New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 14, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Maddox rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Stearns c 4 1 1 1
Montanez 1b 4 0 2 0
Henderson lf 3 0 2 0
Youngblood cf 2 1 1 1
  Boisclair ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
Zachry p 3 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 0 2 1
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 3 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 2 1 2
Bench c 3 1 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 2 1 2 1
Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 5
New York 110 100 000372
Cincinnati 001 200 30x6100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (10-5) 6.0 8 4 3 5 2
  Siebert   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Bernard   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
7
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   3.1 5 3 3 1 0
  Borbon   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bair  W (4-3) 3.0 1 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
6

  E–Stearns (7), Zachry (2).  2B–New York Montanez (17,off Sarmiento), Cincinnati Morgan (20,off Zachry); Geronimo (11,off Zachry); Griffey (22,off Zachry); Bench (9,off Bernard).  3B–Cincinnati Driessen (2,off Bernard).  HR–New York Maddox (2,1st inning off Norman 0 on, 2 out); Youngblood (3,2nd inning off Norman 0 on, 2 out); Stearns (8,4th inning off Norman 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Norman (6,off Zachry).  IBB–Geronimo (7,by Bernard).  CS–S Henderson (7,2nd base by Norman/Bench); Geronimo (2,2nd base by Zachry/Stearns).  WP–Bair (1).  IBB–Bernard (1,Geronimo).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:24.  A–34,751.
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