New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
April 20, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1999 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 3 1 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0
Bonilla rf 3 1 1 1
  Allensworth rf 1 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 0 1 1
Kinkade lf 4 1 1 0
Pratt c 4 0 2 1
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
Hershiser p 2 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Cameron cf 5 1 1 0
Larkin ss 3 0 0 0
Casey 1b 4 0 2 1
Vaughn lf 2 0 0 0
Young rf 4 1 1 0
Boone 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
Reese 2b 4 0 3 1
Harnisch p 2 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
  Hammonds ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
New York 010 000 110380
Cincinnati 000 001 001280
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser   5.1 5 1 1 3 3
  Cook  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wendell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Benitez   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Franco  SV (5) 1.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  L (1-2) 7.0 6 2 2 0 2
  Williamson   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  White   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Graves   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Olerud (6,off Harnisch); Ordonez (3,off Harnisch), Cincinnati Casey 2 (7,off Hershiser 2).  3B–New York Kinkade (1,off Harnisch).  HR–New York Bonilla (1,7th inning off Harnisch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Johnson (1,off J Franco).  SB–Cameron (3,2nd base off Hershiser/Pratt); Larkin (1,2nd base off Benitez/Pratt).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–2:40.  A–14,006.
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