New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 1
Valentine 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 1 1
  Cornejo p 0 0 0 0
Maddox rf 5 1 1 0
Henderson lf 4 0 3 0
Montanez 1b 5 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 2 1
Youngblood 3b,2b 3 0 1 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Ferrer pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Flynn ss,2b 4 1 1 0
Bruhert p 2 0 1 0
  Randle ph,3b 1 1 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
  Knight 3b 1 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 1
Geronimo cf 4 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Werner c 3 0 0 1
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
Norman p 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 4 2
New York 001 000 001 13112
Cincinnati 000 020 000 0240
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bruhert   7.0 2 2 1 1 0
  Lockwood  W (1-1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Cornejo  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
4
2
1
1
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   8.1 9 2 2 2 6
  Borbon  L (2-1) 1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Tomlin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
3
3
3
6

  E–Youngblood (1), Ferrer (1).  2B–Cincinnati Rose (9,off Lockwood).  HR–Cincinnati Driessen (5,5th inning off Bruhert 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Mazzilli (1,off Borbon).  SB–Stearns (4,2nd base off Norman/Werner); S Henderson (2,2nd base off Norman/Werner); Geronimo (3,3rd base off Bruhert/Stearns); Concepcion (4,2nd base off Bruhert/Stearns); Morgan (6,2nd base off Lockwood/Stearns).  CS–S Henderson (2,2nd base by Norman/Werner).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:52.  A–16,094.
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