New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 1, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1988 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 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,rf 5 2 2 0
Teufel 2b 6 3 2 2
Hernandez 1b 3 1 2 3
  Magadan 1b 1 1 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
  Dykstra cf 1 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 1 0 0
  Mazzilli lf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 5 1 3 4
Lyons c 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 1 1 0
Gooden p 5 0 1 0
Totals 39 11 12 10
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 4 0 1 0
Sabo 3b 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Daniels lf 2 0 0 0
  Garcia lf 2 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 3 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 3 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 3 0 2 0
McGriff c 2 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Rijo p 0 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  McClendon c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
New York 100 044 11011120
Cincinnati 000 000 000043
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (6-0) 9.0 4 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (1-3) 4.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Perry   1.2 4 5 2 2 2
  Williams   2.1 2 2 1 3 0
  Rijo   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
11
7
7
4

  E–Larkin 2 (8), Sabo (3).  DP–New York 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Teufel (4,off Rasmussen); Hernandez (5,off Rasmussen); Johnson (3,off Perry); Wilson (5,off Perry), Cincinnati Sabo (8,off Gooden).  HR–New York Teufel (1,5th inning off Rasmussen 1 on, 0 out); Hernandez (4,5th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 0 out); Strawberry (7,5th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (4,6th inning off Perry 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Hernandez (2,off Perry).  IBB–Elster (2,by Perry).  SB–McReynolds (3,2nd base off Rasmussen/McGriff); Elster (1,2nd base off Rasmussen/McGriff); Treadway (2,2nd base off Gooden/Lyons); Larkin (10,2nd base off Gooden/Lyons).  BK–Rasmussen (2), Perry (1).  IBB–Perry (4,Elster).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:45.  A–31,525.
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