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1978 Regular Season Game 20
April 28, 1978
Reds 5, Mets 1
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National League Standings, April 28, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
rf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Valentine Bobby
Valentine
3b
Randle Lenny
Randle
ss
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Koosman Jerry
Koosman
April 28, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Mets 1

Reds ab r hbibbso
Pete Rose 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0
Ken Griffey rf 5 0 0 0 0 0
George Foster lf 4 2 3 2 0 1
Johnny Bench c 5 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Concepcion ss 5 1 2 1 0 2
Dan Driessen 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0
Junior Kennedy 2b 3 1 0 0 2 1
Cesar Geronimo cf 3 0 2 0 1 1
Fred Norman p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Manny Sarmiento p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Steve Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .171
Elliott Maddox rf 1 0 1 0 3 0 .333
Lee Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .233
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .174
John Stearns c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .183
Bobby Valentine 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .211
Lenny Randle 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .164
Doug Flynn ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Jerry Koosman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333
- Butch Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225
- Bob Myrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Cincinnati Reds ip h rer bbso
Fred Norman (W) 6.0 2 1 1 5 5
Manny Sarmiento (Save) 3.0 1 0 0 2 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jerry Koosman (L,1-3) 5.0 9 4 4 1 4 2.78
Butch Metzger 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 5.62
Bob Myrick 2.0 2 1 0 1 0 1.84

Errors: Lenny Randle (2).
2B: Lenny Randle (3), Pete Rose.
3B: George Foster.
HR: George Foster, Dave Concepcion.
SH: Fred Norman.
SF: George Foster.
CS: Bobby Valentine (1), Dave Concepcion.


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