Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
July 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1988 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 3, New York Mets 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 0 0 0
Daniels lf 4 2 2 0
Larkin ss 4 0 1 0
Sabo 3b 4 1 1 1
Esasky 1b 4 0 1 1
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 0 0 0
  O'Neill rf 0 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
Concepcion 2b 3 0 0 0
Browning p 3 0 1 0
  Durham 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Miller 3b 4 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 1
Carter c 3 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 2 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 0 1 0
Ojeda p 1 0 0 0
  Dykstra ph 1 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Cincinnati 200 001 000360
New York 000 000 100141
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  W (8-3) 8.0 3 1 1 1 5
  Franco  SV (11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  L (6-7) 6.0 6 3 3 0 3
  Aguilera   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McDowell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
4

  E–Miller (4).  DP–Cincinnati 1, New York 1.  2B–Cincinnati Sabo (31,off Ojeda); Daniels (17,off Ojeda), New York Strawberry (16,off Browning).  HBP–Elster (2,by Browning).  SB–Daniels (14,2nd base off Ojeda/Carter); Browning (2,2nd base off Ojeda/Carter).  WP–Franco (1).  BK–Franco (1), Ojeda (5).  HBP–Browning (5,Elster).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:12.  A–37,324.
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