Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
April 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Valentine rf 5 0 2 0
Cash 2b 5 2 3 2
  Mejias lf 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 3 1 1 1
Carter c 4 0 1 1
Perez 1b 4 0 1 1
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Unser lf,1b 5 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 4 1 1 0
Speier ss 5 1 4 0
May p 3 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 2 0 0 0
Foli ss 5 0 1 1
Henderson S. lf 4 1 1 1
  Cornejo p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 1 1 2
Montanez 1b 4 1 0 0
Henderson K. rf 3 0 1 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 2
Flynn 2b 4 1 0 0
Espinosa p 1 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 6 7 6
Montreal 000 302 0005133
New York 000 110 022673
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
May   8.1 6 5 2 4 6
  Bahnsen  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
7
6
3
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa   5.0 8 3 3 4 3
  Metzger   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Myrick   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Cornejo  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
5
6

  E–Mejias (1), Speier (2), May (1), Foli (1), S Henderson (1), Stearns (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Mazzilli (2,off May).  3B–Montreal Cash (1,off Espinosa).  HR–New York S Henderson (1,4th inning off May 0 on, 0 out); Mazzilli (1,8th inning off May 1 on, 2 out); Kranepool (1,9th inning off Bahnsen 1 on, 2 out).  SH–May 2 (2,off Espinosa,off Myrick); Randle (1,off May).  SB–Dawson 2 (2,2nd base off Espinosa/Stearns 2); Valentine (1,2nd base off Espinosa/Stearns); Cash (1,2nd base off Cornejo/Stearns); Randle (1,2nd base off May/Carter).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:50.  A–7,259.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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