Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 30, 1978 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
June 29, 1978
Pirates 4, Mets 3 1978 Regular Season Game 78
June 30, 1978
Mets 6, Pirates 5 Next Game:
July 1, 1978
Pirates 1, Mets 0

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National League Standings, June 30, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Lenny
Randle ss
Tim
Foli cf
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Steve
Henderson 1b
Willie
Montanez rf
Bruce
Boisclair c
John
Stearns 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Nino
Espinosa

June 30, 1978, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

New York Mets 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Randle 3b 5 2 4 1 0 0 .242

Tim Foli ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 .225

- Joel Youngblood pr-2b-rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .278

Steve Henderson lf 5 0 1 1 0 2 .258

Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .271

Bruce Boisclair rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .244

- Elliott Maddox ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280

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

John Stearns c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .263

Doug Flynn 2b-ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238

Nino Espinosa p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .184

- Paul Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Tom Grieve rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .235

- Bobby Valentine 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Frank Taveras ss 5 1 3 2 0 0

Omar Moreno cf 5 1 1 0 0 0

Dave Parker rf 5 0 3 2 0 0

John Milner lf 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Bill Robinson lf 1 0 0 0 1 0

Willie Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ed Ott c 4 0 1 0 0 0

Phil Garner 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0

Ken Macha 3b 2 1 1 1 1 1

- Mario Mendoza 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Don Robinson p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Grant Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Whitson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rennie Stennett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 14 0

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 11 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Nino Espinosa 7.0 8 3 3 3 1 3.98

Paul Siebert 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.79

Dale Murray (W,3-2) 1.2 3 2 2 0 0 5.01

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Don Robinson 7.0 8 2 2 1 4

Grant Jackson 1.0 2 1 1 0 0

Kent Tekulve 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Dave Hamilton (L) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0

Ed Whitson 0.2 3 2 0 1 0

Errors: Dave Parker.
WP: Don Robinson.
2B: Nino Espinosa (3), John Stearns (9), Willie Montanez (15), Phil Garner 2, Dave Parker, Ken Macha.
3B: Lenny Randle (5), Dave Parker.
Intentional Walks: Willie Montanez, Ken Macha.
HBP: Willie Stargell.
SH: Don Robinson.
SF: Tim Foli.
SB: Phil Garner.
CS: Lenny Randle (8).

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