New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
August 24, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1977 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 11

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 2 0 1 0
  Boisclair 1b 1 0 0 0
Flynn ss 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Vail rf 4 1 1 2
Stearns c 1 2 0 0
Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 1
Valentine 1b,3b 3 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
Foster 2b 2 0 1 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 0 0 0 1
Matlack p 1 0 0 0
  Youngblood 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 1 2 1
  Knight 3b 1 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 2
  Auerbach 2b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 5 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 2 2 1
  Lum lf,1b 1 0 1 0
Bench c,1b 4 1 1 2
  Summers lf 1 0 0 0
Bailey 1b 2 2 0 0
  Plummer c 2 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 2 4 2
Geronimo cf 5 1 1 2
Capilla p 3 0 0 1
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 11
New York 000 000 103452
Cincinnati 400 060 10x11152
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (6-15) 4.0 10 9 8 1 0
  Baldwin   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Siebert   2.0 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
15
11
10
3
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Capilla  W (6-5) 8.0 5 4 4 5 5
  Sarmiento   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
5
6

  E–Flynn 2 (6), Knight (4), Plummer (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–New York Foster (1,off Capilla); Mazzilli (15,off Capilla), Cincinnati Concepcion 2 (20,off Matlack 2); Bench (28,off Matlack).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (3,off Siebert).  HR–New York Vail (8,9th inning off Capilla 1 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Morgan (19,1st inning off Matlack 1 on, 0 out); Foster (42,1st inning off Matlack 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Kranepool (3,off Sarmiento); Rose (3,off Baldwin); Capilla (1,off Siebert).  SB–Randle (24,2nd base off Capilla/Bench); Stearns (7,2nd base off Sarmiento/Plummer).  WP–Baldwin (1).  BK–Sarmiento (1).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:32.  A–28,832.
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