Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
May 4, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1989 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 2, New York Mets 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Roomes cf 4 0 1 0
Sabo 3b 4 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 1 1 0
O'Neill rf 2 1 2 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 1 2
Griffey lf 3 0 1 0
  Youngblood ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
  Diaz ph,c 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Trillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Johnson 3b,ss 3 2 1 1
Teufel 1b,2b 3 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 2 0 1 1
Jefferies 2b 4 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 2 0 0 0
  Magadan 3b 2 0 0 0
Darling p 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 4 3
Cincinnati 010 100 000 0260
New York 000 002 000 1342
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   7.0 3 2 2 3 4
  Charlton   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Dibble  L (3-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
4
3
3
5
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   8.1 6 2 2 2 7
  Myers  W (2-1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
2
9

  E–Johnson (6), Carter (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (1,off Darling).  HR–New York Johnson (5,10th inning off Dibble 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–McReynolds (4,by Charlton).  BK–Charlton (1), Darling (1).  IBB–Charlton (1,McReynolds).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:34.  A–29,396.
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