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Previous Game: May 30, 1978 Cardinals 8, Mets 2 1978 Regular Season Game 50 May 31, 1978 Cardinals 5, Mets 4 Next Game: June 2, 1978 Padres 5, Mets 4

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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 40 95 15 21 2 1 3 11 14 2 16 4 1 0 1 3 .221 34 .358 .310 Bruhert, Mike 9 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 .154 2 .154 .154 Cornejo, Mardie 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 10 26 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .231 8 .308 .231 Ferrer, Sergio 16 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 .167 1 .167 .167 Flynn, Doug 50 183 12 44 2 2 0 14 9 2 15 1 1 0 0 1 .240 50 .273 .275 Foli, Tim 27 105 9 20 6 0 0 4 5 1 6 0 2 0 1 2 .190 26 .248 .227 Grieve, Tom 16 29 2 6 0 0 1 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .207 9 .310 .303 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 50 189 27 49 5 1 6 28 19 1 41 1 0 1 3 2 .259 74 .392 .329 Hodges, Ron 14 35 1 9 0 1 0 4 4 0 6 2 0 1 1 1 .257 11 .314 .333 Kobel, Kevin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Koosman, Jerry 11 24 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .083 4 .167 .083 Kranepool, Ed 24 36 2 6 0 0 1 5 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 .167 9 .250 .244 Lockwood, Skip 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Maddox, Elliott 28 86 10 20 5 2 0 11 17 0 8 1 0 1 1 3 .233 29 .337 .362 Mazzilli, Lee 50 199 28 60 12 2 4 23 23 3 30 2 1 0 5 5 .302 88 .442 .371 Metzger, Butch 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Montanez, Willie 49 189 24 49 10 0 7 33 20 5 37 6 0 0 1 1 .259 80 .423 .321 Murray, Dale 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Myrick, Bob 17 2 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 Randle, Lenny 44 146 20 34 7 4 0 7 35 2 23 0 1 1 7 7 .233 49 .336 .385 Siebert, Paul 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stearns, John 43 143 12 36 7 0 2 17 22 0 16 2 1 2 8 2 .252 49 .343 .355 Swan, Craig 10 24 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .208 5 .208 .240 Valentine, Bobby 28 77 10 22 2 0 1 13 8 1 11 1 2 0 0 1 .286 27 .351 .349 Youngblood, Joel 28 58 7 15 4 2 0 6 5 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 .259 23 .397 .313 Zachry, Pat 10 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 .053 1 .053 .182

Pitching Statistics as of May 31, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bruhert, Mike 9 50.1 1 4 .200 61 34 26 23 11 9 0 0 0 4.65 Cornejo, Mardie 18 24 3 2 .600 23 11 10 12 11 0 0 0 2 3.75 Espinosa, Nino 10 67.2 5 2 .714 69 29 25 31 18 10 3 0 0 3.33 Kobel, Kevin 3 3 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 Koosman, Jerry 11 75 2 6 .250 72 33 31 44 20 11 2 0 0 3.72 Lockwood, Skip 23 43 4 4 .500 34 16 16 37 15 0 0 0 7 3.35 Metzger, Butch 17 26 1 1 .500 37 21 20 15 16 0 0 0 0 6.92 Murray, Dale 5 9 1 1 .500 13 8 8 3 6 0 0 0 1 8.00 Myrick, Bob 17 24.2 0 3 .000 18 10 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 Siebert, Paul 9 8.1 0 0 .000 9 1 1 5 7 0 0 0 0 1.08 Swan, Craig 10 73 1 3 .250 52 23 21 39 19 10 1 1 0 2.59 Zachry, Pat 10 60.1 5 1 .833 52 26 24 40 28 10 2 1 0 3.58

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