Montreal Expos vs New York Mets
July 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1980 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 9

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 5 2 3 0
Scott 2b 4 2 1 0
Dawson cf 5 0 1 1
Carter c 5 0 2 1
Cromartie 1b 5 1 2 1
Parrish 3b 4 0 2 0
Office rf 1 0 0 0
  Pate ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  White ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 1
Palmer p 3 0 1 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 1 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 14 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 5 2 1 1
Taveras ss 5 1 2 2
Washington rf,lf 5 1 4 1
Youngblood 3b,rf 4 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 2 2 0
Stearns c 4 1 2 0
Henderson lf 4 1 2 1
  Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 1 3 0
Zachry p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 1 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 0 0 0 1
  Reardon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 16 6
Montreal 300 200 0005145
New York 221 001 21x9163
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (5-2) 5.0 10 6 3 1 2
  Norman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley   2.0 6 3 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
9
6
1
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry   3.2 10 5 2 2 1
  Glynn  W (3-1) 2.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Reardon  SV (3) 3.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
5
2
3
2

  E–Carter (5), Cromartie 2 (6), Parrish (6), Speier (14), Taveras (17), Youngblood (4), Reardon (2).  DP–Montreal 1.  HR–New York Mazzilli (6,8th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Scott (5,off Zachry); Zachry (2,off Palmer).  IBB–Parrish (2,by Glynn).  SF–Cardenal (1,off Norman).  SB–LeFlore (47,2nd base off Zachry/Stearns); Taveras (16,2nd base off Palmer/Carter); Mazzilli (20,2nd base off Palmer/Carter); Washington 2 (5,2nd base off Palmer/Carter 2).  CS–Scott (3,3rd base by Zachry/Stearns); Taveras (8,3rd base by Palmer/Carter).  IBB–Glynn (3,Parrish).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–3:07.
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