Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 30, 1978 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 29, 1978
Cubs 5, Mets 4 1978 Regular Season Game 161
September 30, 1978
Cubs 7, Mets 5 Next Game:
October 1, 1978
Mets 5, Cubs 3

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National League Standings, September 30, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lee
Mazzilli ss
Tim
Foli 1b
Willie
Montanez lf
Steve
Henderson rf
Dan
Norman 3b
Joel
Youngblood c
Alex
Trevino 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Juan
Berenguer

September 30, 1978, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .274

Tim Foli ss 4 1 1 1 1 1 .257

Willie Montanez 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .255

Steve Henderson lf 3 0 1 1 2 0 .266

Dan Norman rf 5 0 2 1 0 2 .267

Joel Youngblood 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .251

Alex Trevino c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .333

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .237

Juan Berenguer p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .210

- Butch Benton pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dwight Bernard p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Jerry Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .086

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Ivan De Jesus ss 4 2 2 0 0 0

Jerry White cf 4 1 2 0 0 0

Bill Buckner 1b 4 0 2 3 0 0

- Rodney Scott pr-3b 0 1 0 0 0 0

Dave Kingman lf 4 1 2 1 0 0

Mike Vail rf 4 0 1 0 0 2

Dave Rader c 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Clines ph 1 1 1 1 0 0

- Ken Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ed Putman 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Rudy Meoli ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Manny Trillo ph-2b 0 0 0 0 1 0

Mick Kelleher 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Greg Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Sember 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Tim Blackwell c 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dennis Lamp p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Manny Seoane p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scot Thompson ph-1b 2 1 1 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 12 0

Chicago Cubs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 x 7 12 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Juan Berenguer 6.0 7 2 2 0 4 8.31

Dwight Bernard (L,1-4) 1.1 3 3 3 0 1 4.31

Jerry Koosman 0.2 2 2 2 2 1 3.75

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Dennis Lamp 6.2 10 4 4 1 5

Manny Seoane (W) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0

Ken Holtzman (Save) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1

Errors: Mike Sember.
WP: Jerry Koosman.
2B: Ed Kranepool (2), Jerry White 2.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (20).
CS: Mike Vail, Bill Buckner.

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