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Previous Game: August 16, 1978 Padres 2, Mets 1 1978 Regular Season Game 120 August 17, 1978 Padres 9, Mets 2 Next Game: August 18, 1978 Dodgers 7, Mets 3

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Batting Statistics as of August 17, 1978

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Berenguer, Juan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Bernard, Dwight 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .333 Boisclair, Bruce 88 173 19 41 6 1 3 14 19 2 31 5 1 0 3 3 .237 58 .335 .305 Bruhert, Mike 19 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 .083 2 .083 .083 Cornejo, Mardie 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 23 52 5 10 3 0 0 4 1 0 19 0 3 0 0 0 .192 13 .250 .208 Ferrer, Sergio 19 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 .143 1 .143 .143 Flynn, Doug 120 411 24 96 9 3 0 26 22 7 42 3 5 1 2 3 .234 111 .270 .272 Foli, Tim 89 337 31 87 19 1 0 20 12 1 24 2 9 1 2 4 .258 108 .320 .284 Grieve, Tom 43 85 4 18 3 0 2 8 7 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 .212 27 .318 .272 Hausman, Tom 6 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 3 .429 .375 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 116 439 68 121 23 6 9 53 45 3 84 5 0 1 8 7 .276 183 .417 .341 Hodges, Ron 37 81 3 21 2 1 0 6 8 0 10 2 0 1 1 2 .259 25 .309 .326 Kobel, Kevin 19 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .154 2 .154 .214 Koosman, Jerry 27 58 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 .103 9 .155 .103 Kranepool, Ed 54 68 6 14 1 0 2 14 7 2 10 2 0 1 0 0 .206 21 .309 .282 Lockwood, Skip 52 10 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .200 6 .600 .200 Maddox, Elliott 89 285 33 74 13 2 2 31 56 1 30 4 1 1 2 9 .260 97 .340 .379 Mazzilli, Lee 115 424 56 111 21 4 12 47 58 6 68 4 2 0 12 10 .262 176 .415 .348 Metzger, Butch 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Montanez, Willie 118 450 53 118 23 0 15 75 46 15 71 8 0 1 6 2 .262 186 .413 .327 Murray, Dale 37 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 101 347 45 80 16 7 1 25 58 6 49 4 2 1 11 9 .231 113 .326 .339 Siebert, Paul 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stearns, John 108 354 54 95 18 0 13 56 57 2 38 3 2 4 18 5 .268 152 .429 .373 Swan, Craig 23 49 2 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 7 0 0 0 .163 8 .163 .196 Valentine, Bobby 55 117 11 30 4 0 1 14 15 1 15 1 3 0 0 1 .256 37 .316 .338 Youngblood, Joel 80 170 28 45 9 6 5 23 8 1 23 2 1 0 1 0 .265 81 .476 .294 Zachry, Pat 21 43 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 .070 3 .070 .149

Pitching Statistics as of August 17, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Berenguer, Juan 1 3 0 1 .000 4 5 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 15.00 Bernard, Dwight 14 23 0 1 .000 24 11 10 14 14 1 0 0 0 3.91 Bruhert, Mike 19 87 2 6 .250 120 59 48 37 19 14 0 0 0 4.97 Cornejo, Mardie 18 24 3 2 .600 23 11 10 12 11 0 0 0 2 3.75 Espinosa, Nino 23 149.2 9 10 .474 164 79 73 56 55 23 5 1 0 4.39 Hausman, Tom 6 24.1 2 2 .500 36 21 20 4 5 6 0 0 0 7.40 Kobel, Kevin 19 62.2 2 3 .400 50 21 16 29 19 6 0 0 0 2.30 Koosman, Jerry 27 181.1 3 13 .188 171 84 78 111 61 26 3 0 0 3.87 Lockwood, Skip 52 85.2 7 10 .412 72 32 32 67 27 0 0 0 14 3.36 Metzger, Butch 25 37.1 1 3 .250 48 28 27 21 22 0 0 0 0 6.51 Murray, Dale 37 61.1 4 4 .500 58 30 29 24 26 0 0 0 2 4.26 Myrick, Bob 17 24.2 0 3 .000 18 10 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 Siebert, Paul 23 23.2 0 2 .000 26 14 14 10 17 0 0 0 1 5.32 Swan, Craig 23 159.1 6 5 .545 130 45 42 96 46 22 4 1 0 2.37 Zachry, Pat 21 138 10 6 .625 120 57 51 78 60 21 5 2 0 3.33

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