New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
April 28, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1968 at Crosley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Cincinnati Reds 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Weis ss 4 0 0 1
Boswell 2b 5 1 1 1
Jones cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Shamsky lf 4 1 1 0
  Agee cf 0 0 0 0
Swoboda rf 4 2 2 0
Kranepool 1b 4 2 1 0
Charles 3b 2 0 1 1
Grote c 4 0 3 2
Koosman p 4 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Short p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 2 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
Pinson cf 5 0 0 0
Perez 3b 5 1 1 0
May lf 5 2 1 2
Bench c 3 0 1 0
Helms 2b 3 0 2 1
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 1
Culver p 1 0 0 0
  Kelso p 1 0 0 0
  Davidson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz 2b 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 4
New York 022 001 1006102
Cincinnati 020 000 021591
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (4-0) 7.2 8 4 3 2 3
  Frisella   0.1 1 1 0 2 0
  Short   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Taylor  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver  L (0-1) 4.1 6 4 2 5 3
  Kelso   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Davidson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lee   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Abernathy   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
7
6

  E–Boswell (3), Charles (3), B Johnson (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–New York Shamsky (2,off Culver); Kranepool (2,off Kelso).  HR–New York Boswell (2,6th inning off Kelso 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati May (2,8th inning off Koosman 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Kranepool (4,off Lee).  HBP–Shamsky (2,by Culver).  IBB–Grote (5,by Culver); Charles 2 (4,by Kelso,by Lee).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  WP–Koosman (1), Culver (1).  HBP–Culver (2,Shamsky).  IBB–Culver (2,Grote); Kelso (3,Charles); Lee (3,Charles).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:58.  A–6,785.
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