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Mike LaCoss

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jul 18 L, 1-3 vs Expos Middle 1.0 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 9.00 CIN Jul 21 W, 10-3 at Expos Start 8.0 7 34 3 3 0 2 0 2 4.00 W (1-0) CIN Jul 26 L, 3-12 at Mets Start 5.0 7 25 9 9 1 2 1 3 8.36 L (1-1) CIN Jul 31 W, 3-2 at Braves Start 8.0 8 35 1 1 0 2 2 1 5.73 W (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Aug 05 W, 7-1 vs Padres Start 1 9.0 4 29 1 1 0 2 0 1 4.35 W (3-1) CIN Aug 10 L, 3-15 at Padres Start 5.2 8 34 8 5 1 5 3 1 4.91 L (3-2) CIN Aug 15 W, 4-3 at Pirates Start 6.0 7 29 3 0 0 5 1 1 4.22 CIN Aug 20 L, 1-2 at Cubs Start 8.2 8 33 2 2 0 1 0 1 3.86 L (3-3) CIN Aug 25 L, 2-5 vs Cubs Start 5.0 9 23 4 4 0 1 1 2 4.15 L (3-4) CIN Aug 29 L, 0-5 vs Pirates Start 6.0 7 25 3 3 0 2 0 5 4.19 L (3-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Sep 03 L, 2-10 at Cardinals Start 3.1 7 19 7 7 0 4 0 0 4.93 L (3-6) CIN Sep 08 L, 2-3 vs Padres Start 6.1 7 28 3 2 1 2 0 3 4.75 L (3-7) CIN Sep 13 L, 2-6 at Padres Start 5.0 5 20 2 2 0 2 0 3 4.68 CIN Sep 18 W, 4-0 at Dodgers Start 2 1 9.0 7 36 0 0 0 2 0 6 4.19 W (4-7) CIN Sep 23 L, 1-8 at Braves Start 3.0 4 16 5 5 0 3 0 0 4.55 L (4-8) CIN Sep 28 W, 8-7 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 7 30 4 3 1 2 1 1 4.50

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       4   8   4.45   15  15   2   0   0   1   95.0  102   416   55   47   4   37   9   30    6-9   3.47 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   9.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    2     4    1    1   1    0   0    1    0-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              161   25   50   63   7   0   2   20   4   6   12   2   0    8   7  .311  .391  .360  .751
vs RHB              200   24   54   75   8   2   3   24   6   3   25   7   1   23   5  .270  .375  .369  .744

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             1   3   3.67    6   5   1   0   0   0   34.1   36   139   16   14   3    9   2   13    2-4   3.80 runs/start
Road             3   5   4.96   10  10   1   0   0   1   61.2   68   281   40   34   2   28   7   18    4-6   3.30 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              0   3   9.53    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.0   22    77   18   18   1    7   1    4    0-3   2.00 runs/start
Night            4   5   3.42   13  12   2   0   0   1   79.0   82   343   38   30   4   30   8   27    6-7   3.83 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
July             2   1   5.73    4   3   0   0   0   0   22.0   24    98   14   14   2    6   3    7    2-2   5.33 runs/start
August           1   4   3.35    6   6   1   0   0   0   40.1   43   173   21   15   1   16   5   11    2-4   2.83 runs/start
September        1   3   5.08    6   6   1   0   0   1   33.2   37   149   21   19   2   15   1   13    2-4   3.17 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Braves           1   1   4.91    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0   12    51    6    6   0    5   2    1    1-1   2.00 runs/start
Cardinals        0   1  18.90    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.1    7    19    7    7   0    4   0    0    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Cubs             0   2   3.95    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.2   17    56    6    6   0    2   1    3    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   1.69    2   2   1   0   0   1   16.0   14    66    4    3   1    4   1    7    2-0   6.00 runs/start
Expos            1   0   4.00    2   1   0   0   0   0    9.0    9    38    4    4   1    2   0    3    1-1   10.00 runs/start
Mets             0   1  16.20    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.0    7    25    9    9   1    2   1    3    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Padres           1   2   3.46    4   4   1   0   0   0   26.0   24   111   14   10   2   11   3    8    1-3   3.50 runs/start
Pirates          0   1   2.25    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0   14    54    6    3   0    7   1    6    1-1   2.00 runs/start

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