New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 9, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1971 at Riverfront Stadium. 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 1 0 0
Martinez 2b 4 0 1 1
Agee cf 3 1 0 0
Jones lf 3 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 3 1 1 1
Singleton rf 4 0 3 1
Grote c 3 0 2 1
Foli 3b 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 1 0 0
  Aspromonte ph 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 0 2 1
Foster cf 4 1 1 1
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Perez 3b 3 1 1 0
Carbo lf 1 2 1 0
  McRae ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 1 0 1 0
  Stewart ph,2b 3 0 0 0
Corrales c 4 1 1 1
Woodward 2b,ss 4 0 2 2
Grimsley p 2 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 1 1 1
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
New York 200 010 001470
Cincinnati 022 001 01x6101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (10-5) 3.0 8 4 4 2 2
  McGraw   3.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Sadecki   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (6-4) 6.1 4 3 2 4 3
  Granger   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Carroll   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon  SV (9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
4
3

  E–Woodward (6).  2B–New York Grote (18,off Grimsley); Martinez (1,off Grimsley); Clendenon (8,off Granger), Cincinnati Woodward (4,off Seaver); Perez (9,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (6,6th inning off McGraw 0 on, 2 out); Granger (1,8th inning off Sadecki 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Clendenon (2,off Grimsley).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:50.  A–25,806.
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