New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1977 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."

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New York Mets 1, Philadelphia Phillies 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Vail rf 4 0 0 0
Milner 1b 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 2 1 0 0
Kranepool lf 3 0 2 0
  Henderson pr 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 3 0 2 1
Millan 2b 2 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Flynn 2b,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Martin rf 3 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 2 0
Brown lf 4 1 3 2
Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Maddox cf 3 0 1 1
Boone c 3 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Lonborg p 3 0 1 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 9 3
New York 000 000 100160
Philadelphia 003 000 00x390
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (6-9) 6.0 8 3 3 2 3
  Myrick   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Baldwin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  W (2-2) 8.0 6 1 1 3 3
  Reed  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 2, Philadelphia 2.  2B–New York Milner (8,off Lonborg), Philadelphia Schmidt (11,off Koosman).  3B–Philadelphia Brown (1,off Koosman).  CS–Schmidt (5,2nd base by Koosman/Stearns).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:14.  A–63,283.
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