New York Mets 3, Atlanta Braves 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Wednesday, May       17, 1978 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Mets         0  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  5  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .298      Randle 3b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .180
Beall 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .174      Boisclair rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .206
Office cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .256      Mazzilli cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Burroughs lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .387      Montanez 1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .206
Asselstine rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      S. Henderson lf       4   1   2   1     0   1   .235
Nolan c               3   1   1   0     0   1   .227      Hodges c              2   1   0   0     1   2   .125
Chaney ss             3   0   1   0     0   1   .303      Youngblood 2b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .290
  Rockett ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .134        Ferrer ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Gilbreath 3b          3   0   1   1     0   0   .203      Flynn ss,2b           3   0   1   1     0   1   .248
Boggs p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Espinosa p            3   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  Mahler p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pocoroba ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   6   1     2   5             Totals               29   3   5   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  4,054
Left on Base: Braves 4, Mets 5
DP: Braves 0, Mets 2
Doubles: Nolan (2), S. Henderson (3)
Stolen Bases: Beall (1), Randle (6)
GIDP: Burroughs (4), Nolan (2)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs L(1-4)            2.1   5   3   3   2   0   0  14   5.97
Mahler                  4.2   0   0   0   1   3   0  15   0.00
Devine                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   6.75
Totals                  8     5   3   3   3   5   0  32

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa W(3-2)         9     6   1   1   2   5   0  32   3.83
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   5   0  32

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to left; Beall singled to second;
Beall stole second; Office walked; Burroughs grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Office out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Boisclair
walked; Mazzilli popped to catcher in foul territory; Montanez
forced Boisclair (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Mets 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Asselstine grounded out (second to first); Nolan
doubled to left; Chaney grounded out (second to first) [Nolan to
third]; Gilbreath singled to center [Nolan scored]; Boggs
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1,
Mets 0.

METS 2ND: S. Henderson singled to right; Hodges walked [S.
Henderson to second]; Youngblood flied out to left; Flynn
singled to center [S. Henderson scored, Hodges to third, Flynn
to second (on throw)]; Espinosa lined to second; Randle singled
to left [Hodges scored, Flynn to third]; Boisclair grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Royster struck out; Beall grounded out (pitcher to
first); Office was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli lined to right; Montanez singled to center;
S. Henderson doubled to left [Montanez scored]; MAHLER REPLACED
BOGGS (PITCHING); Hodges struck out; Youngblood grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs singled to left; Asselstine flied out to
left; Nolan grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Burroughs out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Mets 3.

METS 4TH: Flynn popped to right; Espinosa grounded out (pitcher
to first); Randle walked; Randle stole second; Boisclair
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
1, Mets 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Chaney was called out on strikes; Gilbreath grounded
out (pitcher to first); Mahler flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: Mazzilli flied out to left; Montanez flied out to
center; S. Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Royster flied out to right; Beall flied out to
center; Office grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Hodges struck out; Youngblood flied out to center;
Flynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Burroughs struck out; Asselstine made an out to
second; Nolan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets
3.

METS 7TH: Espinosa grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
grounded out (third to first); Boisclair grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

BRAVES 8TH: Chaney singled to right; Gilbreath grounded out
(third to first) [Chaney to second]; POCOROBA BATTED FOR MAHLER;
Pocoroba flied out to left; Royster walked; Beall singled to
second [Chaney out at home (second to catcher), Royster to
second]; Joel Youngblood dove to his left and stopped what
seemed to be a sure hit; the ball squirted from Youngblood's
glove, he retrieved it and threw out Darrel Chaney trying to
score from 2B; Chaney ejected by HP umpire Ed Montague; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: ROCKETT REPLACED CHANEY (PLAYING SS); DEVINE REPLACED
POCOROBA (PITCHING); Mazzilli flied out to center; Montanez was
called out on strikes; S. Henderson was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

BRAVES 9TH: FERRER REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PLAYING SS); FLYNN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Office flied out to left;
Burroughs flied out to center; Asselstine popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.