New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1988 at Riverfront 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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New York Mets 2, Cincinnati Reds 11

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 0 2 0
Backman 2b 4 0 2 0
Magadan 1b,3b 3 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 1 0 1 0
  Mazzilli lf 3 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 2 0 0 0
  Wilson rf 2 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Teufel ph 1 0 1 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 2 1 2 0
  Sasser c 2 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Darling p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 2 0 1 1
  Lyons 1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Daniels lf 3 1 0 0
  Winningham lf 2 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 2 1 0
Sabo 3b 5 2 1 3
Davis cf 3 1 2 2
  Milner cf 2 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 2 0
Esasky 1b 4 1 1 0
Diaz c 3 1 1 2
  Robinson p 1 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 0 2 0
Rijo p 2 2 2 1
  Reed ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 12 8
New York 000 100 0012113
Cincinnati 1010 000 00x11120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  L (10-6) 0.2 5 9 5 3 2
  Leach   4.1 4 2 1 0 0
  Nunez   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  McClure   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
11
6
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  W (11-4) 5.0 7 1 1 2 7
  Robinson   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Birtsas   2.0 3 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
4
10

  E–Strawberry (6), Nunez (1), Elster (13).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Carter 2 (11,off Rijo 2); Lyons (4,off Birtsas).  HR–Cincinnati Sabo (11,1st inning off Darling 2 on, 0 out); Davis (16,1st inning off Darling 0 on, 0 out); Rijo (1,2nd inning off Leach 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Backman (5,2nd base off Rijo/Diaz).  WP–Darling (4).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:49.  A–28,422.
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