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1981 Regular Season Game 78
September 6, 1981
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National League Standings, September 6, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
1b
Staub Rusty
Staub
c
Stearns John
Stearns
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Jones Randy
Jones
September 6, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 2

Braves ab r hbibbso
Jerry Royster 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0
Claudell Washington rf 5 0 2 0 0 0
Rufino Linares lf 4 1 1 0 0 1
- Brett Butler lf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Chambliss 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0
Dale Murphy cf 4 2 3 3 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0
Bruce Benedict c 4 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Ramirez ss 3 1 1 1 0 0
Rick Mahler p 2 0 2 0 0 0
- Gene Garber p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .285
Lee Mazzilli lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .224
Hubie Brooks 3b 2 0 0 1 1 2 .302
Ellis Valentine rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .191
Rusty Staub 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298
John Stearns c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 3 0 0 1 .238
Doug Flynn 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218
- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
- Dan Boitano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Mike Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .220
- Ron Gardenhire pr-2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Randy Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118
- Bob Bailor 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .259
- Dave Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .211
- Ray Searage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
- Alex Trevino ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .264

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta Braves 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 0
New York Mets 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 2

Atlanta Braves ip h rer bbso
Rick Mahler (W) 5.2 6 2 1 3 3
Gene Garber (Save) 3.1 1 0 0 0 3
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Randy Jones (L,1-8) 2.2 6 4 4 1 0 4.40
Terry Leach 2.1 3 0 0 1 1 1.74
Dan Boitano 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4.63
Ray Searage 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 5.12

Left on base: Braves 7, Mets 8
Errors: Rick Mahler, Bruce Benedict.
WP: Gene Garber.
2B: Frank Taveras (9), Glenn Hubbard, Dale Murphy.
HR: Dale Murphy.
SH: Rick Mahler.
SF: Hubie Brooks, Rafael Ramirez.
SB: Mookie Wilson (19), Jerry Royster, Rufino Linares.


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