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Previous Game: August 8, 1978 Expos 6, Mets 1 1978 Regular Season Game 114 August 9, 1978 Mets 10, Expos 3 Next Game: August 11, 1978 Cardinals 4, Mets 1

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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Bernard, Dwight 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .333 Boisclair, Bruce 83 166 19 41 6 1 3 14 19 2 30 5 1 0 3 3 .247 58 .349 .316 Bruhert, Mike 18 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 .091 2 .091 .091 Cornejo, Mardie 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 23 52 5 10 3 0 0 4 1 0 19 0 3 0 0 0 .192 13 .250 .208 Ferrer, Sergio 18 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 .167 1 .167 .167 Flynn, Doug 114 395 24 95 9 3 0 25 21 7 38 2 5 1 2 3 .241 110 .278 .279 Foli, Tim 84 323 31 85 19 1 0 19 12 1 23 2 8 1 2 4 .263 106 .328 .290 Grieve, Tom 41 82 4 18 3 0 2 8 6 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 .220 27 .329 .273 Hausman, Tom 6 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 3 .429 .375 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 113 427 67 118 22 6 9 52 44 3 82 5 0 1 8 7 .276 179 .419 .342 Hodges, Ron 35 77 3 20 2 1 0 6 8 0 10 2 0 1 1 2 .260 24 .312 .330 Kobel, Kevin 17 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .182 2 .182 .250 Koosman, Jerry 25 53 1 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 21 0 1 0 0 0 .094 8 .151 .094 Kranepool, Ed 51 62 6 14 1 0 2 14 7 2 10 2 0 1 0 0 .226 21 .339 .306 Lockwood, Skip 48 10 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .200 6 .600 .200 Maddox, Elliott 84 270 31 72 13 2 2 29 52 0 30 3 1 1 2 9 .267 95 .352 .383 Mazzilli, Lee 109 402 55 107 20 4 12 46 55 6 64 4 2 0 12 10 .266 171 .425 .351 Metzger, Butch 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Montanez, Willie 113 431 53 115 23 0 15 74 45 14 69 8 0 1 6 2 .267 183 .425 .332 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Murray, Dale 34 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Myrick, Bob 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Randle, Lenny 96 337 43 76 15 7 1 25 56 6 47 4 2 1 10 8 .226 108 .320 .334 Siebert, Paul 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stearns, John 102 338 54 92 18 0 13 55 52 0 37 3 2 4 18 4 .272 149 .441 .373 Swan, Craig 22 47 2 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 6 0 0 0 .170 8 .170 .204 Valentine, Bobby 52 108 11 28 4 0 1 14 15 1 15 1 2 0 0 1 .259 35 .324 .347 Youngblood, Joel 74 150 25 43 9 5 5 23 7 1 19 2 1 0 1 0 .287 77 .513 .314 Zachry, Pat 21 43 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 .070 3 .070 .149

Pitching Statistics as of August 9, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bernard, Dwight 12 18.1 0 1 .000 14 6 5 12 13 1 0 0 0 2.45 Bruhert, Mike 18 81.1 2 5 .286 110 55 44 36 17 13 0 0 0 4.87 Cornejo, Mardie 18 24 3 2 .600 23 11 10 12 11 0 0 0 2 3.75 Espinosa, Nino 23 149.2 9 10 .474 164 79 73 56 55 23 5 1 0 4.39 Hausman, Tom 6 24.1 2 2 .500 36 21 20 4 5 6 0 0 0 7.40 Kobel, Kevin 17 53 2 2 .500 40 16 11 25 17 5 0 0 0 1.87 Koosman, Jerry 25 165 3 13 .188 160 82 76 98 56 24 3 0 0 4.15 Lockwood, Skip 48 80 7 9 .438 70 31 31 63 25 0 0 0 13 3.49 Metzger, Butch 25 37.1 1 3 .250 48 28 27 21 22 0 0 0 0 6.51 Murray, Dale 34 57.2 4 3 .571 50 26 25 20 23 0 0 0 2 3.90 Myrick, Bob 17 24.2 0 3 .000 18 10 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 Siebert, Paul 23 23.2 0 2 .000 26 14 14 10 17 0 0 0 1 5.32 Swan, Craig 22 151 5 5 .500 125 44 42 94 44 21 4 1 0 2.50 Zachry, Pat 21 138 10 6 .625 120 57 51 78 60 21 5 2 0 3.33

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