New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 19, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 2002 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 1 2 2
Perez lf 5 0 1 0
Piazza c 4 1 1 1
Vaughn 1b 4 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 1 2 1
Burnitz rf 2 0 0 0
Payton cf 4 0 3 0
Ordonez ss 4 1 1 0
Astacio p 3 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 0 1 1
Dunn lf,rf 2 0 0 0
Kearns rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Branyan 3b 3 1 1 1
  Boone ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Casey 1b 4 0 0 0
Stinnett c 4 0 2 0
Taylor cf 3 1 1 0
  Larson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Fernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 1 0
  Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 0 0 0 0
  Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  LaRue ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
New York 001 200 1004100
Cincinnati 001 001 000270
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio  W (10-3) 7.0 6 2 2 4 7
  Guthrie   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Strickland   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Benitez  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
11
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (1-1) 5.0 6 3 3 0 3
  Rijo   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Chen   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Williamson   2.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
8

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Ordonez (18,off Fernandez); Alomar (17,off Fernandez); Alfonzo (21,off Rijo), Cincinnati Larkin (21,off Astacio).  HR–New York Piazza (20,4th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 0 out); Alfonzo (8,4th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 1 out); Alomar (8,7th inning off Chen 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Branyan (4,6th inning off Astacio 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Burnitz (7,by Fernandez); Larkin (2,by Astacio).  SH–Fernandez (1,off Astacio).  SB–Perez (5,2nd base off Williamson/Stinnett); Boone (16,2nd base off Guthrie/Piazza).  HBP–Astacio (8,Larkin); Fernandez (2,Burnitz).  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:09.  A–28,213.
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