New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 2 2 0 0
Maddox rf 5 0 2 1
Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 1
Montanez 1b 3 1 0 0
Henderson lf 4 1 2 0
Valentine 2b 4 0 0 0
  Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 0 2 1
Flynn ss,2b 3 1 1 1
Koosman p 2 1 1 1
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Cornejo p 0 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 0 1 0
Griffey rf 4 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 2
Bench c 5 1 2 2
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 2
Collins cf 3 1 0 0
Hume p 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 0 1 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 1 1
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
New York 110 031 000 0680
Cincinnati 010 031 001 1791
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman   5.0 4 4 4 4 2
  Cornejo   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Myrick   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lockwood  L (1-2) 3.0 3 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
6
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume   4.1 5 5 4 3 2
  Murray   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Sarmiento   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bair  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
8
6
5
4
5

  E–Hume (1).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–New York Stearns (5,off Hume); Flynn (1,off Hume); Koosman (1,off Hume), Cincinnati Bench (6,off Koosman); Lum (1,off Cornejo).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (5,9th inning off Lockwood 0 on, 1 out); Driessen (6,10th inning off Lockwood 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Mazzilli (1,off Murray); Flynn (1,off Borbon).  HBP–Stearns (2,by Borbon); Morgan (1,by Koosman).  CS–Maddox (1,2nd base by Murray/Bench).  SB–Morgan (7,2nd base off Koosman/Stearns).  WP–Hume (2).  HBP–Koosman (2,Morgan); Borbon (1,Stearns).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:44.  A–19,217.
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