New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
August 5, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1969 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 5, Cincinnati Reds 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 0 0 0
Pfeil 3b 5 1 1 0
Jones lf 4 2 3 1
Shamsky rf 3 2 3 2
Garrett 2b 4 0 1 2
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Martin c 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
  Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0
  Weis ss 0 0 0 0
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  DiLauro p 0 0 0 0
  Gaspar ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 3 3 1
Tolan cf 3 4 3 3
Johnson lf 4 0 2 1
  Stewart lf 0 0 0 0
Perez 3b 3 1 2 3
May 1b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Woodward ss 4 0 0 0
Ruiz 2b 4 0 2 0
Nolan p 2 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 12 8
New York 000 200 030590
Cincinnati 202 020 20x8121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (15-7) 3.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Koonce   3.0 4 2 2 1 1
  DiLauro   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
3
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan  W (2-3) 7.0 8 5 5 2 5
  Carroll  SV (5) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
6

  E–Perez (18).  DP–New York 3.  2B–New York Jones 2 (19,off Nolan 2); Pfeil (5,off Nolan), Cincinnati Perez (21,off Seaver); Rose (20,off Koonce); Tolan 2 (21,off Koonce,off DiLauro).  HR–New York Shamsky (9,4th inning off Nolan 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Tolan (19,1st inning off Seaver 1 on, 0 out); Rose (12,3rd inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out); Perez (28,7th inning off DiLauro 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Nolan (3,off Koonce).  SB–Tolan (16,2nd base off Seaver/Martin).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:26.
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