Reds @ Mets
April 29, 1978

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Top 7	R	H	E
Reds	11	17	1
Mets	7	7	0

Top 7	R	H	E
Reds	13	18	1
Mets	7	7	0

Dan Driessen Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.312
OBP	.500	.398
At Bats	3	77
Hits	1	24
• Singles	0	17
• Doubles	0	3
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	1	3
Walks	1	11
RBI’s	1	11

Butch Metzger Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	1	0

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Shea Stadium - April 29, 1978

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Double

Butch Metzger

John Stearns

Willie Montanez

Bobby Valentine

Lenny Randle

Doug Flynn

Steve Henderson

Lee Mazzilli

Bruce Boisclair

Dan Driessen

George Foster

Joe Morgan

Count: - , 1 Out

Driessen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Driessen reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores. Foster goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 7 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose scores. Morgan moves to second.

Top 7 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose moves to third.

Top 7 Griffey hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Bruce Boisclair now playing right field. Butch Metzger now pitching. Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Doug Bair now pitching. Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Henderson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boisclair scores.

Bottom 6 Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boisclair moves to third.

Bottom 6 Bruce Boisclair pinch hits for Paul Siebert. Boisclair hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Boisclair reaches second base with a double.

Top 6 Borbon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Concepcion scores. There goes Werner trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.

Top 6 Werner is walked intentionally.

Top 6 Geronimo strikes out.

Top 6 There goes Concepcion. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Concepcion steals second.

Top 6 Concepcion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Driessen is called out on strikes.

Bottom 5 Flynn hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Valentine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Mazzilli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Stearns hits a line drive into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Griffey moves to second.

Top 5 Paul Siebert now pitching. Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Rose hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 5 Borbon bunts towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Valentine covering, for the out. Werner moves to second.

Top 5 Werner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Geronimo scores.

Top 5 There goes Geronimo. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Geronimo steals third.

Top 5 Geronimo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Geronimo reaches second base with a double. Foster scores. Concepcion goes all the way around to score.

Top 5 Concepcion takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second.

Top 5 Driessen is called out on strikes.

Top 5 Foster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Mardie Cornejo now pitching. Morgan 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 4 Griffey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 Rose hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 Dave Collins pinch hits for Dale Murray. Collins hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Werner strikes out.

Top 4 Geronimo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 3 Randle bunts towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Murray covering, for the out.

Bottom 3 Espinosa strikes out.

Bottom 3 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Morgan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Stearns scores. Mazzilli moves to third.

Bottom 3 Valentine is walked intentionally.

Bottom 3 Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Mazzilli reaches second base with a double. Montanez scores. Stearns moves to third.

Bottom 3 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Montanez moves to second.

Bottom 3 Montanez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Concepcion strikes out.

Top 3 Driessen is walked intentionally.

Top 3 Foster strikes out.

Top 3 Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stearns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Griffey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Griffey reaches second base with a double. Rose moves to third.

Top 3 Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Maddox strikes out.

Bottom 2 Randle takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Espinosa is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Murray strikes out.

Top 2 Werner takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Geronimo is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Concepcion strikes out.

Top 2 Driessen hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 Flynn hits a ball on the ground for a double play.

Bottom 1 Dale Murray now pitching. Valentine 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. Henderson scores. Stearns scores. Mazzilli moves to third. Valentine moves to second.

Bottom 1 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to third. Stearns moves to second.

Bottom 1 Stearns takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maddox tags and scores.

Bottom 1 There goes Henderson. The throw from Werner and he is safe. Henderson steals second.

Bottom 1 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randle scores. Maddox moves to third.

Bottom 1 Maddox takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 There goes Randle. The throw from Werner and he is safe. Randle steals second.

Bottom 1 Randle takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Foster strikes out.

Top 1 There goes Morgan. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Morgan steals second.

Top 1 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Rose strikes out.

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Dan Driessen Season Stats

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Driessen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Driessen reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores. Foster goes all the way around to score.

Reds @ Mets
April 29, 1978