Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 23, 1978 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 22, 1978
Mets 3, Cubs 2 1978 Regular Season Game 16
April 23, 1978
Cubs 3, Mets 2 Next Game:
April 24, 1978
Pirates 4, Mets 2

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National League Standings, April 23, 1978

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Lenny
Randle 2b
Doug
Flynn rf
Bruce
Boisclair lf
Ed
Kranepool 1b
Willie
Montanez cf
Lee
Mazzilli c
Ron
Hodges ss
Tim
Foli p
Nino
Espinosa

April 23, 1978, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r h bi bb so 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 h bi bb so

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 r er bb so

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 r er bb so

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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