Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
July 26, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1968 at Shea Stadium. 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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Cincinnati Reds 0, New York Mets 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Ruiz 2b 4 0 2 0
Pinson cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
May rf 3 0 1 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Perez 3b 2 0 0 0
Pavletich 1b 2 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
Cloninger p 2 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Stahl cf 4 0 2 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Charles 3b 4 2 2 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 0
Martin c 1 0 0 0
Swoboda rf 3 0 0 2
Buchek 2b 2 0 0 0
  Weis 2b 0 0 0 0
Koosman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Cincinnati 000 000 000040
New York 010 100 00x260
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger  L (2-6) 7.0 5 2 2 1 6
  Abernathy   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
1
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (14-5) 9.0 4 0 0 2 8
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
8

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Stahl (1,off Abernathy).  HBP–Pavletich (2,by Koosman); Martin (3,by Cloninger).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Martin (3,off Cloninger).  IBB–Buchek (1,by Cloninger).  Team–6.  SB–Pinson (13,2nd base off Koosman/Martin).  CS–Bench (3,2nd base by Koosman/Martin).  WP–Koosman (7).  HBP–Cloninger (2,Martin); Koosman (4,Pavletich).  IBB–Cloninger (7,Buchek).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:26.  A–34,040.
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