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1978 Regular Season Game 142
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National League Standings, September 8, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
c
Stearns John
Stearns
rf
Boisclair Bruce
Boisclair
2b
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
ss
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Hausman Tom
Hausman
September 8, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Pirates ab r hbibbso
Frank Taveras ss 5 0 2 0 0 0
Omar Moreno cf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Parker rf 3 1 0 0 1 1
Willie Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0
- Matt Alexander pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dale Berra 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Ott c 4 0 1 1 0 0
Bill Robinson 3b-lf 4 0 0 0 0 1
John Milner lf-1b 4 1 1 0 0 0
Phil Garner 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0
Bert Blyleven p 2 0 1 1 0 0
- Manny Sanguillen ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- Alberto Lois pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Elliott Maddox 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Steve Henderson lf 4 3 2 0 0 1 .277
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 3 3 0 0 .259
John Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .265
Bruce Boisclair rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .225
Joel Youngblood 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .248
- Sergio Ferrer 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Doug Flynn ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .235
Tom Hausman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .176
- Lenny Randle ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
New York Mets 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 x 3 9 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h rer bbso
Bert Blyleven (L) 8.0 9 3 3 2 5
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Tom Hausman 7.0 7 2 2 1 3 4.70
Dale Murray (W,7-4) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 3.70

2B: Steve Henderson (27), Joel Youngblood (12), Willie Montanez (27), Frank Taveras.
3B: Steve Henderson (9).
Intentional Walks: Bruce Boisclair.
SH: Bert Blyleven.
SB: Joel Youngblood (3), Frank Taveras.


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