San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
June 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1978 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 2, New York Mets 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 5 1 2 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Gamble lf 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 3 0 2 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 1 0
Thomas 2b 2 0 0 0
  Ashford 2b 1 0 0 0
Almon 3b 4 1 1 0
Sweet c 2 0 1 0
  Roberts pr,c 1 0 0 0
Owchinko p 2 0 1 1
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 9 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 4 0 2 0
Maddox 3b 2 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 3 1 1 0
Grieve rf 3 0 2 1
  Youngblood rf 1 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 1
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
Zachry p 3 1 1 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
San Diego 010 010 000290
New York 010 100 10x372
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Owchinko  L (3-5) 6.2 7 3 3 2 2
  D'Acquisto   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  W (6-1) 7.0 8 2 1 3 10
  Lockwood  SV (8) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
4
12

  E–Maddox (2), Stearns (3).  2B–San Diego Richards (6,off Zachry), New York S Henderson (7,off Owchinko); Mazzilli (13,off Owchinko).  3B–San Diego Richards (4,off Zachry).  SH–Smith (11,off Zachry); Owchinko (2,off Zachry).  SB–Winfield 2 (7,2nd base off Zachry/Stearns,2nd base off Lockwood/Stearns); Mazzilli (7,2nd base off Owchinko/Sweet).  WP–Owchinko (1).  BK–Owchinko (2).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:49.  A–7,452.
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