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Thursday September 14, 1978
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A theee-run pinch-homer by Ed Kranepool climaxed the Mets' comeback from a 6-0 deficit and featured a 7-6 victory over the Expos. A single by Joel Youngblood launched the bottom of the sixth. A sacrifice bunt by Sergio Ferrer moved Youngblood to second. After Lenny Randle struck out, Lee Mazzilli walked to set the stage for Kranepool's big blow. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 7, Montreal Expos 6

Game Played on Thursday, September 14, 1978 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Expos        0  4  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   6 11  2
Mets         0  0  2    2  0  3    0  0  x  -   7  8  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   2   1     0   0   .250      Flores cf             2   1   1   1     0   0   .200
Dawson cf             4   0   0   1     0   2   .250        Mazzilli ph,cf      1   1   0   1     1   0   .268
Valentine rf          4   0   1   0     1   1   .292      Maddox 3b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .261
Perez 1b              5   1   1   1     0   0   .290        Cornejo p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cromartie lf          4   2   2   0     0   0   .303        Kranepool ph        1   1   1   3     0   0   .208
Carter c              3   2   3   0     1   0   .260        Murray p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Parrish 3b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .271      S. Henderson lf       4   0   0   0     0   2   .270
Speier ss             3   1   1   1     1   0   .254      Montanez 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .261
Schatzeder p          1   0   0   1     1   1   .250      Stearns c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .262
  Miller p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Norman rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
  Bahnsen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Youngblood 2b         2   2   1   0     2   1   .261
  Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .195      Ferrer ss             2   2   1   1     1   1   .167
  Atkinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Kobel p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
                                                            Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
                                                            Benton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Berenguer p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Randle ph,3b        2   0   0   0     1   1   .237

Totals               35   6  11   6     4   6             Totals               29   7   8   7     7   9

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance:  3,710
Left on Base: Expos 7, Mets 7
DP: Expos 0, Mets 0
Errors: Dawson, Bahnsen
Doubles: Cromartie (30), Valentine (33), Carter (26)
Triples: Ferrer (1)
Home Runs: Perez (12), Kranepool (3)
Caught Stealing: Stearns (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Ferrer (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Dawson (5), Mazzilli (5)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schatzeder              3.1   4   4   4   4   5   0  18   2.87
Miller L(0-1)           2.1   3   3   3   1   2   1  11   4.50
Bahnsen                 1.1   1   0   0   2   1   0   6   3.91
Atkinson                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.15
Totals                  8     8   7   7   7   9   1  38

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kobel                   1.2   3   4   4   3   2   1  11   2.78
Jackson                 1.1   4   2   2   1   1   0   8   9.31
Berenguer               1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4  15.00
Cornejo W(4-2)          2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.84
Murray SV(5)            3     1   0   0   0   1   0  10   3.87
Totals                  9    11   6   6   4   6   1  40

Wild Pitches: Cornejo (1)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Cash lined to second; Dawson struck out; Valentine
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Flores grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
struck out; S. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Mets 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez homered; Cromartie doubled to right; Carter
walked; Parrish flied out to left; Speier walked [Cromartie to
third, Carter to second]; Schatzeder walked [Cromartie scored,
Carter to third, Speier to second]; Cash singled to left [Carter
scored, Speier to third, Schatzeder to second]; Dawson hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Speier scored]; JACKSON REPLACED KOBEL
(PITCHING); Valentine walked [Schatzeder to third, Cash to
second]; Perez lined to second; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 4,
Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Montanez singled to second; Stearns struck out; Norman
was called out on strikes; Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 4, Mets 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Cromartie singled to right; Carter singled to left
[Cromartie to second]; Parrish singled to right [Cromartie
scored, Carter to third, Parrish out at second (right to first
to second)]; Speier singled to left [Carter scored]; Schatzeder
struck out; Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Ferrer walked; BENTON BATTED FOR JACKSON; Benton flied
out to center [Ferrer to third (error by Dawson)]; Debut game
for Butch Benton; Flores singled to left [Ferrer scored];
Maddox walked [Flores to second]; S. Henderson forced Maddox
(shortstop to second) [Flores to third]; Montanez singled to
left [Flores scored, S. Henderson to second]; Stearns flied out
to left; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 2.

EXPOS 4TH: BERENGUER REPLACED BENTON (PITCHING); Dawson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Valentine doubled to right; Perez
flied out to left; Cromartie made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Norman flied out to left; Youngblood walked; Ferrer
tripled to right [Youngblood scored]; RANDLE BATTED FOR
BERENGUER; Randle walked; MILLER REPLACED SCHATZEDER (PITCHING);
MAZZILLI BATTED FOR FLORES; Mazzilli hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Ferrer scored]; Maddox made an out to second; 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 4.

EXPOS 5TH: MAZZILLI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RANDLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); CORNEJO REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Carter
doubled to right; Cornejo threw a wild pitch [Carter to third];
Carter was picked off third (catcher to third); Parrish struck
out; Speier grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 4.

METS 5TH: S. Henderson was called out on strikes; Montanez flied
out to center; Stearns singled to right; Norman flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Miller struck out; Cash singled to shortstop; Dawson
grounded out (third to first) [Cash to second]; Valentine
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6,
Mets 4.

METS 6TH: Youngblood singled to left; Ferrer out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Youngblood to second]; Randle struck out;
Mazzilli walked; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR CORNEJO; Kranepool homered
[Youngblood scored, Mazzilli scored]; BAHNSEN REPLACED MILLER
(PITCHING); S. Henderson grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 7.

EXPOS 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Perez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cromartie popped to catcher in foul
territory; Carter singled to left; Parrish forced Carter (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 7.

METS 7TH: Montanez lined to left; Stearns walked; Stearns was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Norman singled to
left; Norman was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Bahnsen [Norman to second]; Youngblood walked; Ferrer struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 7.

EXPOS 8TH: Speier grounded out (second to first); UNSER BATTED
FOR BAHNSEN; Unser grounded out (second to first); Cash grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 7.

METS 8TH: ATKINSON REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Randle grounded
out (second to first); Mazzilli grounded out (second to first);
Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 7.

EXPOS 9TH: Dawson was called out on strikes; Valentine grounded
out (shortstop to first); Perez grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 6, Mets 7.



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