New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 21, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1984 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."

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New York Mets 2, Cincinnati Reds 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 2 1
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 1
Hodges c 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 1 0
Fernandez p 3 0 1 0
  Sisk p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 3 0 1 0
Oester 2b 3 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Esasky 3b 4 0 1 0
Van Gorder c 2 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Hume p 1 0 0 0
  Barnes ph 1 0 1 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Gulden ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
New York 010 001 000280
Cincinnati 000 000 100160
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (2-0) 6.1 6 1 1 0 7
  Sisk  SV (14) 2.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume  L (3-10) 6.0 5 2 2 1 4
  Owchinko   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Russell   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Foster (16,off Hume), Cincinnati Concepcion (14,off Fernandez).  3B–Cincinnati Esasky (2,off Fernandez).  HR–Cincinnati Parker (9,7th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Wilson (26,2nd base off Hume/Van Gorder); Redus (33,2nd base off Fernandez/Hodges).  CS–Backman (5,2nd base by Russell/Gulden).  T–2:24.  A–27,655.
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