Roaring to an early 8-0 lead, the Phillies hung on to defeat the Mets, 8-6. In a five-run second inning, two tallies came across on sacrifice flies by Jerry Martin and Randy Lerch and three scored on a homer by Garry Maddox. Mike Schmidt hit a leadoff homer in the third. A double by Martin and single by Maddox produced another run in the fourth. Bob Boone completed the Phils' scoring with an RBI single in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 6
Game Played on Wednesday, August    2, 1978 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  5  0  -   6 12  0
Phillies     0  5  1    1  1  0    0  0  x  -   8 11  3


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazzilli cf           4   1   1   2     1   2   .265      Maddox cf             5   1   2   4     0   1   .292
Foli ss               5   0   3   1     0   1   .259      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .305
S. Henderson lf       4   0   1   0     0   1   .270      Schmidt 3b            4   2   2   1     0   0   .253
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Luzinski lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .261
  Grieve ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .247        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stearns c             4   1   0   0     0   0   .269        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Montanez 1b           5   0   1   0     0   2   .265      Cardenal 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .276
Youngblood rf,lf      5   1   1   0     0   0   .262      Boone c               3   1   1   1     1   0   .273
Maddox 3b,rf          4   1   1   1     1   0   .264      Martin rf,lf          3   1   2   1     0   0   .294
Flynn 2b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Sizemore 2b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .224
  Bruhert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .095        Harrelson pr,2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Randle ph,3b        2   1   1   1     0   0   .227      Lerch p               2   0   0   1     0   0   .152
Koosman p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .098        McBride rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .268
  Valentine ph,2b     2   1   1   0     1   0   .264

Totals               39   6  12   5     3   7             Totals               32   8  11   8     3   2

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 32,382
Left on Base: Mets 10, Phillies 5
DP: Mets 0, Phillies 2
Errors: Cardenal, Boone, Lerch
Doubles: Valentine (4), Foli (16), Maddox (13), Grieve (3), Martin (11)
Triples: Randle (7), Luzinski (2)
Home Runs: Mazzilli (12), Maddox (9), Schmidt (14)
Stolen Bases: Stearns 2 (17)
Caught Stealing: Harrelson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Martin (2), Lerch (1)
GIDP: Stearns (8)
Hit by Pitch: Stearns (4,by Reed)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman L(3-12)         4     5   7   7   3   1   2  20   4.19
Bruhert                 2     4   1   1   0   0   0  10   4.98
Murray                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   4.17
Totals                  8    11   8   8   3   2   2  37

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch W(6-6)            7     6   1   1   3   5   0  30   4.31
Reed                    1     3   5   2   0   2   1   8   2.57
McGraw SV(9)            1     3   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.40
Totals                  9    12   6   3   3   7   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Reed (3)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Paul Runge, 3B - Jerry Dale


METS 1ST: Mazzilli struck out; Foli grounded out (shortstop to
first); S. Henderson singled to second; Stearns forced S.
Henderson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox was called out on strikes; Bowa grounded
out (third to first); Schmidt made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); Youngblood
lined to center; Maddox walked; Flynn singled to third [Maddox
to second]; Koosman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Cardenal singled to third
[Luzinski to second]; Boone walked [Luzinski to third, Cardenal
to second]; Martin hit a sacrifice fly to right [Luzinski
scored, Cardenal to third, Boone to second]; Sizemore was walked
intentionally; Lerch hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cardenal
scored, Boone to third]; Maddox homered [Boone scored, Sizemore
scored]; Bowa flied out to center; 5 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Phillies 5.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli flied out to center; Foli singled to right;
S. Henderson reached on an error by Lerch [Foli to second, S.
Henderson to first]; Stearns grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [S. Henderson out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt homered; Luzinski grounded out (third to
first); Cardenal flied out to center; Boone popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 6.

METS 4TH: Montanez flied out to center; Youngblood flied out to
center; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 4TH: Martin doubled to center; Sizemore popped to first
in foul territory; Lerch flied out to center; Maddox singled to
left [Martin scored]; Bowa flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 7.

METS 5TH: Flynn grounded out (third to first); VALENTINE BATTED
FOR KOOSMAN; Valentine walked; Mazzilli was called out on
strikes; Foli singled to left [Valentine to second]; S.
Henderson lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 5TH: VALENTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BRUHERT
REPLACED FLYNN (PITCHING); Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski
popped to first in foul territory; Cardenal grounded out (second
to first) [Schmidt to second]; Boone singled to center [Schmidt
scored]; Martin singled to left [Boone to second]; Sizemore
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0,
Phillies 8.

METS 6TH: Stearns lined to left; Montanez struck out; Youngblood
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 6TH: Lerch grounded out (second to first); Maddox flied
out to center; Bowa singled to second; Schmidt flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 8.

METS 7TH: Maddox flied out to center; RANDLE BATTED FOR BRUHERT;
Randle flied out to right; Valentine doubled to left; Mazzilli
walked; Foli doubled to center [Valentine scored, Mazzilli to
third]; S. Henderson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1,
Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 7TH: RANDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MADDOX CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); YOUNGBLOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); MURRAY REPLACED S. HENDERSON (PITCHING); Luzinski tripled
to right; Cardenal flied out to right; Boone flied out to
center; Martin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 8.

METS 8TH: REED REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); MCBRIDE REPLACED
LERCH (PLAYING RF); MARTIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Stearns was hit by a pitch; Stearns stole second; Stearns stole
third; Montanez struck out; Youngblood reached on a fielder's
choice [Stearns scored (error by Boone) (unearned) (no RBI),
Youngblood to second]; Maddox doubled to left [Youngblood
scored]; Randle tripled to right [Maddox scored]; Valentine
flied out to center; Mazzilli homered (unearned) [Randle scored
(unearned)]; Foli struck out; 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
6, Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 8TH: Sizemore singled to pitcher; HARRELSON RAN FOR
SIZEMORE; Harrelson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); McBride struck out; Maddox grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6, Phillies 8.

METS 9TH: HARRELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCGRAW REPLACED
REED (PITCHING); GRIEVE BATTED FOR MURRAY; Grieve doubled to
right [Grieve to third (error by Cardenal)]; Stearns lined into
a double play (pitcher to third) [Grieve out at third]; Montanez
singled to right; Youngblood singled to right [Montanez to
second]; Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 3 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 6, Phillies 8.