New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1978 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros 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, Houston Astros 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Maddox rf 5 0 1 1
Foli ss 4 1 0 0
Henderson lf 5 1 2 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 4 0 2 2
Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0
Randle 3b 4 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0
Koosman p 4 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 5 1 2 0
Fischlin ss 3 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Landestoy pr,ss 1 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 1
Watson 1b 4 1 2 0
Howe 2b 4 0 1 1
Howard lf 4 0 1 1
Cruz rf 4 0 1 1
Bochy c 3 0 1 0
  Sexton pr 0 0 0 0
  Pujols c 1 0 0 0
Dixon p 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
New York 000 100 110 0381
Houston 000 000 003 14112
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman   8.2 9 3 3 0 6
  Lockwood  L (7-9) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
11
4
4
0
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon   8.0 6 3 3 4 5
  Sambito  W (4-6) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
4
6

  E–Maddox (6), Fischlin (8), Dixon (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Maddox (12,off Dixon).  3B–New York S Henderson (5,off Dixon).  SF–Cabell (3,off Lockwood).  SB–Stearns (15,2nd base off Dixon/Bochy).  CS–Maddox (7,2nd base by Dixon/Bochy).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:44.  A–26,779.
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