New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 9, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1985 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 11, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 6 0 1 2
Backman 2b 6 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 2 3 1 2
Carter c 3 2 1 0
  Reynolds c 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 2 2 0 0
Foster lf 4 3 2 4
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 2
Santana ss 4 0 0 0
Gooden p 4 1 1 0
  Staub ph 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 9 10
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 0 0 0
Venable lf 4 0 2 1
Rose 1b 3 0 0 0
Parker rf 3 0 1 0
Krenchicki 3b 4 0 0 0
Knicely c 4 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
Foley ss 3 1 1 0
Soto p 2 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 1 1 1
  Stuper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
New York 000 120 0441190
Cincinnati 000 000 020252
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (12-3) 8.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto  L (8-9) 7.0 5 6 5 7 6
  Hume   1.0 0 1 0 1 0
  Stuper   1.0 4 4 4 3 0
Totals
9.0
9
11
9
11
6

  E–Parker (6), Hume (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Foley (3,off Gooden); Walker (2,off Gooden).  HR–New York Foster (14,4th inning off Soto 0 on, 1 out); Hernandez (7,5th inning off Soto 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Johnson (2,off Hume).  SB–Backman (10,2nd base off Soto/Knicely).  CS–Strawberry (2,2nd base by Soto/Knicely).  WP–Soto (7).  T–2:50.  A–21,787.
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