Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 27, 1978 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 26, 1978
Astros 5, Mets 4 1978 Regular Season Game 45
May 27, 1978
Mets 9, Astros 7 Next Game:
May 28, 1978
Mets 4, Astros 1

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National League Standings, May 27, 1978

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lee
Mazzilli 3b
Elliott
Maddox rf
Bruce
Boisclair lf
Steve
Henderson 1b
Willie
Montanez c
Ron
Hodges ss
Tim
Foli 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Mike
Bruhert

May 27, 1978, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 9, Houston Astros 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .320

Elliott Maddox 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .225

Bruce Boisclair rf 5 2 3 1 0 0 .226

Steve Henderson lf 3 3 1 0 2 1 .263

Willie Montanez 1b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .259

Ron Hodges c 2 0 1 2 0 0 .219

- John Stearns ph-c 1 1 1 3 0 0 .256

Tim Foli ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .174

Doug Flynn 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .235

Mike Bruhert p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .182

- Kevin Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188

- Butch Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275

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

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Terry Puhl rf-lf 5 1 2 1 0 0

Enos Cabell 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0

Cesar Cedeno cf 5 0 1 0 0 1

Jose Cruz 1b-rf 4 1 3 1 1 0

Denny Walling lf 2 1 0 0 2 0

- Ken Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Art Howe 2b 3 1 1 3 0 0

Joe Ferguson c 3 1 0 0 1 0

Roger Metzger ss 4 1 1 0 0 1

Joaquin Andujar p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jesus Alou ph 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Oscar Zamora p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Joe Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 9 12 2

Houston Astros 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 10 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Bruhert 4.1 7 7 6 2 3 4.57

Kevin Kobel 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0.00

Butch Metzger (W,1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 6.00

Dale Murray (Save,1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 6.48

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Joaquin Andujar 4.0 3 3 3 3 1

Oscar Zamora 3.0 4 3 3 0 1

Joe Sambito (L) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0

Ken Forsch 1.2 3 1 1 1 1

Errors: Ron Hodges (1), Joaquin Andujar.
WP: Mike Bruhert.
2B: John Stearns (6), Jose Cruz, Art Howe.
3B: Ron Hodges (1), Bruce Boisclair (1).
HR: Bruce Boisclair (2).
Intentional Walks: Willie Montanez, Jose Cruz.
SH: Tim Foli, Joaquin Andujar.
SF: Ron Hodges, John Stearns, Art Howe.
SB: Enos Cabell.

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