Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 9, 1978 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 8, 1978
Mets 3, Reds 2 1978 Regular Season Game 30
May 9, 1978
Reds 7, Mets 6 Next Game:
May 10, 1978
Mets 7, Expos 2

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National League Standings, May 9, 1978

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

3b
Lenny
Randle rf
Elliott
Maddox cf
Lee
Mazzilli 1b
Willie
Montanez lf
Steve
Henderson 2b
Bobby
Valentine c
John
Stearns ss
Doug
Flynn p
Jerry
Koosman

May 9, 1978, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Reds 7, New York Mets 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lenny Randle 3b 2 2 0 0 3 1 .153

Elliott Maddox rf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .267

Lee Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .291

Willie Montanez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .209

Steve Henderson lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .236

Bobby Valentine 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286

- Sergio Ferrer ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

John Stearns c 3 0 2 1 0 1 .227

Doug Flynn ss-2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .245

Jerry Koosman p 2 1 1 1 0 1 .062

- Bruce Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226

- Mardie Cornejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bob Myrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Skip Lockwood p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Pete Rose 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0

Ken Griffey rf 4 1 0 0 1 1

Joe Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0

George Foster lf 4 1 1 2 1 1

Johnny Bench c 5 1 2 2 0 1

Dave Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 1 2

Dan Driessen 1b 4 1 2 2 1 0

Dave Collins cf 3 1 0 0 1 0

Tom Hume p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Junior Kennedy ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

- Pedro Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Lum ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Manny Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Cesar Geronimo ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Doug Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

New York Mets 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 8 0

Cincinnati Reds 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 9 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 5.0 4 4 4 4 2 3.11

Mardie Cornejo 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 4.58

Bob Myrick 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 2.25

Skip Lockwood (L,1-2) 3.0 3 2 2 1 3 3.76

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Tom Hume 4.1 5 5 4 3 2

Dale Murray 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Pedro Borbon 1.0 1 1 1 1 0

Manny Sarmiento 2.0 0 0 0 0 1

Doug Bair (W) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2

Errors: Tom Hume.
WP: Tom Hume.
2B: Jerry Koosman (1), John Stearns (5), Doug Flynn (1), Johnny Bench, Mike Lum.
HR: George Foster, Dan Driessen.
HBP: John Stearns, Joe Morgan.
SF: Lee Mazzilli, Doug Flynn.
SB: Joe Morgan.
CS: Elliott Maddox (1).

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