The Phillies took a commanding four-game lead over the Pirates in the East division by defeating the Mets, 8-2, while the runners-up lost to the Expos. Bake McBride hit the first pitch of the game for a home run and the Phils made it 3-0 in the third inning on a two-run single by Garry Maddox. The game was put on ice with four runs in the sixth. Consecutive doubles by Greg Luzinski and Richie Hebner, a walk to Mike Schmidt and three-run homer by Tim McCarver produced the tallies. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Mets 2

Game Played on Sunday, September 24, 1978 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Phillies 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 - 8 10 1 Mets 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McBride rf 5 2 3 1 0 0 .269 Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Bowa ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Foli ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .254 Harrelson ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .232 S. Henderson lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .265 Maddox cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .284 Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Dineen ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Smith lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Berenguer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Luzinski lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .259 Norman rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .205 Martin lf,cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268 Maddox 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Hebner 1b 5 2 2 1 0 1 .288 Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .239 Schmidt 3b 2 1 0 1 1 0 .255 Espinosa p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 McCarver c 2 1 1 3 2 0 .243 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foote c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .230 Cornejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carlton p 3 0 1 0 0 2 .277 Trevino c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Brusstar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 35 8 10 8 5 4 Totals 32 2 7 1 2 4 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 25,473 Left on Base: Phillies 6, Mets 6 DP: Phillies 1, Mets 0 Errors: Bowa, Stearns Doubles: Luzinski (30), Hebner (20), Foli (21), S. Henderson (29) Triples: Hebner (3) Home Runs: McBride (10), McCarver (1) Caught Stealing: Stearns (12) Sacrifice Hits: Espinosa (7) Sacrifice Flies: Schmidt (7) GIDP: S. Henderson (22) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Carlton W(16-12) 8 7 2 1 2 3 0 32 2.86 Brusstar 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.25 Totals 9 7 2 1 2 4 0 35 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa L(10-15) 5.1 8 8 8 2 2 2 25 4.86 Siebert 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.14 Cornejo 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.60 Berenguer 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 6 12.86 Totals 9 10 8 8 5 4 2 41 Balks: Carlton (7), Espinosa (3) Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor PHILLIES 1ST: McBride homered; Bowa popped to second in foul territory; Maddox flied out to center; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Mazzilli flied out to left; Foli doubled to right; S. Henderson walked; Montanez grounded out (third to first) [Foli to third, S. Henderson to second]; Stearns lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 1, Mets 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Hebner flied out to center; Schmidt flied out to center; McCarver walked; McCarver was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Norman walked; Carlton balked [Norman to second]; Maddox grounded out (third to first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Espinosa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 1, Mets 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore singled to right; Espinosa balked [Sizemore to second]; Carlton struck out; On a bunt McBride singled to third [Sizemore stayed at second]; Bowa grounded out (first unassisted) [Sizemore to third, McBride to second]; Maddox singled to left [Sizemore scored, McBride scored, Maddox to second (error by Stearns)]; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Mazzilli singled to shortstop; Foli reached on an error by Bowa [Mazzilli to third, Foli to first]; S. Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Mazzilli scored (unearned) (no RBI), Foli out at second]; Montanez struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 3, Mets 1. PHILLIES 4TH: Hebner tripled to right; Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hebner scored]; McCarver grounded out (second to first); Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Stearns popped to third in foul territory; Norman struck out; Maddox flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 1. PHILLIES 5TH: Carlton struck out; McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Flynn singled to third; Espinosa out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Flynn to second]; Mazzilli grounded out (third to first); Foli singled to center [Flynn scored]; S. Henderson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Mets 2. PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox flied out to right; Luzinski doubled to left; Hebner doubled to right [Luzinski scored]; Schmidt walked; McCarver homered [Hebner scored, Schmidt scored]; SIEBERT REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Sizemore lined to second; Carlton singled to left; McBride popped to first in foul territory; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 8, Mets 2. METS 6TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Stearns singled to left; Norman singled to right [Stearns to second]; Maddox flied out to right [Stearns to third]; Stearns was picked off and caught stealing home (pitcher to first to shortstop to catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 8, Mets 2. PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Luzinski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 8, Mets 2. METS 7TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Flynn grounded out (second to first); VALENTINE BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Valentine grounded out (third to first); Mazzilli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 8, Mets 2. PHILLIES 8TH: CORNEJO REPLACED VALENTINE (PITCHING); Hebner lined to shortstop; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); McCarver walked; Sizemore forced McCarver (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 8, Mets 2. METS 8TH: Foli flied out to right; S. Henderson doubled to center; Montanez popped to catcher in foul territory; Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 8, Mets 2. PHILLIES 9TH: TREVINO REPLACED CORNEJO (PLAYING C ); BERENGUER REPLACED STEARNS (PITCHING); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR CARLTON; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); McBride singled to center; HARRELSON BATTED FOR BOWA; Harrelson was called out on strikes; DINEEN BATTED FOR MADDOX; Dineen walked [McBride to second]; Martin walked [McBride to third, Dineen to second]; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Phillies 8, Mets 2. METS 9TH: HARRELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SMITH REPLACED DINEEN (PLAYING LF); MARTIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); FOOTE REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING C ); BRUSSTAR REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Norman grounded out (third to first); Maddox struck out; Flynn popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 8, Mets 2.

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