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Previous Game: May 20, 1978 Phillies 9, Mets 4 1978 Regular Season Game 40 May 21, 1978 Mets 6, Phillies 5 Next Game: May 23, 1978 Mets 7, Pirates 3

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Mets Starting Lineup 3b Lenny Randle rf Elliott Maddox cf Lee Mazzilli lf Steve Henderson 1b Willie Montanez c John Stearns 2b Joel Youngblood ss Doug Flynn p Jerry Koosman May 21, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5 Phillies ab r h bi bb so Jerry Martin rf-lf 5 1 3 0 0 0 Larry Bowa ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 Mike Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 3 0 0 Greg Luzinski lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 - Ron Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Jay Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Cardenal 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 - Richie Hebner ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 Garry Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 Bob Boone c 4 0 1 2 0 0 Bud Harrelson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 Randy Lerch p 3 0 0 0 0 2 - Bake McBride rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Lenny Randle 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Elliott Maddox rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 - Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Bobby Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Lee Mazzilli cf 5 3 3 0 0 0 .316 Steve Henderson lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .267 Willie Montanez 1b 2 1 1 2 1 1 .232 John Stearns c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .242 Joel Youngblood 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .255 Doug Flynn ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Jerry Koosman p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .095 - Bruce Boisclair ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Philadelphia Phillies 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 New York Mets 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 11 0 Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so Randy Lerch 6.0 7 4 3 1 2 Ron Reed 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 Tug McGraw (L) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Jerry Koosman 7.0 9 5 5 1 3 3.29 Skip Lockwood (W,4-3) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.35 Errors: Jerry Martin. 2B: Steve Henderson 2 (5), Jerry Koosman (2), Willie Montanez (9), Elliott Maddox (3), Bob Boone. HR: John Stearns (2), Mike Schmidt. SF: Willie Montanez. SB: Jerry Martin.

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