New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1978 at Astrodome. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 9, Houston Astros 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 5 0 1 0
Maddox 3b 5 1 1 0
Boisclair rf 5 2 3 1
Henderson lf 3 3 1 0
Montanez 1b 3 1 1 0
Hodges c 2 0 1 2
  Stearns ph,c 1 1 1 3
Foli ss 4 0 1 1
Flynn 2b 4 1 2 1
Bruhert p 2 0 0 0
  Kobel p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf,lf 5 1 2 1
Cabell 3b 5 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 0
Cruz 1b,rf 4 1 3 1
Walling lf 2 1 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Howe 2b 3 1 1 3
Ferguson c 3 1 0 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Andujar p 1 0 0 0
  Alou ph 0 0 0 0
  Zamora p 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 5
New York 010 200 1419122
Houston 002 320 0007101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bruhert   4.1 7 7 6 2 3
  Kobel   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Metzger  W (1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Murray  SV (3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   4.0 3 3 3 3 1
  Zamora   3.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Sambito  L (2-3) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Forsch   1.2 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
4
3

  E–Hodges (2), Bruhert (3), Andujar (2).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–New York Stearns (6,off Sambito), Houston Cruz (8,off Bruhert); Howe (14,off Bruhert).  3B–New York Hodges (1,off Andujar); Boisclair (1,off Andujar).  HR–New York Boisclair (2,8th inning off Zamora 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Foli (2,off Sambito); Andujar (3,off Bruhert).  SF–Hodges (2,off Andujar); Stearns (2,off Forsch); Howe (2,off Kobel).  IBB–Montanez (5,by Forsch); Cruz (2,by Metzger).  SB–Cabell (5,2nd base off Metzger/Hodges).  WP–Bruhert (3).  BK–Zamora (1).  IBB–Metzger (5,Cruz); Forsch (4,Montanez).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:47.  A–26,742.
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