Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 10, 1978 - Box Score

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September 9, 1978
Mets 4, Pirates 1 1978 Regular Season Game 144
September 10, 1978
Mets 11, Pirates 9 Next Game:
September 11, 1978
Cubs 9, Mets 4

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National League Standings, September 10, 1978

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Gil
Flores 3b
Elliott
Maddox lf
Steve
Henderson 1b
Willie
Montanez c
John
Stearns rf
Dan
Norman 2b
Joel
Youngblood ss
Doug
Flynn p
Jerry
Koosman

September 10, 1978, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Frank Taveras ss 6 2 4 1 0 0

Omar Moreno cf 5 1 0 0 0 0

Dave Parker rf 5 1 3 2 0 0

Bill Robinson lf-3b 6 0 2 1 0 0

Phil Garner 2b 4 1 1 0 1 2

Manny Sanguillen 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0

- Willie Stargell 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0

Dale Berra 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0

- John Milner ph 1 1 1 3 0 0

- Mario Mendoza 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Rennie Stennett ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Bert Blyleven pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Alberto Lois lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Duffy Dyer c 4 1 2 0 1 0

Jerry Reuss p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ken Macha ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ed Whitson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Brye ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Odell Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Ott ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Matt Alexander pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Doe Boyland ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Gil Flores cf-rf 2 2 0 0 2 0 .125

Elliott Maddox 3b 5 2 2 2 0 1 .267

Steve Henderson lf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .275

Willie Montanez 1b 3 3 1 0 2 0 .258

John Stearns c 5 0 1 2 0 1 .262

Dan Norman rf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .267

- Lee Mazzilli ph-cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .266

Joel Youngblood 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246

- Tim Foli ss 1 0 0 1 0 0 .255

- Sergio Ferrer 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

Doug Flynn ss-2b-ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .239

Jerry Koosman p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .088

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

- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Lenny Randle ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .242

- Mardie Cornejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 9 18 5

New York Mets 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 x 11 10 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Jerry Reuss 3.0 5 6 5 1 1

Ed Whitson 1.0 0 0 0 1 2

Odell Jones 2.0 1 1 0 0 0

Kent Tekulve (L) 2.0 4 4 1 2 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 6.1 10 7 7 2 4 3.77

Dale Murray 0.2 5 2 2 0 0 3.91

Dwight Bernard (W,1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 3.76

Mardie Cornejo (Save,3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 3.21

Errors: Gil Flores (1), Phil Garner 2.
WP: Jerry Koosman.
2B: Steve Henderson (28), Doug Flynn (12), Willie Montanez (28), Elliott Maddox (17).
HR: Dan Norman (2), John Milner.
Intentional Walks: Willie Montanez, Rennie Stennett.
HBP: Omar Moreno, Dave Parker.
SH: Gil Flores.
SF: Manny Sanguillen.
SB: Gil Flores (1).

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