Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
May 6, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1983 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 4, New York Mets 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 5 2 2 1
Milner cf 6 0 1 1
Cedeno rf 4 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Knicely ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
Bench 3b 4 0 0 0
  Krenchicki 3b 1 0 0 0
  Bilardello ph,c 1 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 0 0
Oester 2b 5 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Trevino c,3b 5 0 1 1
Soto p 3 0 1 1
  Householder ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 6 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 0 0 0
Ashford 3b,2b 3 0 0 0
  Backman ph,2b 3 1 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 1 1 2
  Jorgensen 1b 1 1 0 0
Foster lf 5 1 1 3
Hodges c 4 0 0 0
Giles 2b,ss 5 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 2 0 1 0
  Heep ph 1 1 1 1
  Brooks 3b 2 1 1 1
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Diaz p 0 0 0 0
  Bradley ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 7 7
Cincinnati 000 001 200 100 0460
New York 000 000 012 100 3771
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto   9.0 4 3 3 1 12
  Hume   3.0 2 1 1 1 4
  Scherrer  L (0-1) 0.2 0 2 2 2 1
  Pastore   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.2
7
7
7
4
17
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   8.0 4 3 3 3 7
  Diaz   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Orosco  W (1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
13.0
6
4
4
4
11

  E–Hodges (2).  2B–Cincinnati Milner (3,off Diaz).  3B–Cincinnati Redus (1,off Diaz).  HR–Cincinnati Redus (5,6th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out), New York Heep (3,8th inning off Soto 0 on, 2 out); Kingman (5,9th inning off Soto 1 on, 2 out); Brooks (2,10th inning off Hume 0 on, 2 out); Foster (4,13th inning off Pastore 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Cedeno (1,by Diaz).  SH–Seaver (2,off Soto).  HBP–Foster (1,by Hume).  SB–Driessen (3,2nd base off Seaver/Hodges); Strawberry (1,2nd base off Scherrer/Bilardello).  HBP–Hume (3,Foster).  IBB–Diaz (1,Cedeno).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:37.  A–15,916.
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