New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 16, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1969 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 10, Cincinnati Reds 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 1 2 2
Garrett 3b 5 1 3 1
Boswell 2b 5 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
  Otis lf 0 0 0 0
Shamsky rf 5 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 5 3 3 1
Martin c 4 1 1 1
  Grote ph,c 1 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 4 2 3 1
McGraw p 3 0 1 1
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Gaspar ph 1 1 1 2
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 16 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose cf 4 1 1 0
Tolan rf 5 0 1 0
Johnson lf 4 1 2 2
Perez 3b 4 1 1 0
May 1b 4 1 3 2
Helms 2b 4 1 2 0
Corrales c 2 0 0 0
  Bench ph,c 3 2 2 1
Chaney ss 2 0 0 0
  Savage ph 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 1 1 3
  Woodward ss 1 0 0 0
Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 1 0 0
  Culver p 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 8
New York 110 011 60010162
Cincinnati 001 113 3009131
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McGraw   5.0 7 5 4 3 2
  Taylor   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Jackson   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Koonce  W (2-3) 3.0 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
13
9
8
4
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   1.1 6 2 2 0 0
  Carroll   3.2 3 2 1 1 5
  Culver  L (2-4) 1.2 6 6 6 1 3
  Granger   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Merritt   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
10
9
2
8

  E–Garrett (6), McGraw (3), Chaney (6).  DP–New York 2, Cincinnati 2.  PB–Corrales (1), Bench (3).  2B–New York Jones (6,off Fisher); Kranepool (5,off Carroll), Cincinnati Rose (7,off McGraw); Perez (7,off Jackson).  3B–New York Agee (1,off Granger).  HR–Cincinnati May (8,4th inning off McGraw 0 on, 0 out); Stewart (1,6th inning off Taylor 2 on, 0 out); Bench (5,7th inning off Koonce 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Rose (1,off McGraw).  SF–Johnson (1,off McGraw).  SB–Agee (1,2nd base off Fisher/Corrales).  U-HP–Frank Dezelan, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:16.  A–11,736.
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