Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 29, 1978 - Box Score

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September 29, 1978
Mets 3, Cubs 2 1978 Regular Season Game 160
September 29, 1978
Cubs 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
September 30, 1978
Cubs 7, Mets 5

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National League Standings, September 29, 1978

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Gil
Flores 2b
Bobby
Valentine lf
Bruce
Boisclair 1b
Willie
Montanez rf
Dan
Norman 3b
Joel
Youngblood c
Alex
Trevino ss
Sergio
Ferrer p
Mike
Bruhert

September 29, 1978, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Gil Flores cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276

- Lee Mazzilli pr-cf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .275

Bobby Valentine 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .269

- Elliott Maddox pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257

Bruce Boisclair lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .226

- Steve Henderson ph-lf 2 1 1 3 0 0 .266

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

Willie Montanez 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .253

Dan Norman rf-lf 5 1 3 0 0 1 .255

Joel Youngblood 3b-2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .248

Alex Trevino c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200

- John Stearns ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264

Sergio Ferrer ss 1 0 1 0 2 0 .200

- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255

- Tim Foli ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257

Mike Bruhert p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .075

- Butch Benton ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Mardie Cornejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Lenny Randle ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Rodney Scott 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0

Greg Gross rf 3 0 0 0 1 1

Bill Buckner 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0

Dave Kingman lf 3 1 2 0 1 0

Manny Trillo 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0

Jerry White cf 3 2 2 1 1 0

Dave Rader c 4 0 1 2 0 0

Ivan De Jesus ss 3 0 1 0 1 0

Mike Krukow p 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Dave Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lynn McGlothen p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Bruce Sutter 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 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 13 0

Chicago Cubs 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 12 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Bruhert (L,4-11) 4.0 8 5 5 2 1 4.78

Dwight Bernard 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.86

Mardie Cornejo 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 2.45

Dale Murray 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 3.74

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Mike Krukow (W) 6.0 7 2 2 5 6

Dave Roberts 0.1 2 2 2 0 0

Lynn McGlothen 1.2 4 0 0 0 0

Bruce Sutter (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

2B: Bobby Valentine (7), Dave Kingman, Mike Krukow, Dave Rader.
3B: Dan Norman (1).
HR: Steve Henderson (10), Jerry White.
HBP: Butch Benton.
SB: Dan Norman (1).
CS: Lee Mazzilli (13), Rodney Scott.

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