Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
May 3, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1973 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 6, New York Mets 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 0
Bench c 4 1 2 0
Perez 1b 4 1 1 1
Tolan cf 4 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Scheinblum rf 3 1 1 0
  Geronimo rf 1 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 1 1 0
McGlothlin p 1 0 0 0
  Plummer ph 0 0 0 0
  Stahl ph 1 1 1 3
  Hall p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 4 1 1 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Garrett 3b 3 1 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 1 4
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
  Theodore ph 1 0 0 0
Gosger lf 3 0 2 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 0 0
Grote c 3 1 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 1 1
Matlack p 1 0 1 0
  Webb p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
  Fregosi ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Cincinnati 000 600 0006120
New York 400 100 000570
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothlin   3.0 5 4 4 1 2
  Hall  W (2-1) 6.0 2 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
2
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (2-4) 3.2 9 5 5 0 4
  Webb   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Hennigan   3.0 0 0 0 1 4
  McGraw   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
1
9

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1, New York 2.  2B–Cincinnati Concepcion (4,off Matlack); Perez (5,off Matlack), New York Harrelson (2,off Hall).  HR–Cincinnati Stahl (1,4th inning off Webb 2 on, 2 out), New York Staub (3,1st inning off McGlothlin 3 on, 0 out).  SB–Morgan (12,3rd base off McGraw/Grote).  CS–Rose (3,2nd base by Matlack/Grote); Morgan (3,2nd base by Hennigan/Grote); Gosger (1,2nd base by McGlothlin/Bench).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:14.  A–9,163.
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