The five-hit pitching of Nino Espinosa enabled the Mets to defeat the Astros, 4-1. Doug Flynn drove in the Mets' first run and their last with a pair of singles. In between, the Mets counted twice in the fifth inning.

Espinosa doubled, stopped at third on a single by Lee Mazzilli and scored on a single by Elliott Maddox. Mazzilli took third and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Bruce Boisclair. Cesar Cedeno homered for the Astros' run. Terry Puhl, who had hit safely in 18 games, was stopped in four trips. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 4, Houston Astros 1

Game Played on Sunday, May 28, 1978 (Day game) at Astrodome

Mets 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 0 Astros 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mazzilli cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .317 Puhl lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Maddox 3b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .237 Bergman 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .111 Boisclair rf 2 0 1 1 1 0 .233 Cedeno cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .272 S. Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .297 Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Cabell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .282 Stearns c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .256 Howe 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Foli ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .189 Herrmann c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .103 Flynn 2b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .241 Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Espinosa p 4 1 1 0 0 2 .231 Sexton ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Baldwin c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dixon p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 11 4 1 4 Totals 31 1 5 1 0 5 Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 12,133 Left on Base: Mets 7, Astros 3 DP: Mets 1, Astros 1 Errors: Metzger Doubles: Espinosa (2), Maddox (5), Foli (6) Triples: Howe (1) Home Runs: Cedeno (6) Sacrifice Flies: Boisclair (3) GIDP: S. Henderson (9), Howe (3) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa W(5-2) 9 5 1 1 0 5 1 31 3.33 Totals 9 5 1 1 0 5 1 31 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dixon L(2-1) 8 9 3 3 1 3 0 33 2.27 Sambito 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 3.86 Totals 9 11 4 4 1 4 0 38 Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Joe West, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi METS 1ST: Mazzilli grounded out (first to pitcher); Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Boisclair singled to shortstop [Boisclair to second (error by Metzger)]; S. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl popped to third in foul territory; Bergman flied out to left; Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. METS 2ND: Montanez popped to first in foul territory; Stearns singled to right; Foli singled to center [Stearns to third]; Flynn singled to left [Stearns scored, Foli to second]; Espinosa struck out; Mazzilli flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz flied out to left; Cabell struck out; Howe tripled to center; Herrmann flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. METS 3RD: Maddox flied out to center; Boisclair walked; S. Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Boisclair out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger was called out on strikes; Dixon grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. METS 4TH: Montanez flied out to right; Stearns lined to left; Foli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Bergman grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Cedeno homered; Cruz struck out; Cabell grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 1. METS 5TH: Flynn struck out; Espinosa doubled; Mazzilli singled to center [Espinosa to third]; Maddox singled to right [Espinosa scored, Mazzilli to third]; Boisclair hit a sacrifice fly to left [Mazzilli scored]; S. Henderson singled to shortstop [Maddox to second]; Montanez made an out to second; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Howe flied out to left; Herrmann made an out to shortstop; Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 1. METS 6TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli flied out to right; Flynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Dixon grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl flied out to center; Bergman singled to left; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 1. METS 7TH: On a bunt Espinosa made an out to catcher; Mazzilli made an out to pitcher; Maddox doubled to left; Boisclair flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Cruz flied out to left; Cabell singled to shortstop; Howe grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cabell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 1. METS 8TH: S. Henderson flied out to right; Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); Stearns popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: WALLING BATTED FOR HERRMANN; Walling grounded out (second to first); WATSON BATTED FOR METZGER; Watson struck out; ALOU BATTED FOR DIXON; Alou popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 1. METS 9TH: SEXTON REPLACED WALLING (PLAYING SS); BALDWIN REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING C ); SAMBITO REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Foli doubled to left; Flynn singled to center [Foli scored]; Espinosa struck out; Mazzilli flied to right in foul territory; Maddox flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: Puhl made an out to third; Bergman singled to center; Cedeno struck out; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Astros 1.

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