Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
July 6, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1988 at Shea 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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Cincinnati Reds 4, New York Mets 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 2 1 1 0
Daniels lf 3 1 1 2
Sabo 3b 4 1 2 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 1 2
Esasky 1b 3 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Milner cf 3 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
McClendon c 4 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 4 0 0 0
Armstrong p 2 0 0 0
  Durham 1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 0 0
Backman 2b 2 1 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 2
Johnson 3b 3 1 0 0
Magadan 1b 2 1 1 1
Sasser c 2 0 1 0
  Carter ph,c 2 0 1 1
Elster ss 4 0 0 0
Darling p 3 0 1 1
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
Cincinnati 000 004 000460
New York 200 003 00x560
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Armstrong   5.0 3 3 3 3 2
  Murphy  L (0-4) 0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Dibble   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Birtsas   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (10-5) 6.2 6 4 4 1 9
  Myers  SV (13) 2.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
11

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Sasser (4,off Armstrong); McReynolds (14,off Armstrong).  HR–New York Strawberry (21,1st inning off Armstrong 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Larkin 2 (8,by Darling 2); Magadan (2,by Birtsas).  SB–Larkin (25,2nd base off Darling/Sasser).  CS–Sabo (7,2nd base by Darling/Sasser).  HBP–Birtsas (3,Magadan); Darling 2 (3,Larkin 2).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:42.  A–44,146.
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