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Previous Game: May 17, 1978 Braves 2, Mets 1 1978 Regular Season Game 36 May 17, 1978 Mets 3, Braves 1 Next Game: May 18, 1978 Mets 8, Braves 7

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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 Boisclair, Bruce 27 68 9 14 1 0 1 6 12 2 12 2 1 0 1 3 .206 18 .265 .317 Bruhert, Mike 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .143 1 .143 .143 Cornejo, Mardie 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 8 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .158 4 .211 .158 Ferrer, Sergio 13 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250 Flynn, Doug 36 129 8 32 1 1 0 9 7 1 10 1 1 0 0 1 .248 35 .271 .285 Foli, Tim 17 64 7 9 2 0 0 2 4 1 5 0 1 0 1 2 .141 11 .172 .191 Grieve, Tom 12 20 2 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .250 8 .400 .348 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 36 132 16 31 3 1 4 22 11 0 27 1 0 1 2 2 .235 48 .364 .297 Hodges, Ron 8 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 .125 2 .125 .250 Koosman, Jerry 8 19 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .053 2 .105 .053 Kranepool, Ed 16 27 2 5 0 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .185 8 .296 .290 Lockwood, Skip 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Maddox, Elliott 16 44 4 11 2 1 0 8 11 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 .250 15 .341 .393 Mazzilli, Lee 36 141 17 41 9 2 4 14 15 2 22 1 1 0 4 3 .291 66 .468 .357 Metzger, Butch 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Montanez, Willie 35 136 16 28 6 0 2 12 12 2 29 4 0 0 1 1 .206 40 .294 .263 Myrick, Bob 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Randle, Lenny 35 111 13 20 4 3 0 6 31 1 19 0 1 1 6 6 .180 30 .270 .364 Siebert, Paul 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Stearns, John 33 107 7 26 5 0 1 11 19 0 13 1 0 2 6 1 .243 34 .318 .364 Swan, Craig 7 18 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 4 .222 .222 Valentine, Bobby 23 71 9 21 2 0 1 12 8 1 9 1 2 0 0 1 .296 26 .366 .363 Youngblood, Joel 17 31 5 9 3 1 0 3 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 .290 14 .452 .343 Zachry, Pat 7 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .200

Pitching Statistics as of May 17, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bruhert, Mike 6 32.2 1 3 .250 33 18 12 12 8 6 0 0 0 3.31 Cornejo, Mardie 16 22 3 2 .600 23 11 10 11 10 0 0 0 2 4.09 Espinosa, Nino 8 51.2 3 2 .600 56 25 22 22 16 8 2 0 0 3.83 Koosman, Jerry 8 56 2 4 .333 46 19 18 34 15 8 2 0 0 2.89 Lockwood, Skip 17 30.2 1 3 .250 25 12 12 28 11 0 0 0 6 3.52 Metzger, Butch 12 17.2 0 1 .000 26 16 15 13 11 0 0 0 0 7.64 Myrick, Bob 16 22.1 0 3 .000 16 8 7 11 12 0 0 0 0 2.82 Siebert, Paul 6 6.1 0 0 .000 9 1 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 1.42 Swan, Craig 7 48.2 1 2 .333 32 16 14 28 16 7 1 1 0 2.59 Zachry, Pat 7 44 4 1 .800 38 17 15 31 21 7 1 1 0 3.07

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