New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 20, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 2008 at Great American Ball Park. The New York Mets defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 7, Cincinnati Reds 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes J. ss 6 3 4 0
Reyes A. 2b 5 0 1 0
Wright 3b 2 1 0 1
Beltran cf 6 0 2 1
Delgado 1b 4 1 3 2
Anderson lf 3 0 1 0
  Tatis ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Castro c 5 1 2 2
Chavez rf 5 0 0 0
Pelfrey p 2 0 0 0
  Easley ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Cancel ph 1 1 1 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Bruce cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Keppinger ss 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. rf 3 1 1 0
Phillips B. 2b 4 2 2 2
Dunn lf 2 1 1 2
  Patterson pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Encarnacion 3b 4 1 1 1
Votto 1b 4 0 0 0
  Majewski p 0 0 0 0
Bako c 4 0 0 0
Volquez p 1 0 0 0
  Phillips A. ph 1 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera ph 1 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Bray p 0 0 0 0
  Valentin 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 6 5
New York 102 100 100 27142
Cincinnati 010 301 000 0561
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pelfrey   7.0 6 5 5 1 4
  Sanchez  W(5-1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Wagner  SV(24) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
0
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Volquez   5.0 8 4 4 3 3
  Affeldt   1.1 1 1 1 1 2
  Lincoln   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Weathers   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Cordero   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Bray  L(2-1) 0.2 2 2 0 1 1
  Majewski   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–J. Reyes (13), Castro (3), Encarnacion (16).  DP–New York 2. J. Reyes-A. Reyes-Delgado, J. Reyes-A. Reyes-Delgado, Cincinnati 1. B. Phillips-Keppinger.  2B–New York Delgado (20,off Volquez); Cancel (1,off Bray), Cincinnati Griffey (19,off Pelfrey).  3B–New York J. Reyes (11,off Volquez).  HR–New York Castro (4,3rd inning off Volquez 1 on 2 out), Cincinnati Dunn (28,2nd inning off Pelfrey 0 on 0 out); Encarnacion (17,4th inning off Pelfrey 0 on 1 out); B. Phillips (16,6th inning off Pelfrey 0 on 1 out).  SF–Wright (7,off Volquez); Delgado (4,off Bray); Dunn (5,off Pelfrey).  HBP–A. Reyes (1,by Volquez).  IBB–Wright (3,by Bray).  Team LOB–14.  Team–2.  SB–J. Reyes (33,3rd base off Volquez/Bako); Wright (12,2nd base off Affeldt/Bako); Beltran (16,2nd base off Cordero/Bako); B. Phillips (20,2nd base off Pelfrey/Castro).  CS–Beltran (2,3rd base by Cordero/Bako).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Laz Diaz, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–3:25.  A–31,195.
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