New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 13, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 4, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 3 0 0 1
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
  Valentine 2b 0 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 2 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 1 1 0
Henderson lf 3 1 0 0
Maddox rf 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 1 0 0 0
Flynn 2b,ss 2 1 1 1
Koosman p 1 0 0 0
  Youngblood rf 1 1 1 1
Totals 28 4 5 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 0 2 1
Griffey rf 5 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Bench c 3 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 2 1 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 1 0
  Auerbach pr 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
New York 020 010 010450
Cincinnati 001 000 100292
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (3-9) 6.2 7 2 2 4 3
  Lockwood  SV (10) 2.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
5
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (9-8) 7.0 4 3 1 2 8
  Sarmiento   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
2
3
10

  E–Bench (6), Concepcion (14).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Flynn (4,off Seaver), Cincinnati Rose (25,off Koosman).  HR–New York Youngblood (2,8th inning off Sarmiento 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Koosman (1,off Seaver).  SF–Flynn (2,off Seaver); Randle (4,off Seaver).  SB–Stearns (12,2nd base off Seaver/Bench); S Henderson (5,2nd base off Seaver/Bench).  CS–Maddox (6,2nd base by Seaver/Bench); Mazzilli (8,2nd base by Seaver/Bench).  WP–Seaver (2).  BK–Koosman (1).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:16.  A–35,226.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

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."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook