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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Mets

1996-06-20 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 16994 · 67°F, night, dry · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:49

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Mets 5–3. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 5th. Dave Burba earned the win and Jeff Shaw picked up the save. Willie Greene went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	9
NYN	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	6

W: Dave Burba L: Bobby Jones SV: Jeff Shaw

Umpires — HP: Paul Runge · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Rich Rieker · 3B: Jeff Kellogg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Owens	5	0	0	0	0	2
Willie Greene	4	1	2	1	1	0
Barry Larkin	2	1	0	0	0	0
Reggie Sanders	4	2	4	0	1	0
Ed Taubensee	4	0	1	1	0	2
Hal Morris	4	0	0	1	0	1
Bret Boone	5	1	1	1	0	0
Thomas Howard	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dave Burba	2	0	0	1	1	0
Jeff Branson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lenny Harris	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Oliver	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	5	1	2	0	0	0
Jose Vizcaino	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bernard Gilkey	3	0	1	1	0	0
Todd Hundley	2	0	0	0	2	2
Jeff Kent	4	0	1	0	0	1
Andy Tomberlin	4	1	2	1	0	0
Butch Huskey	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rey Ordonez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Jones	2	1	0	0	1	1
Brent Mayne	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Burba	6.0	6	4	3
Hector Carrasco	1.0	0	0	1
Jeff Shaw	2.0	0	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Jones	8.0	8	3	6
Pedro Martinez	0.2	1	2	1
Doug Henry	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eric Owens: K
Willie Greene: 43/G4M
Barry Larkin: HP
Reggie Sanders: S6/G56/R3.1-2
Ed Taubensee: K

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: 6/P4MD
Jose Vizcaino: 63/G6
Bernard Gilkey: 3/P3SF

Top 2

Hal Morris: 63/G6
Bret Boone: HR/F89XD
Thomas Howard: 63/G6
Dave Burba: 8/L8RD

Bot 2

Todd Hundley: K
Jeff Kent: 53/G56
Andy Tomberlin: S8/G4M/R4
Butch Huskey: W.1-2
Rey Ordonez: 9/F9LMF

Top 3

Eric Owens: 63/G6MS
Willie Greene: W
Barry Larkin: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 3

Bobby Jones: W
Lance Johnson: WP.1-2
Lance Johnson: S8/G4M/R4.2-3
Jose Vizcaino: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M.3-H(NR)
Bernard Gilkey: S8/G6M
Todd Hundley: W.1-2
Jeff Kent: S5/G5L/R3.2-3;1-2
Andy Tomberlin: 1/L13

Top 4

Reggie Sanders: S9/L4D
Ed Taubensee: K
Hal Morris: E6/G6M.1-2
Bret Boone: 43/G34.2-3;1-2
Thomas Howard: I
Dave Burba: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Eric Owens: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 4

Butch Huskey: 63/G56
Rey Ordonez: K
Bobby Jones: 9/F89S

Top 5

Willie Greene: HR/F9D
Barry Larkin: E6/G6M/U8/R4.B-2
Reggie Sanders: S5/G5S.2-2
Ed Taubensee: 8/L78D/R4.2-3
Hal Morris: 7/SF/L7D/R4.3-H(UR)
Bret Boone: 43/G4

Bot 5

Lance Johnson: DGR/F78XD
Jose Vizcaino: 43/G34.2-3
Bernard Gilkey: 7/SF/F7S.3-H
Todd Hundley: W
Jeff Kent: 6/L6

Top 6

Thomas Howard: 3/G3
Dave Burba: 13/G15
Eric Owens: K

Bot 6

Andy Tomberlin: HR/F7D
Butch Huskey: E5/G5/U7R4.B-2
Rey Ordonez: 53/G56S
Bobby Jones: K
Lance Johnson: 9/F9M

Top 7

Willie Greene: 43/G4D
Jeff Branson: K
Reggie Sanders: S8/L8RS
Ed Taubensee: SB2/R6
Ed Taubensee: S8/G6M/R6.2-H
Hal Morris: 43/G4D

Bot 7

Jose Vizcaino: 8/F78S
Bernard Gilkey: 7/F78XD
Todd Hundley: K

Top 8

Bret Boone: 9/F9D
Thomas Howard: S8/G6M/R6
Lenny Harris: K
Eric Owens: 163/G15

Bot 8

Jeff Kent: K
Andy Tomberlin: 43/G4
Butch Huskey: 4/P34D

Top 9

Willie Greene: S8/F8RS/R4
Jeff Branson: 13/SH/BG13S.1-2
Reggie Sanders: I
Joe Oliver: W.2-3;1-2
Hal Morris: K
Bret Boone: 5(2)/FO/G5

Bot 9

Rey Ordonez: 8/F8LM
Brent Mayne: 4/L4
Lance Johnson: 9/F9D