New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 3, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1964 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Cincinnati Reds 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harkness 1b 4 0 0 0
Kranepool rf 3 0 0 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 1 0
Altman lf 4 0 0 0
Taylor c 2 1 2 0
  Smith D. pr 0 0 0 0
  Hickman 3b 1 0 0 0
Elliot cf 4 0 0 0
Smith C. 3b 2 1 1 1
  Gonder ph,c 1 0 0 0
Moran ss 2 0 1 1
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Samuel ss 0 0 0 0
Hook p 2 0 0 0
  Hinsley p 0 0 0 0
  Locke p 0 0 0 0
  Christopher ph 1 1 1 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Ruiz 3b 5 1 0 0
Harper lf 2 1 0 0
Pinson cf 4 2 2 2
Coleman 1b 3 0 1 0
  Johnson ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Queen rf 4 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 1 2 1
Smith c 4 1 1 1
Klaus 2b 3 0 0 0
Tsitouris p 3 0 2 1
Totals 32 6 9 6
New York 000 020 010360
Cincinnati 000 021 30x691
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hook  L (0-1) 5.2 6 3 3 2 5
  Hinsley   1.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Locke   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Bearnarth   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
5
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Tsitouris  W (1-1) 9.0 6 3 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
2
3

  E–Klaus (1).  DP–New York 1, Cincinnati 3.  PB–Taylor (1).  2B–New York C Smith (1,off Tsitouris); Christopher (2,off Tsitouris), Cincinnati Cardenas 2 (7,off Hook 2); Tsitouris (1,off Hook); Pinson (1,off Hinsley).  3B–New York Hunt (2,off Tsitouris).  Team LOB–3.  Team–7.  SB–Harper (5,2nd base off Hook/Taylor); Smith (1,2nd base off Hook/Taylor); Ruiz (3,2nd base off Hinsley/Gonder).  WP–Hook (2).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:31.  A–10,884.
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