Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
June 23, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1996 at Shea Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, New York Mets 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Harris lf 4 0 1 1
  Howard lf 0 0 0 0
Greene 3b 4 0 1 0
Sanders rf 4 1 1 1
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Morris 1b 4 0 0 0
Boone 2b 4 0 1 0
Oliver c 4 0 2 0
Branson ss 4 1 2 0
Smiley p 3 0 0 0
  Taubensee ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 0 0
Vizcaino 2b 4 0 2 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 2 0
Kent 3b 4 0 1 1
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
  Bogar pr 0 0 0 0
Ochoa rf 3 0 1 0
  Everett ph 1 0 0 0
Huskey 1b 4 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
Person p 2 0 0 0
  Alfonzo ph 0 0 0 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Cincinnati 000 011 000290
New York 000 000 001161
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (7-6) 8.0 4 0 0 1 5
  Brantley  SV (18) 1.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Person  L (1-2) 8.0 7 2 2 0 9
  Byrd   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
9

  E–Kent (13).  2B–Cincinnati Harris (5,off Person), New York Gilkey (18,off Smiley); Kent (16,off Brantley).  3B–Cincinnati Boone (1,off Person).  HR–Cincinnati Sanders (5,6th inning off Person 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Hundley (8,by Brantley).  IBB–Brantley (4,Hundley).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:14.  A–18,593.
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