Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
May 5, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1980 at Shea 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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Cincinnati Reds 2, New York Mets 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 5 0 2 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 1 0
Griffey rf 4 1 2 0
Knight 3b 5 1 1 1
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 0 1
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Mejias pr 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood cf 4 1 2 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 0 1
Jorgensen lf 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 1 0
Cardenal rf 4 0 2 0
Trevino 3b 4 2 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 1 1
Bomback p 2 0 1 1
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Zachry p 0 0 0 0
  Norman ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Cincinnati 001 001 000 0271
New York 100 010 000 1380
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   8.0 6 2 2 0 3
  Bair  L (0-2) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
8
3
3
0
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bomback   5.1 4 2 2 6 2
  Glynn   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Zachry   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Reardon  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
10.0
7
2
2
9
8

  E–Concepcion (3).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Youngblood (5,off Seaver); Bomback (1,off Seaver); Hodges (2,off Bair).  3B–Cincinnati Griffey (3,off Bomback).  SH–Kennedy (2,off Bomback); Flynn (1,off Seaver).  SF–Geronimo (1,off Glynn).  SB–Driessen (5,2nd base off Bomback/Stearns); Mejias (3,2nd base off Reardon/Stearns).  CS–Flynn (1,2nd base by Seaver/Bench).  WP–Bomback (1).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:52.  A–11,412.
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