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1978 Regular Season Game 36
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National League Standings, May 17, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Randle Lenny
Randle
rf
Boisclair Bruce
Boisclair
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
2b
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
ss
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Espinosa Nino
Espinosa
May 17, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 3, Atlanta Braves 1

Braves ab r hbibbso
Jerry Royster 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Beall 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0
Rowland Office cf 3 0 0 0 1 1
Jeff Burroughs lf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Brian Asselstine rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Nolan c 3 1 1 0 0 1
Darrel Chaney ss 3 0 1 0 0 1
- Pat Rockett ss 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Gilbreath 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0
Tommy Boggs p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Mickey Mahler p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Biff Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Adrian Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Randle 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .180
Bruce Boisclair rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .206
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291
Willie Montanez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .206
Steve Henderson lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .235
Ron Hodges c 2 1 0 0 1 2 .125
Joel Youngblood 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .290
- Sergio Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Doug Flynn ss-2b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .248
Nino Espinosa p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .158

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta Braves 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
New York Mets 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 5 0

Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Tommy Boggs (L) 2.1 5 3 3 2 0
Mickey Mahler 4.2 0 0 0 1 3
Adrian Devine 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Nino Espinosa (W,3-2) 9.0 6 1 1 2 5 3.83

2B: Steve Henderson (3), Joe Nolan.
SB: Lenny Randle (6), Bob Beall.


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