New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
September 8, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1965 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 2, Cincinnati Reds 11

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus ss 3 0 1 0
Hunt 2b 4 0 0 0
Christopher rf 3 0 1 1
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
Hickman 1b 3 1 1 0
Swoboda lf 4 0 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 1
Cannizzaro c 0 0 0 0
  Schaffer ph,c 3 0 0 0
Willey p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland p 0 0 0 0
  Richardson p 0 0 0 0
  McMillan ph 1 0 0 0
  Moorhead p 0 0 0 0
  Napoleon ph 0 1 0 0
  Bethke p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Ribant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 1 1 0
Rose 2b 5 2 2 1
Pinson cf 5 2 3 0
Coleman 1b 4 0 0 0
  Keough pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 3 2 4
Robinson rf 4 1 3 4
Edwards c 5 0 3 1
Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0
O'Toole p 2 1 0 0
Totals 36 11 14 10
New York 000 011 000240
Cincinnati 422 000 03x11140
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Willey  L (0-2) 0.2 3 4 4 2 0
  Sutherland   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Richardson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Moorhead   3.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Bethke   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Ribant   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
5
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole  W (2-9) 9.0 4 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
5

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Edwards 3 (21,off Willey,off Richardson,off Ribant); Robinson (29,off Moorhead).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson (26,1st inning off Willey 3 on, 2 out); Johnson (27,8th inning off Ribant 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Cardenas (23,by Sutherland).  Team–9.  IBB–Sutherland (1,Cardenas).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:56.  A–6,458.
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