New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
August 18, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1974 at Riverfront 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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New York Mets 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 1 1 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Staub rf 3 1 1 1
Jones lf 5 1 4 3
Milner 1b 3 1 0 0
Hahn cf 4 0 0 0
Grote c 1 0 0 1
  Hodges c 2 0 0 0
Martinez 3b 3 0 2 0
  Garrett ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Matlack p 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 2 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 1 0
Bench 3b 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 1 2 2
Concepcion ss 4 1 2 3
Foster cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Rettenmund rf 1 0 0 0
  Geronimo cf 1 0 1 0
Plummer c 2 0 0 0
Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 0 1 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Baney p 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 5
New York 012 000 0025102
Cincinnati 002 010 30x671
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (11-10) 7.0 6 6 5 5 7
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
5
6
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   3.0 4 3 2 1 1
  Borbon   3.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Carroll  W (9-3) 1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Hall   0.2 1 2 2 3 0
  Baney   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
5
2

  E–Harrelson (17), Martinez (13), Norman (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Harrelson (8,off Norman), Cincinnati Rose (27,off Matlack).  HR–New York Jones (12,9th inning off Hall 1 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Concepcion (8,7th inning off Matlack 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Millan (19,off Norman); Plummer (1,off Matlack); Hall (2,off Miller).  SF–Grote (4,off Norman).  HBP–Hahn (1,by Norman); Grote (2,by Borbon).  IBB–Perez (4,by Matlack).  SB–Milner (9,3rd base off Norman/Plummer); Concepcion (25,2nd base off Matlack/Grote); Morgan (51,2nd base off Matlack/Grote).  HBP–Norman (1,Hahn); Borbon (4,Grote).  IBB–Matlack (8,Perez).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:58.  A–45,025.
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