Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 5, 1978 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 4, 1978
Mets 8, Cardinals 3 1978 Regular Season Game 111
August 5, 1978
Cardinals 5, Mets 3 Next Game:
August 6, 1978
Cardinals 3, Mets 1

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National League Standings, August 5, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lee
Mazzilli ss
Tim
Foli lf
Steve
Henderson c
John
Stearns 1b
Willie
Montanez rf
Joel
Youngblood 3b
Elliott
Maddox 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Nino
Espinosa

August 5, 1978, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .266

Tim Foli ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .258

Steve Henderson lf 3 2 3 0 2 0 .275

John Stearns c 3 0 0 0 2 0 .268

Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .270

Joel Youngblood rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .275

Elliott Maddox 3b 3 0 0 1 2 0 .257

Doug Flynn 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .247

Nino Espinosa p 1 0 1 1 0 0 .192

- Bobby Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262

- Kevin Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182

- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .247

- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230

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

- Tom Grieve ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243

Cardinals ab r h bi bb so

Lou Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Tony Scott lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Garry Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

George Hendrick cf 4 2 2 0 0 0

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0

Jerry Mumphrey rf 4 2 3 3 0 0

Ken Reitz 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0

Ken Oberkfell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Steve Swisher c 3 0 2 2 0 0

Pete Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tom Bruno p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Buddy Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mark Littell 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 0

St. Louis Cardinals 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 11 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Nino Espinosa (L,9-10) 3.0 8 5 5 1 0 4.39

Kevin Kobel 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1.94

Dwight Bernard 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2.76

Dale Murray 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 4.04

St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so

Pete Falcone 4.0 6 3 3 6 0

Tom Bruno (W) 3.2 5 0 0 1 1

Buddy Schultz 0.2 0 0 0 1 0

Mark Littell (Save) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Errors: Ken Oberkfell.
WP: Dwight Bernard.
2B: Bruce Boisclair (5), Joel Youngblood (7), Steve Swisher.
3B: Steve Henderson (6).
HR: Jerry Mumphrey.
Intentional Walks: Ken Reitz.
SH: Pete Falcone.
SB: Jerry Mumphrey.
CS: Lee Mazzilli (10), Jerry Mumphrey.

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