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May 13, 1978

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Astros 7 11 1
Mets 3 8 3
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Astros 7 11 1
Mets 3 8 3

John Stearns Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .245
OBP .500 .371
At Bats 2 102
Hits 1 25
• Singles 1 19
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 1 11

Joe Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 0
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Shea Stadium - May 13, 1978
Out
Joe Niekro
Joe Ferguson
Bob Watson
Art Howe
Enos Cabell
Roger Metzger
Terry Puhl
Cesar Cedeno
Jose Cruz
John Stearns
Ed Kranepool
Lee Mazzilli
Lenny Randle
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Stearns hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ferguson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Mardie Cornejo. Kranepool takes first base on ball four. Randle moves to third. Mazzilli moves to second.
Bottom 5 Montanez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mazzilli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Randle moves to second.
Bottom 5 Maddox hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger.
Top 5 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boisclair hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cedeno strikes out.
Top 4 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bruce Boisclair now playing left field. Mardie Cornejo now pitching. Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Niekro spins and fires to second, with Metzger covering, and Henderson is picked off.
Bottom 3 Stearns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Montanez scores. Henderson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazzilli scores. Montanez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Montanez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boisclair scores. Mazzilli moves to third.
Bottom 3 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boisclair moves to third.
Bottom 3 Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Randle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Bruce Boisclair pinch hits for Mike Bruhert. Boisclair takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Ferguson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Ferguson reaches second base with a double. Howe scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bruhert fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bruhert. Howe moves to second.
Top 3 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bruhert, and towards Flynn, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Flynn hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Youngblood hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Youngblood reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Stearns hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Henderson strikes out.
Top 2 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cedeno for the out.
Top 2 Cabell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Cabell reaches second base with a double. Maddox throws the ball in to Randle who tags Cabell trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Niekro scores. Puhl goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Puhl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Metzger scores. Niekro moves to second.
Top 2 Niekro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ferguson scores. Metzger moves to third.
Top 2 Metzger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Metzger reaches second base with a double. Ferguson moves to third.
Top 2 Ferguson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Montanez hits a line drive towards first. Watson catches it and steps on first to double up Mazzilli.
Bottom 1 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Maddox strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Randle. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Randle steals second.
Bottom 1 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Cruz is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 1 Watson strikes out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngblood misplays the ball. That's an error on Youngblood. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Cabell scores.
Top 1 There goes Cabell. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Top 1 Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Puhl scores.
Top 1 Bruhert fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Bruhert. Puhl moves to third.
Top 1 Puhl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.