Houston Astros vs New York Mets
May 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1978 at Shea Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 6 0 3 0
Cabell 3b 6 1 1 3
Cedeno cf 7 0 0 0
Cruz rf 6 0 1 0
Watson 1b 1 0 0 0
  Bergman pr,1b 2 1 0 0
Howe 2b 4 1 1 0
Herrmann c 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez pr,ss 2 1 1 0
Metzger ss 2 0 2 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Sexton ss 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 0 0 0 1
  Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Richard ph 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 1 0 1 1
Andujar p 1 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph,c 2 1 1 0
Totals 47 5 12 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 6 0 1 0
Valentine 2b 3 1 1 0
  Ferrer ss 2 1 1 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 0
Montanez 1b 6 0 1 1
Henderson lf 5 1 0 1
Boisclair rf 5 0 0 0
Stearns c 5 0 1 1
Flynn ss,2b,ss 5 0 1 1
Swan p 2 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Cornejo p 0 0 0 0
  Myrick p 1 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 48 4 8 4
Houston 000 000 002 020 015121
New York 010 001 000 020 00480
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   7.0 4 2 1 3 3
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Forsch   3.0 3 2 2 3 0
  Dixon  W (2-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
14.0
8
4
3
7
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan   7.0 3 0 0 4 5
  Metzger   1.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Cornejo   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Myrick   2.1 3 2 2 4 3
  Siebert   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Lockwood  L (1-3) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
14.0
12
5
5
12
12

  E–Watson (1).  DP–Houston 1, New York 3.  2B–Houston Howe (9,off Myrick); Gonzalez (1,off Lockwood).  3B–New York Mazzilli (2,off Andujar).  HR–Houston Cabell (2,11th inning off Myrick 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Andujar (2,off Swan); Puhl (1,off Myrick).  SF–Walling (1,off Cornejo).  HBP–Ferguson (1,by Cornejo).  IBB–Gonzalez (1,by Myrick); Boisclair (2,by Forsch); Mazzilli (2,by Dixon).  CS–Cruz (1,2nd base by Swan/Stearns); Mazzilli (3,2nd base by Andujar/Herrmann); Randle (6,2nd base by Forsch/Ferguson).  SB–Randle (4,2nd base off Dixon/Ferguson).  WP–Andujar (2).  HBP–Cornejo (2,Ferguson).  IBB–Forsch (2,Boisclair); Dixon (1,Mazzilli); Myrick (2,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–4:21.  A–8,649.
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