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Reds 2 @ Mets 5
Shea Stadium
July 27, 1968

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds, played on July 27, 1968 at Shea Stadium. The home team Mets beat the visiting Reds with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJuly 27, 1968 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 2 H: 6 E: 3 LOB: 4
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
New York Mets
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherDon Cardwell  
Losing PitcherGerry Arrigo  
SaveRon Taylor  
Game Winning RBIRon Swoboda 

Game Info

DateJuly 27, 1968 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Mets 
Visiting Starting PitcherGerry Arrigo  
Home Starting PitcherDon Cardwell  
BallparkShea Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance45,732 
Time of Game2 hours 32 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Barlick
1B: Stan Landes
2B: Ed Vargo
3B: Bob Engel

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Rose  Right Fielder 
Vada Pinson  Center Fielder 
Mack Jones  Left Fielder 
Lee May  First Baseman 
Johnny Bench  Catcher 
Tony Perez  Third Baseman 
Tommy Helms  Second Baseman 
Leo Cardenas  Shortstop 
Gerry Arrigo  Pitcher 
Dave Bristol  Manager 

New York Mets Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bud Harrelson  Shortstop 
Larry Stahl  Center Fielder 
Cleon Jones  Left Fielder 
Ed Charles  Third Baseman 
Jerry Grote  Catcher 
Ron Swoboda  Right Fielder 
Ed Kranepool  First Baseman 
Jerry Buchek  Second Baseman 
Don Cardwell  Pitcher 
Gil Hodges  Manager 

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Reds 2 @ Mets 5
Shea Stadium
July 27, 1968

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/27/1968 -- Cincinnati at New York (N)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Rose P, rf            4  0  0  0   Harrelson B, ss       4  0  0  0   
Pinson V, cf          4  0  0  0   Stahl L, cf           4  1  1  1   
Jones M, lf           3  1  1  0   Jones C, lf           4  1  1  0   
May L, 1b             4  1  4  2   Charles E, 3b         4  2  3  2   
Bench J, c            4  0  0  0   Grote J, c            3  1  0  0   
Perez T, 3b           4  0  1  0   Swoboda R, rf         3  0  1  1   
Helms T, 2b           3  0  0  0   Kranepool E, 1b       4  0  2  0   
Cardenas L, ss        3  0  0  0   Buchek J, 2b          4  0  1  1   
Arrigo G, p           1  0  0  0   Cardwell D, p         3  0  0  0   
Ruiz C, ph            1  0  0  0   Taylor R, p           1  0  0  0   
Ritchie J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Johnson A, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Abernathy T, p        0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  2  6  2                        34  5  9  5

Cincinnati       000 000 200 --  2
New York         020 020 10x --  5

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Arrigo G (L)          5.0  6  4  2  1  6
Ritchie J             2.0  2  1  1  0  2
Abernathy T           1.0  1  0  0  1  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cardwell D (W)        7.0  5  2  2  1  7
Taylor R (S)          2.0  1  0  0  0  1

E -- Bench J, Cardenas L, Perez T
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 4, New York 7
2B -- Kranepool E, Perez T
HR -- Charles E, May L, Stahl L
SB -- Jones C
T -- 2:32
A -- 45732

    

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