The Phillies broke a tight game apart with five runs in the 11th inning and defeated the Mets, 9-4. Steve Carlton, who started for the Phils, was ripped for three runs by the Mets' first three batters of the game when Lenny Randle and Lee Mazzilli each doubled and Steve Henderson homered. The Phillies came back to take a 4-3 lead, but the Mets chased Carlton and tied the score in the seventh on a pass to Elliott Maddox, safe bunt by Randle and single by Mazzilli.

Dale Murray, making his first appearance with the Mets since being obtained in a deal with the Reds, was on the mound in the 11th when the Phillies erupted. Bake McBride and Larry Bowa singled and, after one out, an intentional pass to Jerry Martin loaded the bases. Davey Johnson singled, driving in McBride and Bowa, and when Bruce Boisclair threw wildly to the plate, Martin also scored. Garry Maddox singled for another run and Bob Boone added the final tally with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Saturday, May 20, 1978 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Phillies 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 - 9 19 0 Mets 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 1 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McBride rf 7 2 2 0 0 1 .295 Randle 3b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .234 Bowa ss 6 2 4 1 0 0 .309 Mazzilli cf 5 1 3 2 0 1 .307 Schmidt 3b 6 0 2 0 0 1 .291 S. Henderson lf 4 1 1 2 1 1 .262 Luzinski lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .263 Montanez 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Martin pr,lf 1 1 0 0 1 1 .244 Grieve rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Ferrer pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Cardenal ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 Stearns c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .233 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Youngblood 2b,rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .133 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .172 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flynn ss,2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Maddox cf 5 2 2 1 1 0 .271 Bruhert p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222 McCarver c,1b 6 1 4 1 0 0 .406 Cornejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrelson 2b 5 0 1 0 1 1 .269 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carlton p 3 0 2 1 0 0 .375 Maddox ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .244 Boone c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .259 Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boisclair rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Totals 50 9 19 8 4 5 Totals 41 4 11 4 2 6 Time of Game: 3:23 Attendance: 14,110 Left on Base: Phillies 13, Mets 7 DP: Phillies 0, Mets 1 Errors: Boisclair Doubles: McCarver 2 (4), Bowa (6), Randle (6), Mazzilli (11) Triples: McBride (1) Home Runs: S. Henderson (5) Stolen Bases: Maddox (9), Bowa (7), Stearns (7) Caught Stealing: Stearns (2) Sacrifice Hits: Stearns (1) Sacrifice Flies: Boone (4) GIDP: McBride (1) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Carlton 6.1 10 4 4 2 5 1 29 2.76 Reed 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.33 McGraw W(2-2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.18 Garber 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.25 Totals 11 11 4 4 2 6 1 44 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bruhert 6.1 11 4 4 0 3 0 29 3.69 Cornejo 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.75 Siebert 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.35 Metzger 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 6.86 Murray L(1-2) 2 6 5 5 2 1 0 14 5.19 Kobel 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Totals 11 19 9 9 4 5 0 55 Wild Pitches: Murray (4) Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming PHILLIES 1ST: McBride struck out; Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Randle doubled to left; Mazzilli doubled to right [Randle scored]; S. Henderson homered [Mazzilli scored]; Montanez popped to third in foul territory; Grieve popped to third; Stearns singled to left; Stearns was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Mets 3. PHILLIES 2ND: Hebner flied out to left; Maddox singled to center; Maddox stole second; McCarver singled to right [Maddox scored]; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first) [McCarver to second]; Carlton singled to left [McCarver scored]; McBride forced Carlton (shortstop unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Mets 3. METS 2ND: Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Flynn flied out to center; Bruhert singled to right; Randle singled to left [Bruhert to second]; Mazzilli was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 2, Mets 3. PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa singled to right; Bowa stole second; Schmidt was called out on strikes; Luzinski singled to right [Bowa scored]; Hebner struck out; Maddox flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 3. METS 3RD: S. Henderson struck out; Montanez grounded out (second to first); Grieve flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 3. PHILLIES 4TH: McCarver popped to first in foul territory; Harrelson singled to right; Carlton singled to center [Harrelson to second]; McBride grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carlton out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 3. METS 4TH: Stearns grounded out (first unassisted); Youngblood grounded out (second to first); Flynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 3. PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa flied out to left; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 3. METS 5TH: Bruhert grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Mazzilli singled to left; S. Henderson walked [Mazzilli to second]; Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 3. PHILLIES 6TH: Hebner flied out to left; Maddox grounded out (second to first); McCarver doubled to right; Harrelson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 3. METS 6TH: Grieve struck out; Stearns singled to left; Stearns stole second; Youngblood struck out; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 3. PHILLIES 7TH: Carlton grounded out (first unassisted); McBride tripled to center; Bowa doubled to right [McBride scored]; CORNEJO REPLACED BRUHERT (PITCHING); Schmidt grounded out (second to first) [Bowa to third]; Luzinski walked; MARTIN RAN FOR LUZINSKI; SIEBERT REPLACED CORNEJO (PITCHING); CARDENAL BATTED FOR HEBNER; Cardenal forced Martin (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 3. METS 7TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MADDOX BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Maddox walked; On a bunt Randle singled to first [Maddox to second]; Mazzilli singled to left [Maddox scored, Randle out at third (left to third), Mazzilli to second (on throw to 3b)]; REED REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); MCCARVER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BOONE REPLACED CARLTON (PLAYING C ); S. Henderson flied out to center [Mazzilli to third]; Montanez popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 4. PHILLIES 8TH: METZGER REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Maddox walked; McCarver forced Maddox (third to shortstop); Harrelson was called out on strikes; Boone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 4. METS 8TH: Grieve singled to right; FERRER RAN FOR GRIEVE; Stearns out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Ferrer to second]; Youngblood grounded out (third to first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 4. PHILLIES 9TH: FERRER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); FLYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); YOUNGBLOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa singled to left; Schmidt singled to third [Bowa to second]; MURRAY REPLACED YOUNGBLOOD (PITCHING); BOISCLAIR REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING RF); Martin struck out; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR REED; Johnstone forced Schmidt (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 4. METS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Boisclair grounded out (pitcher to first); Randle flied out to center; Mazzilli grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 4. PHILLIES 10TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); McCarver singled to right; Harrelson grounded out (second to first) [McCarver to second]; Boone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 4. METS 10TH: S. Henderson grounded out (second to first); Montanez flied out to center; Ferrer popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 4. PHILLIES 11TH: McBride singled to left; Bowa singled to third [McBride to second]; Murray threw a wild pitch [McBride to third, Bowa to second]; Schmidt flied out to right; Martin was walked intentionally; JOHNSON BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Johnson singled to right [McBride scored, Bowa scored, Martin scored (error by Boisclair), Johnson to second (on throw)]; Maddox singled to center [Johnson scored]; McCarver doubled to center [Maddox to third]; Harrelson walked; KOBEL REPLACED MURRAY (PITCHING); Boone hit a sacrifice fly to center [Maddox scored, McCarver to third]; McBride grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 9, Mets 4. METS 11TH: GARBER REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Stearns grounded out (second to first); KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR KOBEL; Kranepool struck out; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 9, Mets 4.

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