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1978 Regular Season Game 121
August 18, 1978
Dodgers 7, Mets 3
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National League Standings, August 18, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
ss
Foli Tim
Foli
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
c
Stearns John
Stearns
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
3b
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Espinosa Nino
Espinosa
August 18, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Los Angeles Dodgers 7, New York Mets 3

Dodgers ab r hbibbso
Davey Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1
Bill North cf 5 1 1 0 0 1
Reggie Smith rf 5 2 2 0 0 0
Steve Garvey 1b 3 3 2 4 2 0
Rick Monday lf 4 0 1 0 1 2
Lee Lacy 3b 4 0 1 1 1 1
- Ted Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ferguson c 4 1 2 1 1 1
Bill Russell ss 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy John p 3 0 2 1 1 0
- Charlie Hough p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262
Tim Foli ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256
- Kevin Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154
- Bobby Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Steve Henderson lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .278
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262
John Stearns c 4 1 2 2 0 2 .271
Joel Youngblood rf-2b 3 1 0 0 0 1 .260
Elliott Maddox 3b-rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .260
Doug Flynn 2b-ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Nino Espinosa p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .208
- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Lenny Randle ph-3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .232

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

Los Angeles Dodgers ip h rer bbso
Tommy John (W) 7.2 9 3 3 0 3
Charlie Hough (Save) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Nino Espinosa (L,9-11) 3.2 7 6 4 4 2 4.52
Dwight Bernard 1.1 1 0 0 2 2 3.70
Kevin Kobel 3.0 3 1 0 1 2 2.19
Dale Murray 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.19

Errors: Lee Mazzilli (2).
PB: Joe Ferguson.
2B: Elliott Maddox (14), Reggie Smith, Joe Ferguson.
HR: John Stearns (14), Steve Garvey.
Intentional Walks: Steve Garvey.
HBP: Joel Youngblood.
SB: Reggie Smith.
CS: Reggie Smith.


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