New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 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 5, Cincinnati Reds 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b,2b 5 0 0 0
Foli ss 5 0 1 0
Mazzilli cf 5 0 2 0
Montanez 1b 4 1 2 0
Stearns c 4 1 1 0
Henderson lf 4 2 2 0
Maddox rf,3b 4 1 3 1
Flynn 2b 2 0 1 0
  Kranepool ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Swan p 1 0 1 2
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 2 2 1 0
  Kennedy 2b 1 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 2 2 2
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 2
Driessen 1b 3 1 2 1
Bench c 3 0 2 2
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0
Moskau p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 1 0
  Auerbach pr 0 1 0 0
  Knight 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 12 7
New York 020 200 0105130
Cincinnati 010 002 40x7121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan   5.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Siebert   0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Murray  L (4-4) 1.0 4 3 3 2 0
  Lockwood   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Bernard   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
6
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   3.1 8 4 4 0 0
  Borbon   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin  W (5-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Sarmiento  SV (5) 2.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
4
0
3

  E–Geronimo (3).  DP–New York 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Montanez (18,off Moskau), Cincinnati Driessen (18,off Swan).  SH–Swan (4,off Moskau); Flynn (5,off Moskau).  SF–Foster (4,off Lockwood).  IBB–Bench (3,by Murray); Driessen (7,by Lockwood).  SB–Rose (8,2nd base off Swan/Stearns); Concepcion 2 (13,2nd base off Swan/Stearns,3rd base off Swan/Stearns).  CS–Concepcion (7,Home by Swan/Stearns).  BK–Moskau (1).  IBB–Murray (15,Bench); Lockwood (4,Driessen).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:41.  A–50,125.
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