Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
May 6, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1980 at Shea 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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Cincinnati Reds 12, New York Mets 10

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 5 2 3 0
  Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0
Griffey rf 7 2 2 1
  Moskau p 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 6 1 2 1
Bench c 5 2 1 0
Knight 3b 5 3 4 4
Mejias cf,lf,rf 7 2 3 2
Driessen 1b 7 0 2 0
Kennedy 2b 7 0 2 1
LaCoss p 3 0 0 0
  Soto p 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Totals 59 12 21 11
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood cf,rf 7 2 4 3
Taveras ss 7 2 2 0
Mazzilli 1b 7 1 4 0
Jorgensen rf 3 1 1 1
  Kobel p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 1 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Stearns c 6 1 1 0
Henderson lf 7 1 2 2
Trevino 3b 6 1 3 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 7 0 1 0
Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Pacella p 1 0 0 0
  Norman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 1
  Ramirez pr 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph,cf 3 1 0 0
Totals 57 10 19 7
Cincinnati 304 002 010 000 0212210
New York 004 012 030 000 0010191
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   5.0 12 7 7 1 2
  Soto   2.2 1 2 2 3 2
  Hume   0.1 1 1 0 2 1
  Bair   3.0 2 0 0 1 4
  Tomlin  W (3-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Moskau  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
14.0
19
10
9
7
10
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   2.0 6 6 6 2 1
  Pacella   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Hausman   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Allen   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Kobel   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Glynn   3.0 1 0 0 0 5
  Reardon  L (1-2) 1.0 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
14.0
21
12
12
4
11

  E–Stearns (4).  DP–Cincinnati 2, New York 3.  PB–Bench (1).  2B–Cincinnati Knight (8,off Falcone); Concepcion (6,off Falcone); Mejias (1,off Pacella); Collins (2,off Hausman); Griffey (4,off Hausman); Spilman (2,off Reardon), New York Mazzilli (4,off Bair).  3B–New York Trevino (1,off Bair).  HR–Cincinnati Knight (3,3rd inning off Falcone 2 on, 0 out), New York Youngblood (3,8th inning off Soto 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Knight (1,by Hausman).  SF–Youngblood (2,off Soto).  IBB–Jorgensen (3,by Hume).  SB–Collins (5,3rd base off Allen/Stearns); Taveras (4,2nd base off LaCoss/Bench); Stearns (3,2nd base off LaCoss/Bench).  CS–Driessen (1,2nd base by Allen/Stearns); Jorgensen (1,2nd base by Soto/Bench).  BK–Allen (1).  HBP–Hausman (1,Knight).  IBB–Hume (4,Jorgensen).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–4:37.  A–6,884.
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