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1978 Regular Season Game 123
August 20, 1978
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National League Standings, August 20, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
2b
Valentine Bobby
Valentine
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
c
Stearns John
Stearns
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
3b
Randle Lenny
Randle
ss
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Swan Craig
Swan
August 20, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 4

Dodgers ab r hbibbso
Bill North cf 4 0 1 0 0 1
Bill Russell ss 4 1 1 0 0 1
Reggie Smith rf 3 1 1 0 1 1
Steve Garvey 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0
Ron Cey 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1
Rick Monday lf 3 0 0 0 0 3
- Charlie Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dusty Baker ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Lacy 2b-lf 3 0 0 1 0 0
- Terry Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ferguson c 4 0 1 1 0 2
Doug Rau p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Vic Davalillo ph 1 1 1 1 0 0
- Lance Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Davey Lopes 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Elliott Maddox cf 5 1 4 1 0 0 .269
Bobby Valentine 2b 1 1 1 0 2 0 .261
- Sergio Ferrer pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Steve Henderson lf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .278
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .262
John Stearns c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .275
Joel Youngblood rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .258
Lenny Randle 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .232
Doug Flynn ss-2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .230
Craig Swan p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .170
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 9 1
New York Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 12 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h rer bbso
Doug Rau 5.0 5 2 2 4 1
Lance Rautzhan 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
Charlie Hough (W) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1
Terry Forster (Save) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Craig Swan 8.0 7 4 4 1 10 2.47
Skip Lockwood (L,7-11) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 3.43
Dale Murray 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4.04

Errors: Steve Henderson (7), Steve Garvey.
2B: Steve Henderson (24), Joel Youngblood (10), Elliott Maddox (15), Joe Ferguson.
HR: Vic Davalillo.
Intentional Walks: Lenny Randle.
HBP: John Stearns, Sergio Ferrer.
SH: Bobby Valentine.
SF: Willie Montanez, Lee Lacy.
CS: John Stearns (6).


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