Roaring to an early 8-0 lead, the Phillies hung on to defeat the Mets, 8-6. In a five-run second inning, two tallies came across on sacrifice flies by Jerry Martin and Randy Lerch and three scored on a homer by Garry Maddox. Mike Schmidt hit a leadoff homer in the third. A double by Martin and single by Maddox produced another run in the fourth. Bob Boone completed the Phils' scoring with an RBI single in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 6

Game Played on Wednesday, August 2, 1978 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium

Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 - 6 12 0 Phillies 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 x - 8 11 3 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 2 1 2 .265 Maddox cf 5 1 2 4 0 1 .292 Foli ss 5 0 3 1 0 1 .259 Bowa ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .305 S. Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 Schmidt 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .253 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Luzinski lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .261 Grieve ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stearns c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .269 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Montanez 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .265 Cardenal 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .276 Youngblood rf,lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Boone c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .273 Maddox 3b,rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .264 Martin rf,lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .294 Flynn 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .249 Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .224 Bruhert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Harrelson pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Randle ph,3b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .227 Lerch p 2 0 0 1 0 0 .152 Koosman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .098 McBride rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Valentine ph,2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .264 Totals 39 6 12 5 3 7 Totals 32 8 11 8 3 2 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 32,382 Left on Base: Mets 10, Phillies 5 DP: Mets 0, Phillies 2 Errors: Cardenal, Boone, Lerch Doubles: Valentine (4), Foli (16), Maddox (13), Grieve (3), Martin (11) Triples: Randle (7), Luzinski (2) Home Runs: Mazzilli (12), Maddox (9), Schmidt (14) Stolen Bases: Stearns 2 (17) Caught Stealing: Harrelson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Martin (2), Lerch (1) GIDP: Stearns (8) Hit by Pitch: Stearns (4,by Reed) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman L(3-12) 4 5 7 7 3 1 2 20 4.19 Bruhert 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 10 4.98 Murray 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 4.17 Totals 8 11 8 8 3 2 2 37 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lerch W(6-6) 7 6 1 1 3 5 0 30 4.31 Reed 1 3 5 2 0 2 1 8 2.57 McGraw SV(9) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.40 Totals 9 12 6 3 3 7 1 43 Hit by Pitch: Reed (3) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Paul Runge, 3B - Jerry Dale METS 1ST: Mazzilli struck out; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); S. Henderson singled to second; Stearns forced S. Henderson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox was called out on strikes; Bowa grounded out (third to first); Schmidt made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. METS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); Youngblood lined to center; Maddox walked; Flynn singled to third [Maddox to second]; Koosman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Cardenal singled to third [Luzinski to second]; Boone walked [Luzinski to third, Cardenal to second]; Martin hit a sacrifice fly to right [Luzinski scored, Cardenal to third, Boone to second]; Sizemore was walked intentionally; Lerch hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cardenal scored, Boone to third]; Maddox homered [Boone scored, Sizemore scored]; Bowa flied out to center; 5 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 5. METS 3RD: Mazzilli flied out to center; Foli singled to right; S. Henderson reached on an error by Lerch [Foli to second, S. Henderson to first]; Stearns grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [S. Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt homered; Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Cardenal flied out to center; Boone popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 6. METS 4TH: Montanez flied out to center; Youngblood flied out to center; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 6. PHILLIES 4TH: Martin doubled to center; Sizemore popped to first in foul territory; Lerch flied out to center; Maddox singled to left [Martin scored]; Bowa flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 7. METS 5TH: Flynn grounded out (third to first); VALENTINE BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Valentine walked; Mazzilli was called out on strikes; Foli singled to left [Valentine to second]; S. Henderson lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 7. PHILLIES 5TH: VALENTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BRUHERT REPLACED FLYNN (PITCHING); Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski popped to first in foul territory; Cardenal grounded out (second to first) [Schmidt to second]; Boone singled to center [Schmidt scored]; Martin singled to left [Boone to second]; Sizemore grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 8. METS 6TH: Stearns lined to left; Montanez struck out; Youngblood flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 8. PHILLIES 6TH: Lerch grounded out (second to first); Maddox flied out to center; Bowa singled to second; Schmidt flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Phillies 8. METS 7TH: Maddox flied out to center; RANDLE BATTED FOR BRUHERT; Randle flied out to right; Valentine doubled to left; Mazzilli walked; Foli doubled to center [Valentine scored, Mazzilli to third]; S. Henderson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 8. PHILLIES 7TH: RANDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MADDOX CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); YOUNGBLOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MURRAY REPLACED S. HENDERSON (PITCHING); Luzinski tripled to right; Cardenal flied out to right; Boone flied out to center; Martin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Phillies 8. METS 8TH: REED REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); MCBRIDE REPLACED LERCH (PLAYING RF); MARTIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Stearns was hit by a pitch; Stearns stole second; Stearns stole third; Montanez struck out; Youngblood reached on a fielder's choice [Stearns scored (error by Boone) (unearned) (no RBI), Youngblood to second]; Maddox doubled to left [Youngblood scored]; Randle tripled to right [Maddox scored]; Valentine flied out to center; Mazzilli homered (unearned) [Randle scored (unearned)]; Foli struck out; 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Phillies 8. PHILLIES 8TH: Sizemore singled to pitcher; HARRELSON RAN FOR SIZEMORE; Harrelson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); McBride struck out; Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Phillies 8. METS 9TH: HARRELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCGRAW REPLACED REED (PITCHING); GRIEVE BATTED FOR MURRAY; Grieve doubled to right [Grieve to third (error by Cardenal)]; Stearns lined into a double play (pitcher to third) [Grieve out at third]; Montanez singled to right; Youngblood singled to right [Montanez to second]; Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Phillies 8.

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