New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
September 4, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 2000 at Cinergy 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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New York Mets 2, Cincinnati Reds 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Perez rf 4 0 2 1
Bordick ss 4 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 3 0 0 0
Piazza c 3 1 2 1
Ventura 3b 4 0 0 0
Zeile 1b 3 0 0 0
Payton cf 4 0 0 0
Hamilton lf 4 1 1 0
Leiter p 1 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
  Cammack p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Reese 2b 5 1 2 1
Stynes 3b 2 1 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 1 2
Young 1b 4 0 1 1
Ochoa rf 4 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 2 2 0
Hunter lf 3 1 1 0
Sexton ss 3 0 1 2
Dessens p 3 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 6
New York 000 010 010260
Cincinnati 201 001 02x681
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  L (14-7) 6.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Cammack   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Rodriguez   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Mahomes   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
5
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Dessens  W (7-5) 6.2 4 1 1 3 4
  Sullivan   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Graves   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
4

  E–Young (5).  2B–New York Perez 2 (2,off Dessens 2); Hamilton (4,off Dessens), Cincinnati Santiago (9,off Leiter); Sexton (1,off Leiter).  HR–New York Piazza (34,8th inning off Sullivan 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Griffey (37,1st inning off Leiter 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Leiter (9,off Dessens); Hunter (5,off Leiter); Sexton (2,off Mahomes).  SF–Perez (1,off Dessens).  HBP–Stynes (2,by Leiter).  SB–Reese (25,2nd base off Leiter/Piazza); Santiago (2,2nd base off Leiter/Piazza); Stynes (5,2nd base off Rodriguez/Piazza).  HBP–Leiter (11,Stynes).  U-HP–Lance Barksdale, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–3:05.  A–26,571.
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