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.

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