New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
June 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1979 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 1, Cincinnati Reds 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Maddox rf 4 0 1 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0
Youngblood 3b 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 1 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 1 1
Kobel p 1 0 0 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 1 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 1 2 0
Kennedy 2b 3 2 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 3
Foster lf 4 1 1 1
Bench c 5 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 2
Knight 3b 2 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Norman p 3 0 0 0
  DeFreitas ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
New York 000 010 000161
Cincinnati 201 300 00x691
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Kobel  L (2-1) 3.2 8 6 6 3 3
  Scott   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Twitchell   3.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Falcone   1.0 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
8
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (3-5) 8.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Borbon   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–Twitchell (1), Norman (1).  DP–New York 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Mazzilli (16,off Norman); Henderson (9,off Norman); Maddox (3,off Norman).  HR–Cincinnati Driessen (10,3rd inning off Kobel 0 on, 2 out); Concepcion (6,4th inning off Kobel 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Griffey (11,2nd base off Kobel/Stearns).  BK–Kobel (1).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:25.  A–22,209.
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