New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1978 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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 0, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 0 0
Maddox rf 3 0 2 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 3 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 0 0 0
Foli ss 3 0 2 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
Espinosa p 1 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 2 1 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 2 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 2 2
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 3 0 1 0
Monday rf 3 1 0 0
North cf 4 0 1 0
Yeager c 3 0 1 0
Rhoden p 2 1 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
New York 000 000 000–050
Los Angeles 000 030 00x–380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  L (5-6) 5.0 4 3 3 5 0
  Metzger   3.0 4 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
6
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  W (6-3) 8.0 5 0 0 0 4
  Hough  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
5
  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Los Angeles 1.  CS–Maddox (4,2nd base by Rhoden/Yeager); Garvey (3,2nd base by Espinosa/Stearns).  SB–North (9,2nd base off Metzger/Stearns).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:16.  A–31,308.
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