New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 20, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1975 at Riverfront 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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New York Mets 6, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Clines cf,lf 5 1 1 0
Millan 2b 5 1 2 0
  Milner 1b 0 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 1 2 2
Torre 1b,3b 5 2 4 3
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
  Unser cf 0 0 0 0
Garrett 3b,2b 4 0 1 1
Grote c 5 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Koosman p 4 1 2 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 2 0
Griffey rf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 1 1 1
Perez 1b 3 1 2 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 1 1
Foster lf 3 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Gullett p 1 0 0 0
  Armbrister ph 0 0 0 0
  Kirby p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Flynn ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
New York 000 040 1016130
Cincinnati 000 001 010271
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (4-1) 7.2 7 2 2 5 3
  Apodaca  SV (3) 1.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Gullett  L (4-3) 5.0 8 4 4 0 4
  Kirby   1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Carroll   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Eastwick   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
6

  E–Concepcion (5).  DP–New York 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Harrelson (2,off Gullett); Staub (7,off Gullett); Millan (9,off Kirby); Torre 2 (6,off Kirby,off Eastwick), Cincinnati Perez (8,off Koosman).  3B–Cincinnati Perez (2,off Koosman).  HR–New York Torre (1,5th inning off Gullett 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Bench (7,8th inning off Koosman 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Garrett (1,by C Carroll); Foster (1,by Koosman).  SF–Concepcion (1,off Koosman).  IBB–Koosman (1,Foster); C Carroll (7,Garrett).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:39.  A–16,845.
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