New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 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."

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New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 5 1 3 0
Valentine 2b 5 2 4 0
Maddox rf 5 0 2 1
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Henderson lf 5 2 2 0
Montanez 1b 5 0 2 1
Stearns c 3 0 1 2
Youngblood 3b 2 0 0 1
  Randle ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Flynn ss 5 0 1 0
Swan p 3 0 1 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 16 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 3 0 1 0
Bowa ss 5 2 3 0
Schmidt 3b 4 2 1 0
Luzinski lf 3 2 2 4
  Martin lf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 3 1 1 1
Maddox cf 4 0 1 2
Boone c 4 1 2 1
Morrison 2b 3 0 0 0
Lerch p 0 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 8
New York 201 200 0005160
Philadelphia 202 011 20x8110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan  L (1-2) 6.0 7 6 6 4 1
  Metzger   1.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Lockwood   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
5
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch   3.0 11 5 5 1 2
  Brusstar   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Garber  W (1-0) 4.0 4 0 0 1 2
  McGraw  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–New York Montanez (6,off Lerch), Philadelphia Bowa (5,off Metzger).  HR–Philadelphia Luzinski 2 (6,3rd inning off Swan 1 on, 0 out,5th inning off Swan 0 on, 1 out); Boone (3,6th inning off Swan 0 on, 0 out); Hebner (2,7th inning off Metzger 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Youngblood (1,off Lerch); Luzinski (3,off Metzger).  SH–Morrison (1,off Metzger).  IBB–McBride (1,by Metzger).  CS–Mazzilli (2,2nd base by Lerch/Boone); McBride (1,2nd base by Swan/Stearns).  BK–Garber (2).  IBB–Metzger (3,McBride).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:35.  A–39,106.
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