Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
October 10, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 10, 1973 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 2, New York Mets 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Driessen 3b 4 0 1 1
Perez 1b 4 0 1 1
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0
Chaney ss 2 0 0 0
  Stahl ph 1 0 1 0
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  Gullett p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Crosby ph 1 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 5 1 1 0
Millan 2b 4 2 2 0
Jones rf,lf 5 1 3 2
Milner 1b 3 1 1 0
Kranepool lf 2 0 1 2
  Mays ph,cf 3 1 1 1
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Hahn cf,rf 4 0 0 1
Harrelson ss 4 0 2 1
Seaver p 3 1 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Cincinnati 001 010 000271
New York 200 041 00x7131
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (0-1) 4.0 6 5 5 1 3
  Gullett   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Carroll   2.0 5 1 1 0 0
  Grimsley   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals 8.0 13 7 7 3 4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (1-1) 8.1 7 2 1 5 4
  McGraw   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 2 1 5 4

  E–Driessen (1), Jones (1).  2B–Cincinnati Morgan (1,off Seaver); Griffey (1,off Seaver); Rose (1,off Seaver), New York Garrett (1,off Billingham); Jones (2,off Billingham); Seaver (2,off Carroll).  SF–Driessen (1,off Seaver).  IBB–Bench (1,by Seaver); Chaney (1,by Seaver).  SH–Millan (2,off Billingham).  WP–Seaver (1).  IBB–Seaver 2 (2,Bench,Chaney).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Ed Vargo, LF–Bob Engel, RF–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:40.  A–50,323.

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