Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
July 24, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1978 at Shea 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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Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Mets 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 2 2 0
Lum rf 5 1 2 2
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 0
  Kennedy pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 0 3 1
Driessen 1b 3 1 0 0
Henderson cf 4 0 1 0
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 2 2
Correll c 4 0 1 0
Moskau p 2 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Maddox rf 4 1 1 0
Foli ss 4 0 2 1
Henderson lf 4 1 1 1
Montanez 1b 1 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 3 1 1 1
Randle 3b 4 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
Zachry p 2 0 0 0
  Kobel p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Cincinnati 010 001 1025120
New York 011 000 100351
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   6.1 4 3 3 5 4
  Borbon   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento  W (9-6) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry   6.1 9 3 3 5 3
  Kobel   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood  L (7-8) 2.0 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
5
6

  E–Foli (11).  DP–New York 3.  2B–New York Foli (14,off Moskau).  3B–New York Foli (1,off Borbon).  HR–Cincinnati Lum (5,9th inning off Lockwood 1 on, 0 out), New York Mazzilli (11,2nd inning off Moskau 0 on, 0 out); S Henderson (9,3rd inning off Moskau 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Concepcion (2,off Zachry).  IBB–Montanez (11,by Moskau).  SB–Montanez 2 (5,2nd base off Moskau/Correll 2).  BK–Moskau (3).  IBB–Moskau (2,Montanez).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:41.  A–35,939.
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