Cubs @ Mets
July 6, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 6 8 2
Mets 9 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 6 8 2
Mets 9 11 0

Mike Vail Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .304
OBP 1.000 .310
At Bats 1 56
Hits 1 17
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 1 9

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Shea Stadium - July 6, 1978
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Strikeout
Skip Lockwood
John Stearns
Willie Montanez
Doug Flynn
Lenny Randle
Tim Foli
Steve Henderson
Lee Mazzilli
Elliott Maddox
Mike Vail

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 8 2 3
New York Mets 9 11 0 3
Winning Pitcher Nino Espinosa
Losing Pitcher Lynn McGlothen
Save Skip Lockwood
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 10,061
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Vail is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Rudy Meoli pinch hits for Larry Cox. Meoli hits a line drive into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dave Rader pinch hits for Donnie Moore. Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lockwood hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Flynn bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 8 There goes Stearns. Cox drops the ball. Stearns is safe on the error. Stearns scores. Maddox moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Maddox hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Stearns moves to third.
Bottom 8 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Stearns takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Trillo hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Lockwood covering, for the out.
Top 8 Murcer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Montanez hits a fly ball into left field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Randle scores.
Bottom 7 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Randle moves to third.
Bottom 7 Foli strikes out.
Bottom 7 There goes Randle. The throw from Cox and he is safe. Randle steals second.
Bottom 7 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Biittner hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Skip Lockwood now pitching. Vail hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Nino Espinosa. Kranepool strikes out. There goes Maddox. The throw from Cox to De Jesus, and Maddox is out.
Bottom 6 Flynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Henderson scores.
Bottom 6 Donnie Moore now pitching. Mike Vail now playing left field. There's a wild pitch. Stearns scores. Henderson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Henderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Montanez scores. Stearns moves to third.
Bottom 6 Lynn McGlothen now pitching. Stearns takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Montanez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Montanez reaches second base with a double. Foli scores. Mazzilli goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Foli moves to second.
Bottom 6 Foli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Clines hits a popup towards short. Foli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Trillo hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ontiveros hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Murcer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Espinosa bunts in front of the plate. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Flynn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Flynn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Foli fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Cox scores.
Top 5 De Jesus takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lamp bunts towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to third.
Top 5 Cox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Cox reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo misplays the ball. That's an error on Trillo. Foli scores. Montanez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out. Foli moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. Foli moves to second.
Bottom 4 Foli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Clines hits a popup towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trillo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli who is chasing the ball. Trillo reaches third base with a triple. Ontiveros scores.
Top 4 Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double. Murcer scores.
Top 4 There goes Murcer. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Murcer steals second.
Top 4 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Biittner hits a line drive towards third. Randle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Espinosa hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Foli fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Lamp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cox strikes out.
Top 3 Clines hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maddox strikes out.
Bottom 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with De Jesus covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 2 Stearns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ontiveros for the out.
Top 2 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first, with Espinosa covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazzilli for the out. Randle scores.
Bottom 1 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Randle moves to third.
Bottom 1 Randle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Randle reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Espinosa fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.