Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
August 17, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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 2, New York Mets 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Driessen 3b 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 0
Bench rf,c 4 0 1 1
Kosco cf 3 0 1 0
  Tolan ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Plummer c 3 0 0 0
  King ph 1 1 1 1
  Stahl rf 0 0 0 0
Chaney ss 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0
  Crosby ss 1 0 0 0
Gullett p 2 0 0 0
  Menke ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 0 1 0
Mays 1b 4 1 1 1
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 0 2 0
Milner lf 4 0 1 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Hahn cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez ss 3 0 2 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
Stone p 2 0 0 0
  Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Cincinnati 000 000 001 1260
New York 000 100 000 0170
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Gullett   7.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Borbon  W (6-4) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
7
1
1
1
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   8.2 5 1 1 2 8
  Parker  L (7-3) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2, New York 1.  2B–New York Martinez (8,off Gullett).  HR–Cincinnati King (4,10th inning off Parker 0 on, 0 out), New York Mays (6,4th inning off Gullett 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Stone (2,off Gullett).  SB–Morgan (51,2nd base off Stone/Grote).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:23.  A–36,803.
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