New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
April 28, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1997 at Cinergy 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 15, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 2 3 1
  Franco 3b 1 1 1 1
Alfonzo 3b 3 2 1 1
  Bieser cf 2 0 2 1
Gilkey lf 6 2 3 2
Hundley c 2 3 1 2
  Castillo c 1 0 0 0
Huskey 1b 5 1 2 2
Ochoa rf 5 0 0 1
Alexander 2b,ss 5 1 2 2
Ordonez ss 3 1 1 0
  Baerga 2b 2 0 0 0
Reed p 3 2 1 1
  Everett ph 1 0 0 0
  Borland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 15 17 14
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders cf 4 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Morris 1b 3 0 3 0
  Perez 1b 1 0 0 0
Larkin ss 3 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Owens ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Sierra rf 4 1 1 1
Taubensee c 4 0 0 0
Greene 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Boone 2b 4 1 1 0
Goodwin lf 3 0 1 1
Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Branson ph 1 0 0 0
  Bones p 0 0 0 0
  Eischen p 1 0 0 0
  Harris 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
New York 015 070 10115171
Cincinnati 000 000 101260
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (2-1) 8.0 5 1 0 1 2
  Borland   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
1
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (1-5) 2.2 6 6 6 2 1
  Belinda   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bones   1.2 5 5 5 0 2
  Eischen   1.1 2 2 1 1 2
  Carrasco   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Remlinger   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Shaw   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
15
14
4
10

  E–Alexander (3).  DP–New York 1, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Taubensee 2 (4).  2B–New York Huskey (2,off Smiley); Reed (2,off Bones); Johnson (3,off Eischen); Gilkey (3,off Eischen); Bieser (2,off Carrasco); Alexander (2,off Shaw), Cincinnati Morris 2 (5,off Reed 2); Goodwin (1,off Reed).  3B–New York Ordonez (1,off Bones).  HR–New York Hundley (6,5th inning off Bones 1 on, 0 out); Huskey (2,5th inning off Bones 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Sierra (2,9th inning off Borland 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hundley (1,by Smiley).  WP–Eischen (1), Carrasco (1).  HBP–Smiley (2,Hundley).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:44.  A–15,572.
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