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1978 Regular Season Game 16
April 23, 1978
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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Randle Lenny
Randle
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
rf
Boisclair Bruce
Boisclair
lf
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
ss
Foli Tim
Foli
p
Espinosa Nino
Espinosa
April 23, 1978, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Randle 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .143
Doug Flynn 2b 6 0 0 0 0 1 .298
Bruce Boisclair rf 6 0 2 0 0 1 .281
Ed Kranepool lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .118
Willie Montanez 1b 5 1 3 1 1 0 .231
Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .246
Ron Hodges c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182
- John Stearns ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .136
Tim Foli ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .150
Nino Espinosa p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125
- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
- Mardie Cornejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Bob Myrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Steve Henderson ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .185
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Bobby Valentine ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500
- Butch Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 3 1 0 0 2 0
Larry Biittner 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer rf 5 1 3 2 0 1
Dave Kingman lf 2 0 0 0 1 0
- Greg Gross ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Ontiveros 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Rader c 5 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Wallis cf 5 0 4 1 0 0
Mick Kelleher 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0
- Guillermo Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Burris p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Bruce Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Rudy Meoli 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
New York Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0
Chicago Cubs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Nino Espinosa 6.0 5 2 2 2 2 3.16
Mardie Cornejo 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 1.86
Bob Myrick 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 2.35
Skip Lockwood 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 4.50
Butch Metzger (L,0-1) 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 11.25
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Ray Burris 7.1 7 1 1 2 4
Bruce Sutter 2.2 2 1 1 0 2
Guillermo Hernandez (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1

Errors: Ivan De Jesus.
WP: Guillermo Hernandez.
2B: Joe Wallis.
3B: Bobby Murcer.
HR: Steve Henderson (4), Willie Montanez (2).
Intentional Walks: Tim Foli, Ivan De Jesus.
HBP: Ed Kranepool.
SH: Tim Foli, Bruce Sutter.
CS: Larry Biittner, Joe Wallis.


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