New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 6, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1978 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."

"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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New York Mets 2, Philadelphia Phillies 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 3 0 0 0
Valentine 2b 4 0 0 0
  Cornejo p 0 0 0 0
Maddox rf 2 1 1 0
Henderson lf 4 0 1 1
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 1
Stearns c 2 0 1 0
Flynn ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Zachry p 1 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Ferrer ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 2 3 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 2 2 4
  Martin lf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 4 1 1 2
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 3 0 0 0
Morrison 2b 4 0 1 1
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 7 7
New York 100 001 000250
Philadelphia 420 000 10x770
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (3-1) 3.0 5 6 6 3 3
  Myrick   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Cornejo   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
5
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (3-3) 9.0 5 2 2 6 6
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
6
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Philadelphia 2.  2B–New York Stearns (4,off Carlton), Philadelphia Luzinski (7,off Zachry); Hebner (3,off Zachry).  HR–New York Mazzilli (4,6th inning off Carlton 0 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Luzinski (4,2nd inning off Zachry 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Luzinski (2,off Cornejo).  IBB–McCarver (2,by Zachry).  SB–Maddox (1,2nd base off Carlton/McCarver); Bowa (5,2nd base off Cornejo/Stearns); Maddox (7,2nd base off Cornejo/Stearns).  CS–Maddox (2,3rd base by Cornejo/Stearns).  IBB–Zachry (2,McCarver).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:16.  A–22,250.
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