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1978 Regular Season Game 26
May 5, 1978
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National League Standings, May 5, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Randle Lenny
Randle
rf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
2b
Valentine Bobby
Valentine
c
Stearns John
Stearns
ss
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Espinosa Nino
Espinosa
May 5, 1978, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Randle 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .165
Elliott Maddox rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .154
- Butch Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .290
Willie Montanez 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .215
Steve Henderson lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .194
Bobby Valentine 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .300
John Stearns c 2 1 0 0 2 1 .184
Doug Flynn ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .253
- Bruce Boisclair ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216
- Tom Grieve ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Nino Espinosa p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .167
- Mardie Cornejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ed Kranepool ph-rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .217
- Sergio Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Phillies ab r hbibbso
Bake McBride rf 4 2 2 1 0 0
Larry Bowa ss 4 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Schmidt 3b 4 3 2 1 1 0
Greg Luzinski lf 3 1 1 2 1 0
- Jerry Martin lf 1 0 1 1 0 0
Richie Hebner 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1
Garry Maddox cf 4 1 1 1 0 0
Bob Boone c 3 0 0 1 1 0
Jim Morrison 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1
Jim Lonborg p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Ron Reed p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Tug McGraw 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 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 9 2
Philadelphia Phillies 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 x 9 13 0

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Nino Espinosa (L,1-2) 4.1 9 7 6 3 1 5.08
Mardie Cornejo 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 4.41
Butch Metzger 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 8.03
Philadelphia Phillies ip h rer bbso
Jim Lonborg (W) 6.1 6 3 3 3 4
Ron Reed 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Tug McGraw (Save) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2

Errors: Lee Mazzilli (1).
2B: Steve Henderson (2), Bobby Valentine (2), Willie Montanez (5), Elliott Maddox (1), Greg Luzinski.
3B: Lenny Randle (2), Jim Morrison.
HR: Mike Schmidt.
Intentional Walks: Richie Hebner, Mike Schmidt.
HBP: Jim Lonborg.
SH: Larry Bowa, Bob Boone, Jim Lonborg.
SF: Elliott Maddox, Garry Maddox, Bake McBride.









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