Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
July 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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 3, New York Mets 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Quinones 2b 3 0 0 0
Daniels lf 3 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 1
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Griffey 1b 3 1 2 0
Harris 3b 4 1 2 2
Reed c 4 0 0 0
Browning p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Benzinger ph 1 0 1 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 4 2 3 2
  Carreon pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Teufel 1b 4 2 4 1
  Mazzilli pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 3 2
Strawberry rf 3 1 3 3
  Wilson pr,rf,cf 2 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Jefferies 2b 4 0 1 0
Lombardi c 4 1 1 0
Elster ss 4 0 0 0
Cone p 3 1 1 0
Totals 36 8 16 8
Cincinnati 000 000 003360
New York 103 011 02x8160
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  L (7-7) 4.1 9 5 5 1 2
  Tekulve   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Charlton   2.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Dibble   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Birtsas   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
8
8
1
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (6-5) 9.0 6 3 3 3 8
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
8

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Samuel (4,off Browning); Cone (2,off Dibble); Johnson (22,off Birtsas).  HR–Cincinnati Davis (16,9th inning off Cone 0 on, 1 out); Harris (2,9th inning off Cone 1 on, 2 out), New York Strawberry (17,3rd inning off Browning 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Cone (3,off Charlton).  SF–Johnson (5,off Browning).  HBP–Teufel (1,by Dibble).  SB–Samuel (16,2nd base off Browning/Reed); Johnson 2 (18,3rd base off Tekulve/Reed,2nd base off Charlton/Reed); Wilson (6,2nd base off Tekulve/Reed).  CS–Teufel (2,2nd base by Browning/Reed).  HBP–Dibble (2,Teufel).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:29.  A–46,789.
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