New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
April 4, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2005 at Great American Ball Park. 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 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 5 2 3 0
Matsui 2b 4 1 1 1
Beltran cf 5 1 3 3
Piazza c 4 1 1 0
Floyd lf 5 1 3 2
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 2 0
Wright 3b 4 0 1 0
Valent rf 3 0 0 0
Martinez p 3 0 0 0
  Aybar p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Koo p 0 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 14 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Jimenez 2b 3 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 1 0
Casey 1b 4 1 1 0
Kearns rf 4 1 1 0
Dunn lf 4 2 2 5
Randa 3b 4 2 2 1
Aurilia ss 3 0 0 0
LaRue c 3 0 1 1
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
New York 102 000 3006140
Cincinnati 300 000 103780
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   6.0 3 3 3 2 12
  Aybar   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Koo   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Looper  L (0-1) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
2
16
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   6.0 8 3 3 2 2
  Weathers   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Mercker   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Wagner   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Graves  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
2
3

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Matsui-Reyes-Mientkiewicz, Cincinnati 2. Aurilia-Jimenez-Casey, Aurilia-Jimenez-Casey.  2B–New York Wright (1,off Wilson); Beltran (1,off Wilson); Reyes 2 (2,off Weathers,off Wagner); Piazza (1,off Weathers), Cincinnati Randa (1,off Aybar); LaRue (1,off Aybar).  HR–New York Matsui (1,1st inning off Wilson 0 on 1 out); Beltran (1,3rd inning off Wilson 1 on 2 out); Floyd (1,7th inning off Mercker 1 on 2 out), Cincinnati Dunn 2 (2,1st inning off Martinez 2 on 2 out,9th inning off Looper 1 on 0 out); Randa (1,9th inning off Looper 0 on 0 out).  SH–Matsui (1,off Weathers).  HBP–Mientkiewicz (1,by Wilson).  IBB–Valent (1,by Wilson).  Team LOB–8.  Team–2.  CS–Beltran (1,2nd base by Weathers/LaRue).  SB–Jimenez (1,2nd base off Martinez/Piazza).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–2:44.  A–42,794.
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