New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 12, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1990 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 10, Cincinnati Reds 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 3
Magadan 1b 3 0 1 1
Jefferies 2b 5 0 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 2 1 1
McReynolds lf 3 1 2 0
Boston cf 5 2 1 1
Elster ss 4 2 2 2
Hundley c 5 1 1 1
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 0 1 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 12 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sabo 3b 3 1 1 0
Larkin ss 5 0 2 0
Morris 1b 3 0 0 1
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Layana p 0 0 0 0
  Braggs ph 1 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 1 1 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 3 1
Oester 2b 3 0 2 1
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Benzinger 1b 1 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
Mahler p 2 0 0 0
  Duncan 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
New York 200 001 04310121
Cincinnati 001 101 0003101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (9-5) 7.0 9 3 3 2 6
  Ojeda   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler   6.0 7 3 3 3 4
  Charlton  L (6-4) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Dibble   0.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Layana   1.1 2 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
7
5

  E–Hundley (1), Duncan (11).  PB–Hundley (2); Oliver (8).  2B–New York Hundley (2,off Dibble).  HR–New York Johnson (14,1st inning off Mahler 0 on, 0 out); Strawberry (22,1st inning off Mahler 0 on, 2 out); Boston (7,6th inning off Mahler 0 on, 0 out); Elster (8,9th inning off Layana 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Gooden (6,off Mahler).  SF–Magadan (4,off Dibble); Morris (1,off Gooden).  SB–Strawberry (10,2nd base off Mahler/Oliver); McReynolds (5,2nd base off Dibble/Oliver); Boston (7,2nd base off Layana/Oliver); Davis (9,2nd base off Gooden/Hundley); Hatcher (23,2nd base off Gooden/Hundley).  CS–Johnson (5,2nd base by Layana/Oliver).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–3:23.
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