Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
May 15, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1965 at Shea Stadium. 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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Cincinnati Reds 12, New York Mets 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 2b 6 4 4 1
Harper lf 4 2 1 1
Pinson cf 6 3 4 2
Robinson rf 6 0 1 1
Coleman 1b 4 1 2 1
Johnson 3b 5 1 3 5
Edwards c 4 0 1 1
Cardenas ss 3 1 1 0
O'Toole p 3 0 0 0
  Duffalo p 0 0 0 0
  McCool p 2 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 17 12
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 2b 4 1 1 0
McMillan ss 5 1 3 2
Christopher lf 4 1 1 2
Smith 3b 5 0 1 0
Swoboda cf 4 0 3 1
Kranepool 1b 5 1 3 0
Taylor c 4 1 1 1
Hickman rf 3 1 1 0
Cisco p 0 0 0 0
  Napoleon ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Cowan ph 1 1 1 1
  Parsons p 1 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro ph 1 0 0 0
  Bethke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 15 7
Cincinnati 400 300 30212170
New York 000 060 0107151
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole   4.1 9 6 6 2 3
  Duffalo   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  McCool  W (1-1) 4.1 4 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
10
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cisco  L (0-1) 3.0 6 4 4 4 1
  McGraw   2.0 3 3 0 2 2
  Parsons   3.0 6 3 3 0 3
  Bethke   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
12
9
6
6

  E–Klaus (5).  DP–Cincinnati 4, New York 1.  PB–Edwards (1); Taylor (1).  2B–Cincinnati Edwards (3,off Cisco); Johnson 2 (8,off Cisco,off McGraw).  3B–Cincinnati Johnson (3,off Cisco); Harper (2,off Parsons); Pinson (3,off Bethke).  HR–New York Taylor (2,8th inning off McCool 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Coleman (2,off McGraw).  IBB–Cardenas (6,by Cisco).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  SB–Pinson (5,2nd base off Cisco/Taylor).  WP–Bethke (1).  BK–Cisco (1).  IBB–Cisco (1,Cardenas).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–3:31.  A–21,592.
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