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1978 Regular Season Game 25
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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Randle Lenny
Randle
rf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
2b
Valentine Bobby
Valentine
c
Stearns John
Stearns
ss
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Koosman Jerry
Koosman
May 4, 1978, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 8, Atlanta Braves 2

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Randle 3b 3 2 0 0 2 1 .160
Elliott Maddox rf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .100
Lee Mazzilli cf 5 3 2 1 0 0 .295
Willie Montanez 1b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .213
Steve Henderson lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .180
Bobby Valentine 2b 3 1 1 3 1 2 .306
- Sergio Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
John Stearns c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .189
Doug Flynn ss-2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261
Jerry Koosman p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Braves ab r hbibbso
Jerry Royster 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Barry Bonnell cf 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Brian Asselstine ph-cf 2 1 0 0 0 1
Jeff Burroughs lf 4 1 2 1 0 0
Cito Gaston rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Dale Murphy 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Biff Pocoroba c 4 0 0 0 0 0
Rod Gilbreath 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1
Pat Rockett ss 3 0 1 0 0 0
Phil Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Adrian Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Tom Paciorek ph 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Jamie Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jerry Koosman (W,2-3) 9.0 7 2 2 1 3 2.61
Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Phil Niekro (L) 5.1 5 6 6 4 4
Adrian Devine 2.2 3 2 2 1 3
Jamie Easterly 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

Errors: Biff Pocoroba.
2B: Willie Montanez (4), Jeff Burroughs 2, Rod Gilbreath.
HR: Bobby Valentine (1).
HBP: Brian Asselstine.
SH: Phil Niekro.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (3).
CS: Willie Montanez (1), Barry Bonnell.









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