Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 25, 1978 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 24, 1978
Pirates 6, Mets 5 1978 Regular Season Game 43
May 25, 1978
Mets 3, Pirates 2 Next Game:
May 26, 1978
Astros 5, Mets 4

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National League Standings, May 25, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Lenny
Randle rf
Elliott
Maddox cf
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Steve
Henderson 1b
Willie
Montanez c
Ron
Hodges ss
Tim
Foli 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Craig
Swan

May 25, 1978, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Randle 3b 6 0 2 1 0 1 .228

- Bobby Valentine pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289

Elliott Maddox rf 6 1 1 0 0 0 .230

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .322

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .256

Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 1 2 1 1 .244

Ron Hodges c 5 0 2 0 0 3 .231

Tim Foli ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .167

Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .234

- Bruce Boisclair ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197

- Joel Youngblood ph-2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .265

Craig Swan p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .227

- Tom Grieve ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207

- Dale Murray p 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Frank Taveras ss 4 1 1 0 1 0

Omar Moreno cf 5 0 1 0 0 0

Dave Parker rf 5 0 1 1 0 0

Rennie Stennett 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Willie Stargell 1b 5 0 0 0 0 4

Steve Brye lf 5 1 2 0 0 0

Ed Ott c 5 0 3 0 0 0

Phil Garner 3b 3 0 0 0 2 0

Bert Blyleven p 1 0 0 1 0 1

- John Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bruce Kison p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Grant Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Fregosi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 0

Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan 8.0 5 2 2 2 3 2.40

Dale Murray (W,1-1) 3.0 4 0 0 1 2 8.53

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Bert Blyleven 7.0 6 2 2 1 6

Bruce Kison 1.1 3 0 0 0 0

Grant Jackson 0.2 0 0 0 1 0

Kent Tekulve (L) 2.0 1 1 0 2 1

Errors: Ed Ott.
WP: Kent Tekulve.
2B: Tim Foli (5), Willie Montanez (10), Elliott Maddox (4), Frank Taveras, Dave Parker, Steve Brye.
Intentional Walks: Joel Youngblood, Phil Garner 2.
SH: Bert Blyleven.
SB: Ron Hodges (1), Lee Mazzilli (5), Steve Henderson (3), Phil Garner.
CS: Omar Moreno.

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