Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 17, 1978 - Box Score

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July 17, 1978
Braves 3, Mets 0 1978 Regular Season Game 92
July 17, 1978
Mets 7, Braves 4 Next Game:
July 18, 1978
Braves 4, Mets 3

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National League Standings, July 17, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Joel
Youngblood 2b
Bobby
Valentine lf
Steve
Henderson c
John
Stearns 1b
Willie
Montanez rf
Tom
Grieve 3b
Elliott
Maddox ss
Doug
Flynn p
Tom
Hausman

July 17, 1978, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA

New York Mets 7, Atlanta Braves 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Joel Youngblood cf-rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .252

Bobby Valentine 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268

- Skip Lockwood p 1 1 1 1 0 0 .125

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .256

John Stearns c 5 2 3 2 0 0 .269

Willie Montanez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .266

Tom Grieve rf 2 0 1 2 1 0 .235

- Lee Mazzilli pr-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273

Elliott Maddox 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .281

Doug Flynn ss-2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .249

Tom Hausman p 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000

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

- Bruce Boisclair ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250

- Tim Foli ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Rod Gilbreath 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0

Rowland Office cf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Gary Matthews rf 4 0 1 1 0 0

Jeff Burroughs lf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Biff Pocoroba c 4 1 1 0 0 0

Dale Murphy 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0

Glenn Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Darrel Chaney ss 3 1 1 1 0 0

Mickey Mahler p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Eddie Solomon p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Craig Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Nolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 7 10 1

Atlanta Braves 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 7 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Tom Hausman (W,1-0) 5.1 5 3 3 0 0 8.38

Dale Murray 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 4.89

Skip Lockwood (Save,11) 3.0 1 1 1 0 0 3.47

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Mickey Mahler (L) 3.2 6 4 4 3 1

Eddie Solomon 2.2 3 2 2 3 1

Craig Skok 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Dave Campbell 2.0 1 1 1 1 1

Errors: Doug Flynn (4).
WP: Dale Murray.
2B: Willie Montanez (20).
HR: Skip Lockwood (1), John Stearns (9), Dale Murphy, Darrel Chaney.
Intentional Walks: Doug Flynn.
SH: Tom Hausman.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (10), Elliott Maddox (2).
CS: Tom Grieve (1).

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