Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
August 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1972 at Shea 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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Cincinnati Reds 8, New York Mets 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 1 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 1
Tolan cf 4 1 3 1
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Bench rf 4 0 0 1
Perez 1b 2 1 1 0
Menke 3b 5 1 4 1
Concepcion ss 4 2 1 1
Plummer c 4 0 1 1
Hall p 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 2 0 1 1
Totals 36 8 14 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Barnes 2b 3 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 1 2 1
  Schneck pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Agee rf 3 0 1 0
Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 0 2 0
Beauchamp 1b 3 0 0 0
Martinez ss 4 0 0 0
Koosman p 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 1 1 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 1
Cincinnati 000 500 0218141
New York 000 100 010270
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hall  W (6-1) 5.1 3 1 1 3 6
  Borbon  SV (8) 3.2 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (8-9) 3.2 5 5 5 1 4
  Sadecki   4.1 6 2 2 3 3
  Rauch   1.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
5
7

  E–Bench (8).  DP–Cincinnati 3, New York 2.  2B–New York Marshall (4,off Borbon); Milner (9,off Borbon).  HR–New York Mays (8,4th inning off Hall 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Plummer (1,off Koosman).  SF–Bench (10,off Koosman).  HBP–Morgan (6,by Koosman); Tolan (5,by Sadecki); Beauchamp (1,by Borbon).  IBB–Perez (15,by Sadecki).  SB–Tolan (33,2nd base off Sadecki/Dyer); Rose (10,2nd base off Sadecki/Dyer).  CS–Tolan (14,2nd base by Sadecki/Dyer); Agee (7,2nd base by Hall/Plummer).  HBP–Borbon (2,Beauchamp); Koosman (4,Morgan); Sadecki (1,Tolan).  IBB–Sadecki (4,Perez).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:40.  A–47,957.
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