New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
May 10, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1989 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 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 2 0 1
Johnson 3b 3 2 1 2
McReynolds lf 5 1 1 2
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 0
Teufel 2b 2 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 3 3
  Magadan ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Lyons c 4 1 1 1
  Sasser ph,c 1 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 1 1 1
Darling p 3 1 1 0
  Mazzilli ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 9 10
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Winningham cf 4 1 1 0
Griffey lf 5 1 2 1
Larkin ss 4 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 2 2
Benzinger 1b 4 0 1 0
Sabo 3b 3 0 0 0
Reed c 4 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 1 1 1
  Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
Browning p 2 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Trillo 2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
New York 020 106 2001191
Cincinnati 200 101 000493
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling  W (2-3) 6.0 7 4 3 1 8
  Aguilera  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
12
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  L (3-3) 5.1 6 7 3 5 2
  Tekulve   0.0 1 2 0 1 0
  Birtsas   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Armstrong   3.0 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
11
5
9
5

  E–Strawberry (2), Larkin (6), Sabo (8), Birtsas (1).  2B–New York Elster (7,off Browning), Cincinnati Griffey (2,off Darling).  HR–New York Lyons (1,4th inning off Browning 0 on, 2 out); Johnson (7,7th inning off Armstrong 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Johnson (1,by Tekulve); Teufel (1,by Birtsas).  SB–Strawberry (6,2nd base off Browning/Reed); Wilson (2,2nd base off Armstrong/Reed).  CS–McReynolds (2,2nd base by Browning/Reed); Johnson (2,3rd base by Birtsas/Reed); Larkin (3,2nd base by Darling/Lyons).  WP–Birtsas (2).  BK–Aguilera (1).  IBB–Tekulve (4,Johnson); Birtsas (1,Teufel).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:00.  A–19,112.
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