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Previous Game: July 8, 1978 Mets 7, Cubs 0 1978 Regular Season Game 86 July 9, 1978 Cubs 4, Mets 1 Next Game: July 13, 1978 Mets 4, Reds 2

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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Bernard, Dwight 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Boisclair, Bruce 64 136 17 35 3 1 3 12 16 2 21 4 1 0 2 3 .257 49 .360 .327 Bruhert, Mike 13 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 .105 2 .105 .105 Cornejo, Mardie 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 18 39 4 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 .179 10 .256 .179 Ferrer, Sergio 16 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 .167 1 .167 .167 Flynn, Doug 86 305 19 74 3 2 0 18 12 4 26 1 4 0 1 2 .243 81 .266 .270 Foli, Tim 56 214 20 52 10 0 0 12 8 1 12 1 5 1 1 2 .243 62 .290 .272 Grieve, Tom 32 64 4 15 2 0 2 6 5 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 .234 23 .359 .290 Hausman, Tom 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 86 327 43 83 13 3 8 45 29 3 66 4 0 1 4 6 .254 126 .385 .313 Hodges, Ron 29 63 3 14 2 1 0 5 8 0 10 2 0 1 1 2 .222 18 .286 .311 Kobel, Kevin 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .125 1 .125 .125 Koosman, Jerry 19 40 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 .100 6 .150 .100 Kranepool, Ed 42 55 5 14 1 0 2 11 6 2 8 1 0 1 0 0 .255 21 .382 .333 Lockwood, Skip 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Maddox, Elliott 59 185 21 52 8 2 1 19 34 0 21 2 1 1 1 5 .281 67 .362 .392 Mazzilli, Lee 86 330 46 90 17 3 10 40 39 4 50 3 2 0 9 7 .273 143 .433 .347 Metzger, Butch 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Montanez, Willie 85 326 38 87 16 0 12 54 33 9 60 7 0 0 3 1 .267 139 .426 .328 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Murray, Dale 23 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Myrick, Bob 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Randle, Lenny 73 259 35 63 12 6 1 20 47 5 36 3 2 1 9 8 .243 90 .347 .358 Siebert, Paul 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stearns, John 76 245 33 65 11 0 7 32 40 0 25 3 1 2 11 4 .265 97 .396 .369 Swan, Craig 16 33 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 .182 6 .182 .206 Valentine, Bobby 41 91 10 26 2 0 1 14 11 1 14 1 2 0 0 1 .286 31 .341 .359 Youngblood, Joel 55 96 13 23 4 3 1 10 5 1 17 1 1 0 0 0 .240 36 .375 .275 Zachry, Pat 18 38 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 4 0 0 0 .079 3 .079 .146

Pitching Statistics as of July 9, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bernard, Dwight 3 2.2 0 0 .000 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 3.38 Bruhert, Mike 13 66.2 1 5 .167 90 47 37 34 14 12 0 0 0 5.00 Cornejo, Mardie 18 24 3 2 .600 23 11 10 12 11 0 0 0 2 3.75 Espinosa, Nino 18 116.2 7 7 .500 123 60 54 43 39 18 4 1 0 4.17 Hausman, Tom 1 4.1 0 0 .000 8 6 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 12.46 Kobel, Kevin 10 34.2 1 1 .500 25 5 2 16 13 4 0 0 0 0.52 Koosman, Jerry 19 123 2 9 .182 120 60 56 78 42 18 2 0 0 4.10 Lockwood, Skip 38 64 7 7 .500 53 25 25 54 23 0 0 0 9 3.52 Metzger, Butch 25 37.1 1 3 .250 48 28 27 21 22 0 0 0 0 6.51 Murray, Dale 23 40 3 2 .600 37 21 20 14 18 0 0 0 2 4.50 Myrick, Bob 17 24.2 0 3 .000 18 10 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 Siebert, Paul 19 20.2 0 2 .000 23 10 10 10 12 0 0 0 1 4.35 Swan, Craig 16 106 1 5 .167 84 33 31 66 32 15 2 1 0 2.63 Zachry, Pat 18 120 10 4 .714 95 44 40 71 48 18 5 2 0 3.00

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