Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
June 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1981 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 8, New York Mets 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 0 0 0
  Hume p 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 5 0 0 0
Griffey cf 4 3 1 0
Foster lf 5 2 4 1
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 1 1 1
Driessen 1b 4 1 3 3
Nolan c 2 0 0 1
Pastore p 2 0 0 0
  Moskau p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Mejias rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 0 0
Taveras ss 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 2
  Bailor pr,ss 2 1 1 0
Mazzilli lf 3 0 1 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 2 1
Stearns c 3 0 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 4 1 0 0
Harris p 1 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 1 1 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 8 3
Cincinnati 011 110 0048103
New York 000 003 010484
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore   5.0 3 3 1 1 4
  Moskau   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Hume  W (4-2) 2.0 4 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harris   6.0 6 4 3 3 8
  Hausman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Falcone  L (1-3) 1.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Allen   1.0 1 2 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
6
6
11

  E–Foster (2), Concepcion (12), Moskau (1), Mazzilli (5), Stearns (4), Brooks (12), Flynn (2).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Concepcion (19,off Harris); Griffey (12,off Harris); Knight (10,off Harris); Foster (15,off Hausman); Driessen (8,off Falcone).  3B–Cincinnati Foster (1,off Harris).  HR–Cincinnati Driessen (5,4th inning off Harris 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Pastore (5,off Harris); Concepcion (2,off Allen).  SF–Nolan (3,off Allen).  IBB–Nolan (4,by Harris); Driessen (2,by Harris).  IBB–Harris 2 (2,Nolan,Driessen).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–(none), 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:56.  A–12,313.
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