New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 22, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1977 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Millan 2b 5 0 2 0
Vail rf 5 0 1 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Kingman lf,1b 5 1 1 0
Stearns c 5 1 1 1
Torre 1b 3 0 1 0
  Foster pr,ss 0 1 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ss 1 0 1 1
Staiger 3b 5 1 1 1
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Grote ph 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 1 1
  Mazzilli pr,cf 2 0 0 0
Espinosa p 2 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 1 0 0 0
  Milner ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 10 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 6 0 0 0
Griffey rf 5 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 5 2 4 1
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 0
Foster lf 3 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 5 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 1
Plummer c 2 0 1 0
  Bench ph,c 3 0 0 0
Norman p 2 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 10 3
New York 000 100 200 014101
Cincinnati 000 102 000 003102
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa   5.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Lockwood   4.0 2 0 0 2 3
  Todd  W (2-0) 2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
10
3
3
4
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   6.0 6 3 3 0 7
  Murray   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Borbon  L (0-2) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
0
9

  E–Stearns (3), Concepcion (2), Murray (1).  PB–Stearns (3).  2B–New York Torre (3,off Norman); Staiger (4,off Norman); Kranepool (11,off Murray); Kingman (4,off Borbon), Cincinnati Morgan (6,off Espinosa).  HR–New York Stearns (5,4th inning off Norman 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Morgan (5,4th inning off Espinosa 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Concepcion (2,off Lockwood).  HBP–Foster (3,by Espinosa).  IBB–Driessen 2 (2,by Lockwood,by Todd); Foster (3,by Lockwood).  SB–Driessen (8,2nd base off Espinosa/Stearns); Morgan (13,2nd base off Lockwood/Stearns); Concepcion (13,2nd base off Todd/Stearns).  CS–Driessen (4,Home by Espinosa/Stearns).  HBP–Espinosa (2,Foster).  IBB–Lockwood 2 (3,Driessen,Foster); Todd (1,Driessen).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:10.  A–38,419.
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