New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
April 21, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1971 at Riverfront 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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New York Mets 5, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 5 1 1 0
Agee cf 4 1 1 0
Marshall rf 2 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 1 1 1
Kranepool 1b 3 1 1 0
  Singleton ph 0 0 0 1
  Foli 3b 0 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 1
  Shamsky ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Grote c 4 0 1 1
Seaver p 3 0 2 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 0 1 1
Carbo lf 3 0 0 0
  Plummer ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Perez 3b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 2 1 0 0
Smith 1b 4 0 1 1
McRae cf 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Woodward ss 3 1 3 0
Nolan p 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
New York 100 000 1305100
Cincinnati 000 000 110251
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (3-0) 7.1 5 2 2 2 9
  McGraw  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nolan  L (0-2) 7.0 7 4 4 2 5
  Gibbon   0.2 0 1 1 1 0
  Granger   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Carroll   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
6

  E–Bench (1).  DP–New York 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Seaver (1,off Nolan); Boswell (5,off Nolan), Cincinnati Smith (2,off Seaver).  3B–New York Kranepool (1,off Nolan).  SH–Marshall (1,off Gibbon); Nolan (1,off Seaver).  SF–Singleton (1,off Gibbon).  HBP–Agee (1,by Nolan).  IBB–Jones (1,by Gibbon).  SB–Harrelson 2 (6,2nd base off Nolan/Bench,2nd base off Carroll/Bench); Agee (1,2nd base off Nolan/Bench).  HBP–Nolan (1,Agee).  IBB–Gibbon (3,Jones).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:26.  A–8,517.
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