Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
May 21, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1998 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 1, New York Mets 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Nunnally cf 4 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 0 3 0
Harris lf 4 0 1 0
Taubensee c 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 0 2 0
Greene 3b 3 0 1 0
Boone 2b 4 0 1 0
Nieves rf 3 1 1 1
Hutton p 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 1 0 0 0
  Casey ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Stynes ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 3 1 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 0 2 0 0
  Lopez 3b 2 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 3 2 1 1
Huskey rf 4 0 1 1
Baerga 2b 3 1 3 3
Gilkey lf 3 0 0 1
Castillo c 3 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
Yoshii p 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 6 6
Cincinnati 000 010 000190
New York 301 001 10x660
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hutton  L (0-1) 0.0 0 3 3 3 0
  Graves   4.0 3 1 1 1 3
  White   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Sullivan   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
5
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Yoshii  W (3-1) 9.0 9 1 1 3 9
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
3
9

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–Cincinnati B Larkin (10,off Yoshii).  HR–Cincinnati Nieves (1,5th inning off Yoshii 0 on, 0 out), New York Baerga (3,6th inning off White 0 on, 0 out); Olerud (5,7th inning off Sullivan 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Yoshii (4,off Graves).  SF–Baerga (4,off Graves); Gilkey (1,off Graves).  CS–Harris (2,2nd base by Yoshii/Castillo).  SB–McRae (9,2nd base off Hutton/Taubensee); Alfonzo (3,2nd base off Graves/Taubensee).  WP–Graves (1).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:20.  A–13,766.
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