Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
July 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1987 at Shea Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 7, New York Mets 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 4 2 2 1
Bell 3b 5 1 3 3
Davis cf 4 1 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Jones lf 5 1 1 0
Diaz c 5 1 4 3
Esasky 1b 5 0 1 0
Concepcion 2b 4 0 0 0
Power p 1 1 0 0
  McClendon ph 1 0 1 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 1 0
Backman 2b 3 0 1 0
  Teufel ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 2 2 2
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 1
Santana ss 4 0 1 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Cincinnati 002 020 1027131
New York 010 100 001370
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Power  W (7-5) 7.0 5 2 2 2 4
  Murphy  SV (1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (9-6) 5.2 5 4 4 4 2
  Sisk   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Myers   2.0 5 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
5
3

  E–Power (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1, New York 2.  2B–Cincinnati Diaz (21,off Fernandez); Davis (17,off Sisk).  3B–Cincinnati Larkin (1,off Fernandez).  HR–Cincinnati Bell (7,5th inning off Fernandez 1 on, 1 out); Diaz (8,9th inning off Myers 1 on, 2 out), New York Johnson (21,2nd inning off Power 0 on, 2 out); McReynolds 2 (18,4th inning off Power 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Murphy 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Larkin (4,by Fernandez).  IBB–Concepcion (3,by Fernandez); Parker (10,by Sisk).  SB–Strawberry (15,2nd base off Power/Diaz); Backman (5,2nd base off Power/Diaz).  HBP–Fernandez (5,Larkin).  IBB–Fernandez (5,Concepcion); Sisk (2,Parker).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:53.  A–47,135.
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