Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 15, 1978 - Box Score

THE ULTIMATE METS DATABASE IS NOT AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH THE NEW YORK METS OR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

- All-Time Roster Every Met player... EVER!
- Mug Shots The pretty ones and the ugly ones -- we have them all!
- Player Awards Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Hall of Fame, and more.
- Transactions Over a thousand player transactions -- in chronological order!
- Managers & Coaches The men who have led the Mets, and the men who helped them.
- Mets Staff Executives, General Managers, Broadcasters, and more. (And Jane Jarvis too!)
- Birth Places Perfect for planning your Mets pilgrimages!
- Oldest Living Mets See which Mets players have spent the most time walking the Earth.
- Necrology Mets players and personnel who are no longer with us.

- Game Results
  All the wins, all the losses. Includes box scores and score cards!
- Opening Day
  The first day of each season! See the starting lineups, who started at each position year-by-year, and leaders by position.
- Walkoff Wins & Losses
  Interactively search for the happiest and saddest endings to Mets games.
- Postseason Games How the Mets have fared in the games that count the most!
- No-Hitters & One-Hitters See a list of every no-hitter and one-hitter pitched by the Mets, or against them. One of these categories was frustratingly empty for over fifty years, but not anymore!
- All-Star Games Mets who have appeared in baseball's Mid-Summer Classic
- Opponents & Ballparks See the Mets won-lost record against every team, and in every ballpark in which they've played!
- Daily Standings What was the Mets' pennant outlook on any given day in past seasons?
- Yearly Finishes The heights and the depths: the Mets won-lost record at the end of each season.
- Mayor's Trophy Games A look back at the long-ago annual series between the Mets and their Bronx rivals.

- Leaderboards Career, season, and individual game leaders at your fingertips!
- Team Leaders Players who led the Mets in various categories, from season to season.
- Decade Leaders Mets history broken down into ten-year chunks!
- Post-Season Leaders Mets leaders, by category, in post-season games

- Ultimate Mets Scrapbook The history of the Mets, as it was reported when it happened!
- Forum Visit the Crane Pool Forum to discuss the Mets and just about anything else!
- Fan Memories Insightful. Poignant. Thrilling. Somber. Nutty. Our visitors have submitted thousands of thoughts and memories of the Mets and the games they've played.
- Mets Uniforms It's more than just laundry! Trace the evolution of the Mets official uniform over the years.
- Uniform Numbers In association with Mets By the Numbers, we present a full history of who wore what number, and when!/li>
- Baseball Cards Our collection of home-made baseball cards, in the style of the classic Topps cards of the 1970's.
- This Date in Mets History Births, Deaths, Transactions, Newspaper Covers

- Contact Us
- FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

Previous Game:
July 14, 1978
Reds 6, Mets 3 1978 Regular Season Game 89
July 15, 1978
Reds 7, Mets 5 Next Game:
July 16, 1978
Reds 9, Mets 2

Click to view scorecard

National League Standings, July 15, 1978

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Lenny
Randle ss
Tim
Foli cf
Lee
Mazzilli 1b
Willie
Montanez c
John
Stearns lf
Steve
Henderson rf
Elliott
Maddox 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Craig
Swan

July 15, 1978, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Reds 7, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Randle 3b-2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .232

Tim Foli ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .233

Lee Mazzilli cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .276

Willie Montanez 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .269

John Stearns c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .265

Steve Henderson lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .258

Elliott Maddox rf-3b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .289

Doug Flynn 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .244

- Ed Kranepool ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Craig Swan p 1 0 1 2 0 0 .206

- Tom Grieve ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231

- Paul Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .252

- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Pete Rose 3b 2 2 1 0 2 0

- Junior Kennedy 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Griffey rf 4 1 1 0 0 0

Joe Morgan 2b 3 2 2 2 1 0

- Manny Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0

George Foster lf 3 0 1 2 0 1

Dan Driessen 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1

Johnny Bench c 3 0 2 2 1 0

Dave Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0 0 0

Cesar Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0 1 0

Paul Moskau p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Pedro Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Lum ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Rick Auerbach pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Ray Knight 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 13 0

Cincinnati Reds 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 x 7 12 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan 5.0 4 1 1 1 2 2.59

Paul Siebert 0.1 0 2 2 2 0 5.57

Dale Murray (L,3-3) 1.0 4 3 3 2 0 5.05

Skip Lockwood 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 3.49

Dwight Bernard 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 3.18

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Paul Moskau 3.1 8 4 4 0 0

Pedro Borbon 1.2 2 0 0 0 0

Dave Tomlin (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2

Manny Sarmiento (Save) 2.0 2 1 0 0 1

Errors: Cesar Geronimo.
2B: Willie Montanez (18), Dan Driessen.
Intentional Walks: Dan Driessen, Johnny Bench.
SH: Craig Swan, Doug Flynn.
SF: George Foster.
SB: Dave Concepcion 2, Pete Rose.
CS: Dave Concepcion.

Born on the day the Mets played this game:

Miguel Olivo

Meet the Mets

All-Time Roster

Managers and Coaches

Oldest Living Mets

Games

Walkoff Wins and Losses

Post-Season Games

No-Hitters and One-Hitters

Opponents and Ballparks

Daily Standings

Yearly Finishes

Mayor's Trophy Games

Stats

Interactive Statistics

Metscellaneous

Uniform Numbers

About Us

Copyright 1999-2024, The Ultimate Mets Database