New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 3, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1986 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 1 1 0
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 3 2
Strawberry rf 2 0 0 0
Heep lf 4 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 1 3 0
Johnson ss 4 0 1 1
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Lyons c 4 0 0 1
Ojeda p 3 0 0 0
  Santana ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss,1b 5 0 2 0
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 2 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 1 1 0
Butera c 4 0 1 1
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
Denny p 2 0 0 0
  Stillwell ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
New York 020 000 200492
Cincinnati 010 000 000161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (4-0) 7.0 6 1 0 4 2
  Orosco  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
6
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (1-3) 7.0 8 4 3 2 2
  Franco   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
2

  E–Backman (2), Ojeda (1), Esasky (3).  DP–New York 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Hernandez (9,off Denny).  3B–New York Dykstra (2,off Denny).  HR–New York Hernandez (1,7th inning off Denny 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Strawberry (1,by Denny).  CS–Johnson (1,2nd base by Denny/Butera).  SB–Concepcion 2 (4,2nd base off Ojeda/Lyons 2); Davis (11,2nd base off Orosco/Lyons).  HBP–Denny (1,Strawberry).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:33.  A–20,268.
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