New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
August 25, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
Stahl cf,lf 3 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 1
Charles 3b 4 0 0 0
Martin c 4 1 1 0
Swoboda rf 4 2 3 0
Shamsky lf 3 2 2 2
  Agee pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Weis ss 3 1 2 2
Seaver p 4 0 1 2
Totals 34 7 11 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 1 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
May lf 4 0 0 0
Perez 3b 4 0 0 0
Whitfield 1b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 2 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 0
Culver p 2 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 0
New York 110 000 4107110
Cincinnati 000 000 010150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (12-9) 9.0 5 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Culver  L (10-13) 6.1 8 6 6 2 4
  Lee   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie   1.2 2 1 1 2 0
  McCool   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–New York Seaver (2,off Lee), Cincinnati Bench (32,off Seaver); Rose (33,off Seaver).  HR–New York Kranepool (3,1st inning off Culver 0 on, 2 out); Shamsky (8,2nd inning off Culver 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–3.  WP–Seaver (6), Ritchie (2).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:19.  A–11,844.
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