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Previous Game: August 19, 1978 Mets 8, Dodgers 4 1978 Regular Season Game 123 August 20, 1978 Dodgers 5, Mets 4 Next Game: August 21, 1978 Giants 4, Mets 2

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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 Berenguer, Juan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Bernard, Dwight 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .333 Boisclair, Bruce 89 176 21 42 6 1 3 14 20 2 31 5 1 0 3 3 .239 59 .335 .308 Bruhert, Mike 20 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 .080 2 .080 .080 Cornejo, Mardie 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 24 53 5 11 3 0 0 4 1 0 19 0 3 0 0 0 .208 14 .264 .222 Ferrer, Sergio 21 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 .143 1 .143 .250 Flynn, Doug 123 421 26 97 9 3 0 27 24 8 43 3 5 1 2 3 .230 112 .266 .272 Foli, Tim 91 345 31 88 19 1 0 20 12 1 25 2 9 1 2 4 .255 109 .316 .281 Grieve, Tom 43 85 4 18 3 0 2 8 7 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 .212 27 .318 .272 Hausman, Tom 6 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 3 .429 .375 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 119 450 70 125 24 6 9 55 47 3 87 5 0 1 8 7 .278 188 .418 .344 Hodges, Ron 38 82 3 21 2 1 0 6 8 0 10 2 0 1 1 2 .256 25 .305 .323 Kobel, Kevin 20 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .154 2 .154 .214 Koosman, Jerry 27 58 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 .103 9 .155 .103 Kranepool, Ed 55 69 6 14 1 0 2 14 7 2 11 2 0 1 0 0 .203 21 .304 .278 Lockwood, Skip 54 11 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .182 6 .545 .182 Maddox, Elliott 91 294 34 79 15 2 2 33 56 1 31 4 1 1 2 9 .269 104 .354 .383 Mazzilli, Lee 117 432 56 112 21 4 12 48 59 6 70 4 2 0 12 10 .259 177 .410 .345 Metzger, Butch 25 0 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 Montanez, Willie 121 462 54 121 23 0 15 77 46 15 72 9 0 1 6 2 .262 189 .409 .324 Murray, Dale 40 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 Randle, Lenny 104 357 45 83 16 7 1 27 59 7 49 4 2 1 11 9 .232 116 .325 .340 Siebert, Paul 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stearns, John 111 363 58 100 19 0 14 59 59 2 40 3 2 6 19 6 .275 161 .444 .383 Swan, Craig 24 53 2 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 7 0 0 0 .170 9 .170 .200 Valentine, Bobby 57 119 12 31 4 0 1 14 17 1 15 1 4 0 0 1 .261 38 .319 .350 Youngblood, Joel 82 178 29 46 10 6 5 23 8 1 25 2 1 1 1 0 .258 83 .466 .291 Zachry, Pat 21 43 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 .070 3 .070 .149

Pitching Statistics as of August 20, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Berenguer, Juan 1 3 0 1 .000 4 5 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 15.00 Bernard, Dwight 15 24.1 0 1 .000 25 11 10 16 16 1 0 0 0 3.70 Bruhert, Mike 20 91 2 6 .250 124 62 51 40 22 15 0 0 0 5.04 Cornejo, Mardie 18 24 3 2 .600 23 11 10 12 11 0 0 0 2 3.75 Espinosa, Nino 24 153.1 9 11 .450 171 85 77 58 59 24 5 1 0 4.52 Hausman, Tom 6 24.1 2 2 .500 36 21 20 4 5 6 0 0 0 7.40 Kobel, Kevin 20 65.2 2 3 .400 53 22 16 31 20 6 0 0 0 2.19 Koosman, Jerry 27 181.1 3 13 .188 171 84 78 111 61 26 3 0 0 3.87 Lockwood, Skip 54 89.1 7 11 .389 76 34 34 72 30 0 0 0 15 3.43 Metzger, Butch 25 37.1 1 3 .250 48 28 27 21 22 0 0 0 0 6.51 Murray, Dale 40 64.2 5 4 .556 60 30 29 27 27 0 0 0 2 4.04 Myrick, Bob 17 24.2 0 3 .000 18 10 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 Siebert, Paul 23 23.2 0 2 .000 26 14 14 10 17 0 0 0 1 5.32 Swan, Craig 24 167.1 6 5 .545 137 49 46 106 47 23 4 1 0 2.47 Zachry, Pat 21 138 10 6 .625 120 57 51 78 60 21 5 2 0 3.33

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