The New York Mets squeaked out a win over the Houston Astros, 5 to 4, on July 20, 1978.

1978 New York Mets

Final

HOU

Astros

41-52

4

NYM

Mets

41-56

5

HOU

NYM

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

2

2

5

0

0

6

1

1

7

1

0

8

0

1

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

1

R

4

5

H

6

18

E

1

1

Top 4th

HOU

NYM

Astros

Bob Watson grounded out; Enos Cabell scored.

1

0

Astros

Home run by Art Howe.

2

0

Bottom 4th

HOU

NYM

Mets

Double by Bruce Boisclair; Steve Henderson scored.

2

1

Mets

Double by Doug Flynn; Bruce Boisclair scored.

2

2

Top 6th

HOU

NYM

Astros

Home run by Art Howe.

3

2

Bottom 6th

HOU

NYM

Mets

Ed Kranepool grounded out; Kevin Kobel scored.

3

3

Top 7th

HOU

NYM

Astros

Home run by Bruce Bochy.

4

3

Bottom 8th

HOU

NYM

Mets

Single by Willie Montanez; Tim Foli scored.

4

4

Bottom 11th

HOU

NYM

Mets

Double by Joel Youngblood; Willie Montanez scored.

4

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rafael Landestoy SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Terry Puhl CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
Enos Cabell 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jose Cruz RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Bob Watson 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Howe 2B 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8
Dave Bergman LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bruce Bochy C 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Vern Ruhle P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bo McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Walling PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilbur Howard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 6 3 3 5 9 0 1 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Ruhle 3.1 7 2 2 2 1 0
Bo McLaughlin 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Ken Forsch 5.0 7 2 1 1 2 0
Joe Sambito (L) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 10.1 18 5 4 4 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lenny Randle 3B 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Bobby Valentine 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Ed Kranepool PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Foli SS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Mazzilli CF 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Willie Montanez 1B 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Henderson LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dale Murray P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Youngblood PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ron Hodges C 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bruce Boisclair RF,LF 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Doug Flynn SS,2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Dwight Bernard P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Kevin Kobel P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Elliott Maddox PH,RF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 46 5 18 5 0 4 4 1 0 24

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dwight Bernard 4.0 3 2 2 5 4 1
Kevin Kobel 4.0 2 2 2 0 2 2
Dale Murray (W) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 11.0 6 4 4 5 9 3

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HR

7

Alonso

Pete Alonso

RBI

15

Nimmo

Brandon Nimmo

AVG

.318

Taylor

Tyrone Taylor

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Garrett

Reed Garrett

K

26

Severino

Luis Severino

ERA

1.54

López

Jorge López

Team Rankings

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HR

23

15th

R

105

12th

SO

218

7th

ERA

3.64

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
16 6 .727
Phillies Phillies
15 9 .625 2.0
Mets Mets
12 11 .522 4.5
Nationals Nationals
10 12 .455 6.0
Marlins Marlins
6 19 .240 11.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
3:45 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM

Last Game

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SFG Giants

12-13

5

Final

1

NYM Mets

12-11

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MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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9

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

7

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

RBI Leaders

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27

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

22

García

Adolis García

22

Jr.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

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.364

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.357

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.351

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Hit Leaders

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36

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

35

Altuve

Jose Altuve

34

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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24

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Marte

Ketel Marte

22

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

OBP Leaders

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.458

Betts

Mookie Betts

.432

Soto

Juan Soto

.430

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.677

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.671

Abrams

CJ Abrams

SB Leaders

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12

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Thomas

Lane Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

4

Berríos

José Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

39

Jones

Jared Jones

38

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

11.92

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

3

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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413.3

Betts

Mookie Betts

393.9

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

383

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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312

Betts

Mookie Betts

297

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

296

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-4
Mon
4/22
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
1-2
Mon
4/22
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
5-6
Mon
4/22
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4-7

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Wed
4/24
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
3:45 PM
Wed
4/24
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Wed
4/24
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM