Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
June 28, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1990 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 4, New York Mets 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 5 1 2 0
Larkin ss 5 0 1 1
Sabo 3b 5 1 2 0
Davis cf 5 1 2 2
O'Neill rf 5 1 2 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 0 1 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Morris ph 0 0 0 0
  Braggs ph 1 0 1 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 0 1 0
Rijo p 2 0 1 0
  Quinones 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 13 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 1
Magadan 1b 4 0 0 0
Jefferies 2b 4 0 1 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Boston cf 2 1 0 0
  Carreon cf 1 0 1 0
Sasser c 4 1 1 0
Elster ss 1 1 1 2
Gooden p 3 0 1 1
  Miller 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Cincinnati 000 020 1104131
New York 030 002 00x582
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  L (5-3) 5.1 6 5 5 2 3
  Birtsas   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Charlton   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (7-5) 7.1 10 4 3 0 5
  Franco  SV (14) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
4
3
0
6

  E–Larkin (7), Elster (11), Miller (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–New York Elster (15,off Rijo); Johnson (16,off Rijo).  3B–Cincinnati Hatcher (5,off Gooden).  HR–Cincinnati Davis (10,5th inning off Gooden 1 on, 2 out), New York Strawberry (16,6th inning off Rijo 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Elster (2,by Birtsas).  SB–Larkin (19,2nd base off Gooden/Sasser).  IBB–Birtsas (4,Elster).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:40.  A–43,647.
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