New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 6, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 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 3, Philadelphia Phillies 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 1 1 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Stearns ph 1 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 1 0 1
Milner 1b 4 0 0 0
Vail rf 2 1 1 2
Grote c 3 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 2 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Matlack p 1 0 0 0
  Valentine ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 2 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 3 0 1 0
Bowa ss 3 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 1 1 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 1 1 1
  Hutton 1b 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 1 1 0
Martin rf 3 1 1 2
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Kaat p 1 0 1 1
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 1
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 9 5
New York 100 200 000321
Philadelphia 010 003 01x590
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (3-11) 7.0 7 4 4 5 4
  Apodaca   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
5
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat   5.0 2 3 3 3 2
  Garber  W (4-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McGraw  SV (2) 3.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
2
3
3
4
6

  E–Milner (5).  DP–New York 3, Philadelphia 1.  2B–New York Randle (12,off Kaat).  HR–New York Vail (4,4th inning off Kaat 1 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Johnson (4,8th inning off Apodaca 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Harrelson (3,off Kaat); Bowa (9,off Matlack); Johnson (1,off Matlack).  SF–McCarver (3,off Matlack).  HBP–Martin (2,by Matlack).  IBB–Boone (4,by Matlack).  CS–Vail (4,2nd base by McGraw/Boone).  SB–Martin 2 (3,2nd base off Matlack/Grote,3rd base off Matlack/Grote); Bowa (9,3rd base off Matlack/Grote); Boone (2,2nd base off Apodaca/Grote).  HBP–Matlack (2,Martin).  IBB–Matlack (6,Boone).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:14.  A–23,185.
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