Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
April 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1978 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos 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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Montreal Expos 1, New York Mets 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Valentine rf 4 0 0 0
Cash 2b 4 0 2 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 2 1
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Cromartie lf 1 0 0 0
  Mejias lf 2 0 0 0
  Papi ph 1 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Rogers p 2 0 1 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Henderson S. lf 3 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 1 1 0
Henderson K. rf 3 1 1 1
Mazzilli cf 4 0 2 1
Stearns c 2 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 1 1
Koosman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Montreal 000 001 000181
New York 020 001 00x370
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Bahnsen   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (1-0) 9.0 8 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
7

  E–Speier (1).  DP–Montreal 1, New York 1.  2B–Montreal Carter (1,off Koosman), New York Montanez (1,off Rogers); K Henderson (1,off Rogers); Mazzilli (1,off Rogers).  HR–Montreal Carter (1,6th inning off Koosman 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–K Henderson (1,by Bahnsen).  SB–Stearns (1,2nd base off Rogers/Carter).  CS–Flynn (1,2nd base by Bahnsen/Carter).  WP–Bahnsen (1).  IBB–Bahnsen (1,K Henderson).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:08.  A–11,736.
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