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1978 Regular Season Game 55
June 6, 1978
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National League Standings, June 6, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
rf
Grieve Tom
Grieve
c
Stearns John
Stearns
ss
Foli Tim
Foli
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Espinosa Nino
Espinosa
June 6, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Los Angeles Dodgers 8, New York Mets 2

Dodgers ab r hbibbso
Davey Lopes 2b 5 0 2 2 0 1
Bill Russell ss 5 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Smith rf 5 2 2 1 0 0
Ron Cey 3b 2 1 0 0 3 0
Steve Garvey 1b 5 2 2 2 0 1
Rick Monday lf 3 2 1 1 1 0
- Dusty Baker lf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bill North cf 2 1 0 0 2 0
Steve Yeager c 2 0 1 1 1 0
Doug Rau p 2 0 1 1 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 .312
Elliott Maddox 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .269
Steve Henderson lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Willie Montanez 1b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .266
Tom Grieve rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250
John Stearns c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .248
- Ron Hodges c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .275
Tim Foli ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .183
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .234
Nino Espinosa p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200
- Bobby Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278
- Butch Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .258

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 8 9 1
New York Mets 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h rer bbso
Doug Rau (W) 9.0 11 2 2 1 8
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Nino Espinosa (L,5-4) 6.0 7 6 6 4 1 3.90
Butch Metzger 3.0 2 2 2 3 1 6.83

Errors: Bill Russell.
2B: Ron Hodges (2), Doug Flynn (3), Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes.
3B: Rick Monday.
HR: Willie Montanez (8), Reggie Smith.
Intentional Walks: Steve Yeager, Bill North.
SH: Doug Rau 2.
SF: Steve Yeager.


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