Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Mets
September 5, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1976 at Shea 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 1

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 1 1
  Martin lf 0 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 0 0 0
  Hutton 1b 0 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 0 1 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Christenson p 3 2 2 2
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boisclair cf 4 0 2 0
Phillips 2b 4 1 2 0
Baldwin B. lf 4 0 1 0
Kingman rf 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 1
  Mangual pr 0 0 0 0
Staiger 3b 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 2 0
Lolich p 1 0 0 0
  Baldwin R. p 0 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Philadelphia 001 001 010361
New York 100 000 000180
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  W (11-8) 8.1 8 1 1 0 1
  Reed  SV (13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  L (7-12) 7.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Baldwin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Apodaca   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
4

  E–Bowa (13).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–New York Harrelson (11,off Christenson).  3B–New York Boisclair (2,off Christenson).  HR–Philadelphia Christenson 2 (2,3rd inning off Lolich 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Lolich 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Luzinski (9,off Lolich).  SH–Lolich (11,off Christenson).  CS–Cash (10,2nd base by R Baldwin/Stearns).  WP–Lolich (11).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:07.  A–20,701.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook