Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
July 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1997 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 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin lf 4 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
Owens rf 4 0 1 0
Nunnally cf 4 1 2 1
Greene 3b 4 0 1 0
Morris 1b 4 1 1 0
Oliver c 4 1 1 1
Boone 2b 3 0 1 1
Reese ss 4 0 0 0
Burba p 2 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 2 1 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 2 2 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 3 0 0 0
Everett rf 3 2 2 4
Baerga 2b 4 0 1 1
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 4 5
Cincinnati 000 011 100370
New York 010 002 02x540
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Burba   5.2 1 3 3 5 5
  Remlinger   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan  L (1-3) 2.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
4
5
5
5
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   7.0 6 3 3 2 5
  McMichael  W (7-7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Franco  SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati B Boone (16,off Jones).  HR–Cincinnati Nunnally (2,6th inning off Jones 0 on, 2 out); Oliver (8,7th inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out), New York Everett 2 (11,2nd inning off Burba 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Sullivan 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Alfonzo (2,by Burba).  SB–Owens (3,2nd base off Jones/Hundley); Johnson (14,3rd base off Burba/Oliver).  HBP–Burba (9,Alfonzo).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:26.  A–22,172.
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