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New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 26, 1978 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1978 at Astrodome. 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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"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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| Game played on Friday, May 26, 1978 at Astrodome |
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| New York |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Houston |
0 | 0 | 3 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | x | – | 5 | 9 | 0 |
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| New York Mets |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Koosman L (2-5) |
6.0 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
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Metzger |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
8.0 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
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| Houston Astros |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Lemongello W (4-5) |
6.1 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
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Forsch SV (1) |
2.2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
12 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
E–Flynn (4). DP–New York 1, Houston 1. PB–Hodges (2). 3B–New York Youngblood (2,off Forsch). HR–New York Montanez (5,4th inning off Lemongello 1 on, 2 out), Houston Alou (1,3rd inning off Koosman 2 on, 1 out); Cruz (2,6th inning off Koosman 1 on, 1 out). SH–Ferguson (1,off Metzger). IBB–Cruz (1,by Metzger). CS–Mazzilli (4,2nd base by Lemongello/Ferguson); Maddox (3,2nd base by Lemongello/Ferguson); Cabell (4,2nd base by Koosman/Hodges). SB–Cedeno (18,2nd base off Koosman/Hodges). IBB–Metzger (4,Cruz). U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Joe West. T–2:20. A–11,158. |
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| Game played on Friday, May 26, 1978 at Astrodome |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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