New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
August 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1981 at Riverfront Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 7, Cincinnati Reds 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 0
Taveras ss 3 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailor ss 0 1 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 1 3 2
Kingman lf 5 1 1 4
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Staub 1b 3 1 1 0
Trevino c,2b 4 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hodges ph,c 2 0 0 0
Falcone p 1 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 1
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Boitano p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 1 1 0
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 0 1 0
Griffey cf 4 0 3 1
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 5 2 2 0
Knight 3b 4 1 2 0
Nolan c 4 1 3 2
Oester 2b 3 0 0 1
Pastore p 3 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
New York 000 010 042791
Cincinnati 000 103 0004121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   4.0 5 1 1 1 1
  Marshall   1.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Searage   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Boitano  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Allen  SV (11) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
5
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  L (3-5) 7.2 8 5 4 1 6
  Hume   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Bair   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
4
7

  E–Trevino (7), Oester (10).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Staub (4,off Pastore); Valentine (6,off Pastore); Brooks (11,off Bair), Cincinnati Knight (13,off Falcone); Driessen (9,off Marshall).  HR–New York Kingman (19,8th inning off Pastore 3 on, 2 out).  IBB–Staub (3,by Hume).  SF–Oester (4,off Falcone); Griffey (4,off Searage).  SB–Jorgensen (3,2nd base off Pastore/Nolan); Wilson (17,2nd base off Bair/Nolan); Griffey (10,2nd base off Falcone/Trevino).  WP–Searage (2).  IBB–Hume (6,Staub).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:53.  A–25,949.
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