New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
August 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 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."

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New York Mets 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Flores rf 5 2 3 1
Trevino 2b,3b 2 1 0 0
Mazzilli cf 5 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 2 0 1 1
  Bernard p 0 0 0 0
  Norman ph 1 1 1 2
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Taveras ss 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 0
Stearns c,3b,c 3 0 0 0
Youngblood lf 4 0 1 0
Flynn ss,2b 4 0 1 1
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph,c 2 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf,lf 4 2 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 1 1
Foster lf 4 1 2 1
  Cruz rf 0 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 1 2 2
Geronimo cf 3 0 1 1
Bonham p 3 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
New York 100 011 200590
Cincinnati 100 040 01x6100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   4.2 9 5 5 3 3
  Twitchell   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bernard   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Murray  L (4-8) 1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Glynn   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham   5.2 7 3 3 2 5
  Bair  W (8-6) 2.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Hume  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (4,off Bonham), Cincinnati Collins (13,off Ellis); Knight (29,off Murray).  HR–New York Flores (1,5th inning off Bonham 0 on, 1 out); Norman (1,7th inning off Bair 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Trevino (4,off Bonham).  HBP–Trevino (1,by Bonham).  SF–Collins (1,off Glynn).  IBB–Geronimo (10,by Ellis).  SB–Collins (7,2nd base off Ellis/Stearns).  WP–Murray (3).  HBP–Bonham (6,Trevino).  IBB–Ellis (5,Geronimo).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:29.  A–34,765.
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