New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 26, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1976 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 1, Philadelphia Phillies 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mangual cf 4 0 0 0
Dwyer rf 2 1 0 0
  Vail ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 1
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 0 2 0
Staiger 3b 3 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Matlack p 2 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 2 2 1
Bowa ss 3 0 1 1
Schmidt 3b 3 1 3 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
  Martin lf 0 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 0 1 0
  Johnstone ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Tolan 1b 3 0 0 0
Oates c 3 0 0 0
Christenson p 2 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 1 1 0
Totals 31 4 9 2
New York 000 001 000161
Philadelphia 000 002 02x490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (10-5) 6.0 6 2 2 0 6
  Lockwood   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  W (9-5) 6.0 5 1 1 2 2
  McGraw  SV (6) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
3

  E–Vail (3).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (13,off Christenson); Millan (17,off Christenson), Philadelphia Brown (8,off Matlack); Schmidt (18,off Matlack); McGraw (1,off Lockwood).  3B–New York Kranepool (1,off Christenson), Philadelphia Schmidt (3,off Matlack); Cash 2 (10,off Matlack,off Lockwood).  SF–Bowa (3,off Matlack).  SB–Maddox (15,2nd base off Matlack/Grote); Bowa (20,2nd base off Lockwood/Grote).  WP–Matlack (10).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:14.  A–35,023.
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