Mets @ Reds
May 9, 1978

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Bottom 10 R H E
Mets 6 8 0
Reds 6 8 1
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Mets 6 8 0
Reds 7 9 1

Dan Driessen Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .321
OBP .500 .405
At Bats 3 106
Hits 1 34
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 1 20

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Riverfront Stadium - May 9, 1978
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Home Run
Skip Lockwood
John Stearns
Willie Montanez
Doug Flynn
Lenny Randle
Sergio Ferrer
Steve Henderson
Lee Mazzilli
Elliott Maddox
Dan Driessen

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 6 8 0 3
Cincinnati Reds 7 9 1 9
Winning Pitcher Doug Bair
Losing Pitcher Skip Lockwood
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Dan Driessen
Attendance 19,217
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Driessen hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Maddox for the double play.
Top 10 Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Randle strikes out.
Bottom 9 Concepcion is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Foster hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lockwood strikes out.
Top 9 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Doug Bair now pitching. Stearns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffey for the out.
Bottom 8 Rose hits a popup, foul, towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cesar Geronimo pinch hits for Manny Sarmiento. Geronimo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Collins moves to second.
Bottom 8 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Sergio Ferrer now playing shortstop. Doug Flynn now playing second base. Driessen takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Valentine strikes out.
Top 8 Henderson hits a popup towards first. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Sarmiento covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Concepcion strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bench is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Skip Lockwood now pitching. Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Maddox hits a popup into center field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sarmiento fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bob Myrick now pitching. Griffey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lum moves to third.
Bottom 6 Mike Lum pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Lum hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Lum reaches second base with a double. Collins goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Collins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Mardie Cornejo now pitching. Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valentine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bruce Boisclair pinch hits for Jerry Koosman. Boisclair hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flynn hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Montanez tags and scores.
Top 6 Stearns is hit by the pitch. Montanez moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Top 6 Valentine hits a fly ball into center field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Montanez moves to second.
Top 6 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Montanez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Concepcion hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Griffey scores. Morgan scores. Foster moves to second.
Bottom 5 Foster takes first base on ball four. Kennedy scores. Griffey moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Morgan is hit by the pitch. Kennedy moves to third. Griffey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Griffey takes first base on ball four. Kennedy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Junior Kennedy pinch hits for Dale Murray. Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Maddox. The throw from Bench and he is out, Concepcion applying the tag.
Top 5 Dale Murray now pitching. Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Randle tags and scores.
Top 5 Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Koosman scores. Randle moves to third.
Top 5 Randle takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Koosman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Koosman reaches second base with a double. Flynn scores.
Top 5 Flynn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Flynn reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Stearns is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Driessen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Valentine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Morgan. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Morgan steals second.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Valentine hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Griffey hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hume strikes out.
Top 3 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Randle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez fields the ball and throws to Koosman covering. Safe. Bench scores.
Bottom 2 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valentine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bench moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Bench reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Foster strikes out.
Top 2 Koosman strikes out.
Top 2 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hume fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stearns hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Collins. Stearns reaches second base with a double. Henderson goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Valentine hits a fly ball into center field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a line drive towards short. Flynn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Valentine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 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.
Top 1 Mazzilli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Randle scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Hume fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Hume. Randle moves to third.
Top 1 Randle takes first base on ball four.