Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 2, 1978 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 1, 1978
Mets 5, Phillies 1 1978 Regular Season Game 109
August 2, 1978
Phillies 8, Mets 6 Next Game:
August 4, 1978
Mets 8, Cardinals 3

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National League Standings, August 2, 1978

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lee
Mazzilli ss
Tim
Foli lf
Steve
Henderson c
John
Stearns 1b
Willie
Montanez rf
Joel
Youngblood 3b
Elliott
Maddox 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Jerry
Koosman

August 2, 1978, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 2 1 2 .265

Tim Foli ss 5 0 3 1 0 1 .259

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270

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

- Tom Grieve ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .247

John Stearns c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .269

Willie Montanez 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .265

Joel Youngblood rf-lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .262

Elliott Maddox 3b-rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .264

Doug Flynn 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .249

- Mike Bruhert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095

- Lenny Randle ph-3b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .227

Jerry Koosman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .098

- Bobby Valentine ph-2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .264

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Garry Maddox cf 5 1 2 4 0 1

Larry Bowa ss 4 0 1 0 0 0

Mike Schmidt 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0

Greg Luzinski lf 3 1 1 0 1 0

- Ron Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Cardenal 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0

Bob Boone c 3 1 1 1 1 0

Jerry Martin rf-lf 3 1 2 1 0 0

Ted Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0

- Bud Harrelson pr-2b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Randy Lerch p 2 0 0 1 0 0

- Bake McBride rf 1 0 0 0 0 1

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 12 0

Philadelphia Phillies 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 x 8 11 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman (L,3-12) 4.0 5 7 7 3 1 4.19

Mike Bruhert 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 4.98

Dale Murray 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 4.19

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Randy Lerch (W) 7.0 6 1 1 3 5

Ron Reed 1.0 3 5 2 0 2

Tug McGraw (Save) 1.0 3 0 0 0 0

Errors: Jose Cardenal.
2B: Tim Foli (16), Bobby Valentine (4), Tom Grieve (3), Elliott Maddox (13), Jerry Martin.
3B: Lenny Randle (7), Greg Luzinski.
HR: Lee Mazzilli (12), Garry Maddox, Mike Schmidt.
Intentional Walks: Ted Sizemore.
HBP: John Stearns.
SF: Jerry Martin, Randy Lerch.
SB: John Stearns 2 (17).
CS: Bud Harrelson.

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