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May 23, 1978
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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Randle Lenny
Randle
rf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
c
Stearns John
Stearns
ss
Foli Tim
Foli
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Espinosa Nino
Espinosa
May 23, 1978, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

New York Mets 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lenny Randle 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .224
Elliott Maddox rf 2 1 0 0 3 0 .235
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .315
Steve Henderson lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .258
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .232
John Stearns c 4 1 2 2 1 0 .250
Tim Foli ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .145
Doug Flynn 2b 5 2 4 2 0 1 .245
Nino Espinosa p 3 1 2 1 0 0 .227
- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .271
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pirates ab r hbibbso
Frank Taveras ss 5 1 2 0 0 2
Omar Moreno cf 5 0 1 1 0 1
Dave Parker rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
John Milner lf-1b 4 1 1 0 0 0
Willie Stargell 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1
- Jim Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Garner 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0
Duffy Dyer c 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Grant Jackson p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Steve Brye lf 1 0 1 0 0 0
Fernando Gonzalez 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1
Jerry Reuss p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Ed Ott ph-c 3 0 2 1 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 7 13 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 10 2

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Nino Espinosa (W,4-2) 7.0 8 3 2 2 4 3.68
Skip Lockwood (Save,7) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 3.18
Pittsburgh Pirates ip h rer bbso
Jerry Reuss 5.0 6 3 3 3 3
Grant Jackson (L) 3.0 5 2 2 1 3
Jim Bibby 1.0 2 2 1 1 1

Errors: Tim Foli (6), Phil Garner.
PB: John Stearns.
2B: Tim Foli (3), Lenny Randle (7), Doug Flynn (2), John Milner, Ed Ott, Fernando Gonzalez.
3B: Doug Flynn (2).
Intentional Walks: Willie Montanez.
SF: Lee Mazzilli.
SB: John Stearns (8).
CS: Elliott Maddox (2).


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