Starting with a homer by Mike Schmidt, the Phillies scored five runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Mets, 9-4. After Schmidt's smash, the Phillies scored another run on a walk to Greg Luzinski, singles by Richie Hebner and Garry Maddox and an error by Mets' center fielder Lee Mazzilli. Bob Boone laid down a squeeze bunt to score Hebner, Jim Morrison tripled to drive in Maddox and Bake McBride hit a sacrifice fly to plate Morrison. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Friday, May       5, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  0    2  1  0  -   4  9  2
Phillies     1  0  1    0  5  0    0  2  x  -   9 13  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .165      McBride rf            4   2   2   1     0   0   .269
Maddox rf             3   1   1   1     0   0   .154      Bowa ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .297
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schmidt 3b            4   3   2   1     1   0   .341
  Youngblood ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Luzinski lf           3   1   1   2     1   0   .282
Mazzilli cf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .290        Martin lf           1   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Montanez 1b           4   1   1   0     1   1   .215      Hebner 1b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .288
S. Henderson lf       4   0   2   2     0   0   .194      Maddox cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .297
Valentine 2b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .300      Boone c               3   0   0   1     1   0   .267
Stearns c             2   1   0   0     2   1   .184      Morrison 2b           4   1   3   1     0   1   .375
Flynn ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Boisclair ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .216        Reed p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Grieve ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .294        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Espinosa p            2   0   1   0     0   1   .167
  Cornejo p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kranepool ph,rf     2   0   1   1     0   0   .217
  Ferrer ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     4   6             Totals               33   9  13   8     4   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 22,116
Left on Base: Mets 9, Phillies 10
DP: Mets 0, Phillies 0
Errors: Mazzilli, Montanez
Doubles: Maddox (1), Valentine (2), Montanez (5), S. Henderson (2), Luzinski (6)
Triples: Randle (2), Morrison (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (1), Lonborg (1), Boone (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (1), McBride (1), Maddox (2)
Hit by Pitch: Lonborg (1,by Cornejo)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa L(1-2)         4.1   9   7   6   3   1   1  26   5.08
Cornejo                 1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   7   4.41
Metzger                 2     3   2   2   1   2   0  10   8.03
Totals                  8    13   9   8   4   4   1  43

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(3-2)          6.1   6   3   3   3   4   0  28   4.26
Reed                    1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   2.03
McGraw SV(2)            1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.84
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   6   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Cornejo (1)
Balks: Espinosa (1), Metzger (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Joe West


METS 1ST: Randle struck out; Maddox flied out to left; Mazzilli
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride singled to center; Espinosa balked
[McBride to second]; Bowa reached on an error by Montanez on a
sacrifice bunt [McBride to third, Bowa to first]; Schmidt flied
out to right; Luzinski grounded out (third to first) [McBride
scored (unearned), Bowa to second]; Hebner flied out to center;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

METS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (second to first); S. Henderson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Valentine struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Boone
walked; Morrison singled to shortstop [Boone to second]; Lonborg
struck out; McBride flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 0, Phillies 1.

METS 3RD: Stearns grounded out (second to first); Flynn lined to
second; Espinosa singled to center; Randle grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt singled to left;
Luzinski doubled to right [Schmidt scored]; Hebner was walked
intentionally; Maddox forced Hebner (third to second) [Luzinski
to third]; Boone forced Maddox (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 2.

METS 4TH: Maddox doubled to left; Mazzilli grounded out (first
unassisted) [Maddox to third]; Montanez walked; S. Henderson
singled to center [Maddox scored, Montanez to second]; Valentine
made an out to second; Stearns struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mets 1, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Morrison singled to shortstop; Lonborg out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Morrison to second]; McBride
flied out to left; Bowa flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 2.

METS 5TH: Flynn flied out to left; Espinosa struck out; Randle
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt homered; Luzinski walked; Hebner singled
to right [Luzinski to second]; Maddox singled to center
[Luzinski scored (error by Mazzilli) (no RBI), Hebner to third];
Boone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hebner scored,
Maddox to second]; Morrison tripled to left [Maddox scored];
CORNEJO REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Lonborg was hit by a
pitch; McBride hit a sacrifice fly to center [Morrison scored,
Lonborg to second (on throw to home)]; Bowa singled to second
[Lonborg to third]; Schmidt reached on a fielder's choice
[Lonborg out at home (third unassisted), Bowa to second]; 5 R, 5
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 7.

METS 6TH: Maddox flied out to center; Mazzilli singled to
center; Montanez flied out to left; S. Henderson forced Mazzilli
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner
was called out on strikes; Maddox made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 7.

METS 7TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Valentine
doubled to left; Stearns walked; Flynn flied out to left;
KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR CORNEJO; Kranepool singled to right
[Valentine scored, Stearns to third]; Randle walked [Kranepool
to second]; REED REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Maddox hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Stearns scored]; Mazzilli flied out to
left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 7TH: KRANEPOOL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); METZGER
REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Boone made an out to second;
Morrison struck out; Reed struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Phillies 7.

METS 8TH: Montanez doubled to left; S. Henderson doubled to
right [Montanez scored]; Valentine grounded out (shortstop to
first); Stearns walked; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR FLYNN; MCGRAW
REPLACED REED (PITCHING); GRIEVE BATTED FOR BOISCLAIR; Grieve
lined to left; Kranepool popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mets 4, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 8TH: GRIEVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FERRER
REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING SS); McBride singled to center;
Metzger balked [McBride to second]; On a bunt Bowa singled to
third [McBride to third]; Schmidt was walked intentionally [Bowa
to second]; Martin singled to third [McBride scored, Bowa to
third, Schmidt to second]; Hebner forced Bowa (pitcher to
catcher) [Schmidt to third, Martin to second]; Maddox hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Schmidt scored, Martin to third, Hebner
to second]; Boone popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 9.

METS 9TH: Randle tripled to left; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR METZGER;
Youngblood grounded out (pitcher to first); Mazzilli struck out;
Montanez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 9.