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Reds
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
April 30, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds, played on April 30, 1978 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 30, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
New York Mets
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 30, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Mets |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Hume |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pat Zachry |
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 20,092 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Crawford 1B: Doug Harvey 2B: Andy Olsen 3B: Jim Quick |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Third Baseman |
| Ken Griffey | Right Fielder |
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| George Foster | Left Fielder |
| Dan Driessen | First Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Dave Concepcion | Shortstop |
| Cesar Geronimo | Center Fielder |
| Tom Hume | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Valentine | Second Baseman |
| Bruce Boisclair | Right Fielder |
| Steve Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| John Stearns | Catcher |
| Joel Youngblood | Third Baseman |
| Doug Flynn | Shortstop |
| Pat Zachry | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
April 30, 1978
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Zachry
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Zachry
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valentine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Zachry
Morgan takes first base on ball four. Griffey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foster vs. Zachry
Foster strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Driessen vs. Zachry
Driessen hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Hume
Mazzilli hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valentine vs. Hume
Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boisclair vs. Hume
Boisclair bunts towards the mound. Hume fields it and throws to first for the out. Valentine moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Hume
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valentine scores. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Hume
Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Zachry
Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Concepcion vs. Zachry
Concepcion hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geronimo vs. Zachry
Geronimo strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hume vs. Zachry
Hume hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Hume
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Hume
Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Hume
Flynn hits a line drive into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zachry vs. Hume
Zachry takes first base on ball four. Youngblood moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazzilli vs. Hume
Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Mazzilli reaches second base with a double. Youngblood scores. Zachry moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Valentine vs. Hume
Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zachry scores. Mazzilli scores. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boisclair vs. Hume
Boisclair strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Zachry
Rose hits a fly ball towards left. Henderson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Henderson. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffey vs. Zachry
Griffey bunts towards third. Youngblood fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Zachry
Morgan hits a popup towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Rose scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Zachry
Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Driessen vs. Zachry
Driessen takes first base on ball four. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bench vs. Zachry
The ball gets by Stearns for a passed ball. Morgan moves to third. Driessen moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bench vs. Zachry
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn misplays the ball. That's an error on Flynn. Morgan scores. Driessen moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Concepcion vs. Zachry
Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hume
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Hume
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Hume
Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Zachry
Geronimo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hume vs. Zachry
Hume bunts in front of the plate. Stearns fields it and throws to first for the out. Geronimo moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Zachry
Rose takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffey vs. Zachry
Griffey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Geronimo scores. Rose moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Zachry
Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Foster vs. Zachry
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foster vs. Zachry
Foster strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Hume
Youngblood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Hume
Flynn hits a line drive into left field. Foster picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Foster. Youngblood goes all the way around to score. Flynn moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zachry vs. Hume
Zachry bunts towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out. Flynn moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mazzilli vs. Hume
Mazzilli hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Mazzilli reaches second base with a double. Flynn scores. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Valentine vs. Sarmiento
Manny Sarmiento now pitching.
Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Sarmiento covering, for the out. Mazzilli moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boisclair vs. Sarmiento
Boisclair hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Driessen vs. Zachry
Driessen hits a fly ball into right field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Zachry
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Zachry
Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Sarmiento
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Sarmiento
Montanez strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Sarmiento
Stearns hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geronimo. Stearns reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngblood vs. Sarmiento
Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose juggles the ball. That's an error on Rose. Stearns moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Flynn vs. Sarmiento
Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Zachry
Geronimo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Zachry
Dave Collins pinch hits for Manny Sarmiento.
Collins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Zachry
There goes Collins. The throw from Stearns and he is out, Valentine applying the tag. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Zachry
Rose hits a popup towards short. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Murray
Dale Murray now pitching. Lenny Randle pinch hits for Pat Zachry.
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Randle for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Murray
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valentine vs. Murray
Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boisclair vs. Murray
Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Lockwood
Skip Lockwood now pitching.
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Lockwood covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Lockwood
Morgan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Valentine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Lockwood
Foster strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Murray
Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Montanez vs. Murray
There goes Henderson. The throw from Bench to Morgan and they have Henderson trapped. The throw over to Driessen, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Murray
Montanez strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. Murray
Stearns strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Driessen vs. Lockwood
Driessen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Lockwood
Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Driessen moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Concepcion vs. Lockwood
Concepcion strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geronimo vs. Lockwood
Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lum vs. Lockwood
Mike Lum pinch hits for Dale Murray.
Lum strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Tomlin
Dave Tomlin now pitching.
Youngblood strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Tomlin
Flynn is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockwood vs. Tomlin
Lockwood hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Lockwood
Sergio Ferrer now playing third base.
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Lockwood
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lockwood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Lockwood
Morgan hits a popup towards third. Ferrer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/30/1978 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Rose P, 3b 4 2 0 0 Mazzilli L, cf 4 1 2 2
Griffey K, rf 5 0 3 1 Valentine B, 2b 4 1 3 2
Morgan J, 2b 4 1 0 1 Boisclair B, rf 3 0 0 0
Foster G, lf 4 0 0 0 Henderson S, lf 4 0 2 1
Driessen D, 1b 3 0 1 0 Montanez W, 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench J, c 4 0 2 0 Stearns J, c 4 0 1 0
Concepcion D, ss 4 0 0 0 Youngblood J, 3b 3 2 1 0
Geronimo C, cf 4 1 1 0 Ferrer S, 3b 0 0 0 0
Hume T, p 1 0 0 0 Flynn D, ss 4 1 1 0
Sarmiento M, p 0 0 0 0 Zachry P, p 0 1 0 0
Collins D, ph 0 0 0 0 Randle L, ph 1 0 0 0
Murray D, p 0 0 0 0 Lockwood S, p 1 0 0 0
Lum M, ph 1 0 0 0
Tomlin D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 7 2 32 6 10 5
Cincinnati 002 200 000 -- 4
New York 130 200 00x -- 6
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Hume T (L) 3.1 7 6 6 2 1
Sarmiento M 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Murray D 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Tomlin D 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry P (W) 6.0 5 4 2 4 4
Lockwood S (S) 3.0 2 0 0 0 3
E -- Henderson S, Flynn D, Foster G, Rose P
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, New York 6
2B -- Mazzilli L 2, Stearns J
SB -- Griffey K, Rose P
CS -- Collins D, Henderson S
SH -- Boisclair B, Hume T, Zachry P
PB -- Stearns J
T -- 2:36
A -- 20092
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