New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 2 2 2 2
Foli ss 5 1 0 0
Henderson lf 3 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 1 2 2
Stearns c 4 0 0 1
Norman rf 5 0 1 0
Maddox 3b 3 1 2 1
  Randle 3b 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0
Kobel p 4 1 1 1
  Koosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 1 1
Morales rf 5 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 3 2 2 3
Simmons lf 3 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 1 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Swisher c 4 0 2 0
  Lentine pr 0 1 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
O'Brien p 1 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 1 0
  Ramsey pr 0 1 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
New York 000 300 400790
St. Louis 100 002 0216101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Kobel  W (4-5) 7.2 8 5 5 1 2
  Koosman  SV (1) 1.1 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
3
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
O'Brien   5.0 6 3 3 3 4
  Frazier  L (0-3) 1.0 0 3 2 2 0
  Lopez   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Thomas   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Schultz   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
5
6

  E–Templeton (40).  DP–New York 2.  2B–St. Louis Morales (18,off Kobel).  3B–St. Louis Hernandez (4,off Kobel).  HR–St. Louis Hernandez (11,6th inning off Kobel 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Stearns (6,off Lopez); Maddox (5,off Thomas); Templeton (3,off Koosman).  SH–Mumphrey (2,off Koosman).  SB–Templeton (32,2nd base off Kobel/Stearns).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:35.  A–6,030.
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