella	0	2	4.41	4	0	12	1.224

Schedule (163 games)

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