New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 2, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 4 1 1 0
Magadan 1b 3 2 2 0
Johnson ss,3b 4 2 3 2
Strawberry rf 1 0 0 0
  Wilson pr,rf 3 1 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 0 1 2
Jefferies 3b 5 0 1 1
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 1 1 0
Lombardi c 5 0 1 0
Fernandez p 3 0 1 1
  Elster ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Harris 2b 4 0 1 0
Daniels lf 3 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 1
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 1 0
Quinones 3b 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 0 1 0
Scudder p 0 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 1 1 1 1
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Roomes ph 1 0 1 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
New York 113 001 0107110
Cincinnati 001 000 001271
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (6-2) 7.2 5 1 1 1 6
  Aase   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Scudder  L (2-2) 2.1 7 5 4 2 1
  Birtsas   2.2 2 0 0 2 3
  Tekulve   3.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Charlton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
6
6

  E–Quinones (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Lombardi (1,off Scudder); Johnson 2 (19,off Scudder,off Birtsas); McReynolds (12,off Tekulve), Cincinnati Benzinger (15,off Aase).  HR–New York Johnson (22,6th inning off Tekulve 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Birtsas (1,3rd inning off Fernandez 0 on, 1 out); Davis (15,9th inning off Aase 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Johnson (4,off Scudder); McReynolds (4,off Scudder).  HBP–Samuel (2,by Birtsas).  IBB–Strawberry (5,by Scudder); McReynolds (7,by Birtsas).  SB–Wilson (5,3rd base off Birtsas/Diaz); Jefferies (9,2nd base off Birtsas/Diaz).  BK–Scudder (1).  HBP–Birtsas (3,Samuel).  IBB–Scudder (2,Strawberry); Birtsas (2,McReynolds).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:52.  A–33,910.
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