Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 20, 1978 - Box Score

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July 20, 1978
Mets 7, Astros 4 1978 Regular Season Game 97
July 20, 1978
Mets 5, Astros 4 Next Game:
July 21, 1978
Mets 12, Braves 3

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National League Standings, July 20, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Lenny
Randle 2b
Bobby
Valentine cf
Lee
Mazzilli 1b
Willie
Montanez lf
Steve
Henderson c
Ron
Hodges rf
Bruce
Boisclair ss
Doug
Flynn p
Dwight
Bernard

July 20, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 5, Houston Astros 4

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Rafael Landestoy ss 5 0 0 0 0 3

Terry Puhl cf 4 0 0 0 1 2

Enos Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0

Jose Cruz rf 4 0 2 0 1 0

Bob Watson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0

Art Howe 2b 4 2 2 2 0 0

Dave Bergman lf 5 0 0 0 0 2

Bruce Bochy c 3 1 1 1 1 1

Vern Ruhle p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Bo McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Denny Walling ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Ken Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Wilbur Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Randle 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .232

Bobby Valentine 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .273

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .241

- Tim Foli ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .239

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 2 0 1 1 .268

Willie Montanez 1b 6 1 2 1 0 0 .266

Steve Henderson lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .262

- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .252

Ron Hodges c 5 0 3 0 0 0 .253

Bruce Boisclair rf-lf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .247

Doug Flynn ss-2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .252

Dwight Bernard p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000

- Kevin Kobel p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .222

- Elliott Maddox ph-rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .276

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

Houston Astros 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 1

New York Mets 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 18 1

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Vern Ruhle 3.1 7 2 2 2 1

Bo McLaughlin 0.2 1 0 0 1 0

Ken Forsch 5.0 7 2 1 1 2

Joe Sambito (L) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Dwight Bernard 4.0 3 2 2 5 4 3.09

Kevin Kobel 4.0 2 2 2 0 2 2.27

Dale Murray (W,4-3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 4.60

Errors: Ron Hodges (2), Bruce Bochy.
2B: Bruce Boisclair (4), Lenny Randle (13), Steve Henderson (17), Joel Youngblood (5), Doug Flynn (7), Bobby Valentine (3), Enos Cabell.
HR: Art Howe 2, Bruce Bochy.
SB: Lenny Randle (10).
CS: Terry Puhl.

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