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Previous Game: May 7, 1978 Phillies 8, Mets 5 1978 Regular Season Game 29 May 8, 1978 Mets 3, Reds 2 Next Game: May 9, 1978 Reds 7, Mets 6

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Batting Statistics as of May 8, 1978

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Boisclair, Bruce 21 52 8 12 1 0 1 6 9 1 10 2 1 0 1 1 .231 16 .308 .333 Bruhert, Mike 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .143 1 .143 .143 Cornejo, Mardie 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 6 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 2 .167 .167 Ferrer, Sergio 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Flynn, Doug 29 103 6 25 0 0 0 4 6 1 9 0 1 0 0 1 .243 25 .243 .284 Foli, Tim 17 64 7 9 2 0 0 2 4 1 5 0 1 0 1 2 .141 11 .172 .191 Grieve, Tom 11 19 2 5 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .263 8 .421 .333 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 29 106 12 24 2 1 4 18 8 0 23 0 0 1 2 2 .226 40 .377 .287 Hodges, Ron 7 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .143 2 .143 .235 Koosman, Jerry 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Kranepool, Ed 13 25 2 5 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 8 .320 .286 Lockwood, Skip 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Maddox, Elliott 11 25 4 6 1 0 0 3 10 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 .240 7 .280 .444 Mazzilli, Lee 29 113 13 34 9 1 4 13 10 1 18 0 1 0 3 2 .301 57 .504 .358 Metzger, Butch 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Montanez, Willie 28 107 12 23 6 0 2 9 9 2 20 3 0 0 1 1 .215 35 .327 .269 Myrick, Bob 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Randle, Lenny 28 83 8 13 3 2 0 4 24 0 12 0 1 1 3 5 .157 20 .241 .352 Siebert, Paul 4 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 Stearns, John 27 85 6 18 4 0 0 7 15 0 11 1 0 1 4 0 .212 22 .259 .333 Swan, Craig 6 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 4 .250 .250 Valentine, Bobby 17 52 7 16 2 0 1 10 6 1 7 1 2 0 0 1 .308 21 .404 .373 Youngblood, Joel 14 22 4 6 2 0 0 3 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 .273 8 .364 .346 Zachry, Pat 6 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .250

Pitching Statistics as of May 8, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bruhert, Mike 5 29.2 1 2 .333 23 11 6 11 8 5 0 0 0 1.82 Cornejo, Mardie 13 19.1 3 2 .600 20 10 9 10 8 0 0 0 2 4.19 Espinosa, Nino 6 33.2 1 2 .333 44 22 19 16 13 6 0 0 0 5.08 Koosman, Jerry 6 41.1 2 3 .400 36 13 12 23 9 6 2 0 0 2.61 Lockwood, Skip 13 23.1 1 1 .500 19 9 9 20 8 0 0 0 5 3.47 Metzger, Butch 10 14 0 1 .000 23 14 13 11 8 0 0 0 0 8.36 Myrick, Bob 14 19.1 0 3 .000 13 6 5 7 8 0 0 0 0 2.33 Siebert, Paul 4 3.2 0 0 .000 6 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 2.45 Swan, Craig 6 41.2 1 2 .333 29 16 14 23 12 6 1 1 0 3.02 Zachry, Pat 6 37 3 1 .750 32 15 13 27 18 6 1 1 0 3.16

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