Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
April 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 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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Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Valentine rf 5 1 3 2
Cash 2b 5 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Carter c 3 1 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Unser lf 3 1 3 0
Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 1 1 1
Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Dues p 2 0 1 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Holdsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Parrish ph 1 1 1 2
Totals 36 5 10 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 2 0 0 0
Foli ss 3 1 0 0
Boisclair lf 3 2 2 2
Montanez 1b 3 1 1 0
Henderson K. rf 3 0 1 0
Mazzilli cf 2 1 0 0
Hodges c 2 0 0 0
  Henderson S. ph 1 1 1 4
  Stearns c 1 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0
Zachry p 2 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 1 0 0 0
  Cornejo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 7 6
Montreal 000 010 0045100
New York 200 004 00x671
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  L (0-1) 1.1 2 2 2 5 0
  Dues   4.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Knowles   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Holdsworth   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
8
2
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  W (1-0) 7.0 6 1 1 1 6
  Lockwood   1.2 3 4 4 1 0
  Cornejo  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
6

  E–Randle (1).  DP–Montreal 2, New York 2.  2B–Montreal Parrish (1,off Lockwood).  HR–Montreal Valentine (1,5th inning off Zachry 0 on, 2 out), New York Boisclair (1,1st inning off Twitchell 1 on, 1 out); S Henderson (2,6th inning off Knowles 3 on, 1 out).  HBP–Randle (1,by Twitchell).  CS–Randle (1,2nd base by Twitchell/Carter); K Henderson (1,2nd base by Dues/Carter).  HBP–Twitchell (1,Randle).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:40.
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