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Previous Game: September 2, 1978 Mets 5, Dodgers 3 1978 Regular Season Game 136 September 3, 1978 Mets 8, Dodgers 5 Next Game: September 4, 1978 Pirates 7, Mets 4

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Batting Statistics as of September 3, 1978

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 21 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 .333 .500 Boisclair, Bruce 95 192 22 44 6 1 4 15 20 2 36 5 2 0 3 3 .229 64 .333 .295 Bruhert, Mike 22 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1 0 0 0 .067 2 .067 .067 Cornejo, Mardie 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 27 56 6 13 3 0 0 4 1 0 20 0 5 0 0 0 .232 16 .286 .246 Ferrer, Sergio 26 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 .111 1 .111 .200 Flynn, Doug 136 469 29 111 10 5 0 31 25 8 44 3 6 1 2 4 .237 131 .279 .275 Foli, Tim 98 369 33 94 20 1 0 20 13 1 27 2 10 1 2 4 .255 116 .314 .281 Grieve, Tom 49 94 5 20 3 0 2 8 9 0 21 0 0 0 0 1 .213 29 .309 .282 Hausman, Tom 9 15 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 4 .267 .250 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 132 499 74 137 26 8 9 57 51 3 95 5 0 1 11 7 .275 206 .413 .340 Hodges, Ron 39 86 3 23 3 1 0 6 8 0 11 2 0 1 1 2 .267 28 .326 .330 Kobel, Kevin 25 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .143 2 .143 .200 Koosman, Jerry 30 64 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 4 0 0 0 .094 9 .141 .094 Kranepool, Ed 58 73 6 14 1 0 2 15 8 2 12 3 0 1 0 0 .192 21 .288 .271 Lockwood, Skip 56 11 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 .182 6 .545 .182 Maddox, Elliott 99 327 35 87 16 2 2 33 61 1 32 4 1 1 2 10 .266 113 .346 .379 Mazzilli, Lee 126 463 64 125 22 4 15 56 61 6 74 4 2 1 13 11 .270 200 .432 .353 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 134 516 58 132 26 0 16 84 49 16 79 9 0 1 8 3 .256 206 .399 .317 Murray, Dale 44 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .200 Myrick, Bob 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Randle, Lenny 115 397 50 96 16 8 1 32 61 7 52 4 2 1 13 10 .242 131 .330 .341 Siebert, Paul 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stearns, John 123 410 62 111 23 0 14 64 62 4 46 4 2 7 23 7 .271 176 .429 .373 Swan, Craig 26 58 2 9 0 0 0 3 3 0 12 0 8 0 0 0 .155 9 .155 .197 Valentine, Bobby 67 155 16 41 6 0 1 18 18 1 18 2 6 1 1 1 .265 50 .323 .341 Youngblood, Joel 92 201 33 50 11 7 5 26 11 1 32 3 1 1 1 0 .249 90 .448 .287 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 September 3, 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 21 34.2 0 1 .000 32 13 11 19 25 1 0 0 0 2.86 Bruhert, Mike 22 104.1 3 7 .300 134 68 56 48 25 17 0 0 0 4.83 Cornejo, Mardie 18 24 3 2 .600 23 11 10 12 11 0 0 0 2 3.75 Espinosa, Nino 27 169 9 13 .409 191 96 88 59 65 27 5 1 0 4.69 Hausman, Tom 9 44.2 3 3 .500 51 26 25 13 8 9 0 0 0 5.04 Kobel, Kevin 25 74 2 5 .286 62 26 20 32 25 6 0 0 0 2.43 Koosman, Jerry 30 208.1 3 14 .176 190 91 83 138 70 29 3 0 0 3.59 Lockwood, Skip 56 90.1 7 12 .368 77 35 35 73 31 0 0 0 15 3.49 Metzger, Butch 25 37.1 1 3 .250 48 28 27 21 22 0 0 0 0 6.51 Murray, Dale 44 69.1 6 4 .600 65 32 30 29 31 0 0 0 2 3.89 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 26 184.1 8 5 .615 151 54 51 114 53 25 5 1 0 2.49 Zachry, Pat 21 138 10 6 .625 120 57 51 78 60 21 5 2 0 3.33

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