New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 7, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 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 4, Philadelphia Phillies 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 5 0 2 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Stearns c 4 0 2 1
Vail rf 3 1 1 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 1 0
  Millan pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Valentine 1b 3 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 2 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 2 1 1 1
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
Espinosa p 2 0 1 2
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 5 2 2 0
Bowa ss 5 2 2 0
Schmidt 3b 2 1 1 3
Luzinski lf 2 0 1 1
Hebner 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnstone rf 3 0 1 0
Boone c 3 1 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 3 1
Lerch p 1 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 5
New York 000 400 0004101
Philadelphia 003 210 00x6100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  L (4-7) 3.2 8 5 4 2 0
  Baldwin   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Siebert   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Lockwood   2.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Apodaca   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
5
0
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch   4.0 7 4 4 1 1
  Brusstar  W (3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Reed  SV (9) 4.0 2 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
5

  E–Harrelson (2).  DP–New York 2, Philadelphia 1.  2B–New York Flynn (2,off Lerch); Valentine (4,off Reed), Philadelphia Bowa (9,off Espinosa); Sizemore (8,off Siebert).  3B–New York Henderson (1,off Lerch).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (25,3rd inning off Espinosa 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Flynn (2,off Reed).  HBP–Schmidt (2,by Espinosa); Luzinski (3,by Espinosa).  IBB–Brown (1,by Siebert).  SB–Randle (14,2nd base off Lerch/Boone).  CS–Randle (10,2nd base by Lerch/Boone); Johnstone (5,2nd base by Espinosa/Stearns).  HBP–Espinosa 2 (5,Schmidt,Luzinski).  IBB–Siebert (2,Brown).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:37.  A–27,492.
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