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National League Standings, September 9, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Flores Gil
Flores
3b
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
c
Stearns John
Stearns
rf
Norman Dan
Norman
2b
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
ss
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Kobel Kevin
Kobel
September 9, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Pirates ab r hbibbso
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 0
Omar Moreno cf 3 0 0 0 0 1
- Steve Brye ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Parker rf 3 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Robinson lf 3 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Stargell 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0
Phil Garner 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Berra 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Ott c 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Rooker p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Rennie Stennett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Gil Flores cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .167
Elliott Maddox 3b 0 0 0 0 3 0 .265
Steve Henderson lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .276
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257
John Stearns c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .263
Dan Norman rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .167
Joel Youngblood 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .249
- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .187
- Tim Foli ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Doug Flynn ss-2b 3 2 3 2 1 0 .239
Kevin Kobel p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .188

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 x 4 7 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h rer bbso
Jim Rooker (L) 7.1 5 3 2 6 3
Kent Tekulve 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Kevin Kobel (W,3-5) 9.0 2 1 1 0 5 2.42

Errors: Dale Berra.
2B: Doug Flynn (11), Bill Robinson.
3B: Joel Youngblood (8), Doug Flynn (7).
HR: Willie Stargell.
Intentional Walks: Doug Flynn.
HBP: Elliott Maddox.
SH: Kevin Kobel 2.
SB: Doug Flynn (3).
CS: Elliott Maddox (11).


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