Mets' rookie outfielder Dan Norman, who hit homers in the second and fourth innings, capped his big night with a sacrifice fly in the 10th to beat the Phillies, 5-4. The Mets failed to hold a 4-1 lead but then won out in overtime when Willie Montanez singled, took third on a single by John Stearns and scored on Norman's fly. The defeat cut the Phillies' lead to three games over the Pirates in the East division race. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4
Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Mets         1  1  1    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   5 14  1
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1    0  -   4  8  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Flores cf             5   2   2   0     0   1   .267      McBride rf            3   1   0   0     1   0   .269
Maddox 3b             5   0   3   1     0   0   .265      Bowa ss               4   1   1   0     1   0   .299
S. Henderson lf       5   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Maddox cf             5   1   3   1     0   1   .283
  Boisclair lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Luzinski lf           5   0   1   2     0   1   .266
Montanez 1b           5   1   1   0     0   1   .261      Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Stearns c             5   0   4   1     0   1   .268      Boone 1b,c            4   1   2   0     0   0   .290
Norman rf             4   2   2   3     0   0   .304      Foote c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .164
Youngblood 2b         5   0   1   0     0   0   .259        Hebner ph,1b        1   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Ferrer ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .182      Sizemore 2b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .230
Koosman p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .086        McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Murray p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Harrelson 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .234
                                                          Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
                                                            Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Morrison ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mackanin ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
                                                            Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               41   5  14   5     0   6             Totals               36   4   8   3     3   7

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 29,257
Left on Base: Mets 8, Phillies 6
DP: Mets 2, Phillies 2
Errors: Maddox, Boone 2
Doubles: Maddox (18), Luzinski (29), Maddox (31)
Home Runs: Norman 2 (4)
Caught Stealing: Stearns 2 (10), Sizemore (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Koosman (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Norman (1)
GIDP: Ferrer (1), Youngblood (4), Foote (2), McCarver (3)
Hit by Pitch: McBride (5,by Koosman)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman                 7.1   5   3   3   3   6   0  30   3.77
Murray W(9-5)           2.2   3   1   1   0   1   0  10   3.86
Totals                 10     8   4   4   3   7   0  40

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    2.2   7   3   3   0   2   1  13   4.28
Pina                    0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Eastwick                2     3   1   1   0   0   1  10   3.74
Brusstar                3     1   0   0   0   0   0  11   2.28
McGraw L(8-6)           2     3   1   1   0   3   0   8   3.22
Totals                 10    14   5   5   0   6   2  43

Hit by Pitch: Koosman (8)
Wild Pitches: Kaat (5)
Balks: Brusstar (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Eric Gregg


METS 1ST: Flores singled to center; Maddox singled to center
[Flores to second]; S. Henderson forced Maddox (second to
shortstop); Montanez struck out; Stearns singled to right
[Flores scored, S. Henderson to third]; Stearns was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride made an out to pitcher; Bowa lined to
second; Maddox singled to third; Luzinski doubled to left
[Maddox scored]; Schmidt made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Phillies 1.

METS 2ND: Norman homered; Youngblood singled to shortstop;
Ferrer grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Youngblood out at second]; Koosman struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone singled to left; Foote grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Boone out at
second]; Sizemore reached on an error by Maddox [Sizemore to
first]; Sizemore was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Phillies 1.

METS 3RD: Flores singled to left; Maddox doubled to right
[Flores scored]; S. Henderson lined to first; Kaat threw a wild
pitch [Maddox to third]; Montanez grounded out (shortstop to
first); PINA REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Stearns struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: MORRISON BATTED FOR PINA; Morrison grounded out
(pitcher to first); McBride was hit by a pitch; Bowa popped to
first in foul territory; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Phillies 1.

METS 4TH: EASTWICK REPLACED MORRISON (PITCHING); Norman homered;
Youngblood flied out to center; Ferrer singled to left; Koosman
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ferrer to second];
Flores grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski struck out; Schmidt struck out; Boone
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

METS 5TH: Maddox flied out to center; S. Henderson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Montanez reached on an error by Boone
[Montanez to first]; Stearns singled to center [Montanez to
third]; Norman forced Stearns (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Foote struck out; Sizemore walked; MACKANIN BATTED
FOR EASTWICK; Mackanin struck out; McBride flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

METS 6TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED MACKANIN (PITCHING); Youngblood
flied out to center; Ferrer grounded out (third to first);
Koosman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa singled to second; Maddox flied out to
center; Luzinski flied out to center; Schmidt flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

METS 7TH: Flores reached on an error by Boone [Flores to first];
Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first) [Flores to second]; S.
Henderson grounded out (second to first) [Flores to third];
Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Boone flied out to left; Foote grounded out
(pitcher to first); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

METS 8TH: Stearns singled to left; Brusstar balked [Stearns to
second]; Norman flied out to right [Stearns to third];
Youngblood reached on a fielder's choice [Stearns stayed at
third]; Stearns was caught stealing home (catcher to third to
pitcher); Ferrer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: SMITH BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; Smith was called out on
strikes; McBride walked; Bowa walked [McBride to second]; Maddox
doubled to right [McBride scored, Bowa to third]; MURRAY
REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Bowa scored]; Schmidt flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 3.

METS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Murray was called
out on strikes; Flores struck out; Maddox singled to left; S.
Henderson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone singled to left; HEBNER BATTED FOR FOOTE;
Hebner singled to center [Boone to third]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR
SIZEMORE; McCarver grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Boone scored (no RBI), Hebner out at
second]; McGraw was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 4, Phillies 4.

METS 10TH: BOONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); HEBNER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HARRELSON REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING 2B);
Montanez singled to right; Stearns singled to right [Montanez to
third]; Norman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Montanez scored];
Youngblood grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Stearns out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 10TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED S. HENDERSON (PLAYING LF);
McBride grounded out (second to first); Bowa popped to third;
Maddox singled to center; Luzinski popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Phillies 4.