Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
October 9, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 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 1 3 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 6 1 1 1
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Kosco rf 4 0 1 0
Menke 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 5 0 0 0
Chaney ss 2 0 0 0
  Armbrister ph 1 0 0 0
  Crosby ss 1 0 1 0
  Driessen pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Norman p 1 0 0 0
  Stahl ph 1 0 0 0
  Gullett p 1 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 2 8 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 5 0 0 0
Millan 2b 5 0 2 1
Staub rf 5 0 0 0
Jones lf 5 0 0 0
Milner 1b 4 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Hahn cf 3 1 0 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Stone p 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Parker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 3 1
Cincinnati 000 000 100 001280
New York 001 000 000 000131
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   5.0 1 1 1 3 3
  Gullett   4.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Carroll  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 12.0 3 1 1 3 6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   6.2 3 1 1 2 4
  McGraw   4.1 4 0 0 3 3
  Parker  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 12.0 8 2 2 5 7

  E–McGraw (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1, New York 2.  HR–Cincinnati Perez (1,7th inning off Stone 0 on, 1 out); Rose (2,12th inning off Parker 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Morgan (1,off McGraw).  IBB–Rose (1,by McGraw).  WP–McGraw (1).  IBB–McGraw (1,Rose).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Ed Sudol, LF–Chris Pelekoudas, RF–Ed Vargo.  T–3:07.  A–50,786.

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