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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Mets

1997-07-19 · Day game · Shea Stadium · Att: 26675 · 82°F, sunny, dry · Wind 10 mph R to L · 2:16

New York Mets defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–3. New York Mets put up 3 in the 8th. Rick Reed earned the win and Greg McMichael picked up the save. Bernard Gilkey went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rick Reed L: Brett Tomko SV: Greg McMichael

Umpires — HP: Angel Hernandez · 1B: Charlie Williams · 2B: Bruce Froemming · 3B: Mark Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Deion Sanders	4	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Goodwin	3	0	0	0	1	3
Jon Nunnally	4	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Greene	4	2	2	1	0	1
Hal Morris	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Oliver	3	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Owens	3	0	2	1	0	1
Pokey Reese	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Schourek	2	0	1	1	0	1
Brett Tomko	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Taubensee	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carl Everett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bernard Gilkey	2	1	1	3	2	1
Butch Huskey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Ochoa	2	0	0	0	0	1
Todd Pratt	2	0	0	0	1	1
Carlos Baerga	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rey Ordonez	3	2	2	0	0	0
Rick Reed	2	1	1	2	0	0
Lance Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Franco	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Schourek	5.0	2	2	3
Brett Tomko	3.0	3	1	3

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reed	8.0	6	1	7
Greg McMichael	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Deion Sanders: 3/G3S
Curtis Goodwin: K
Jon Nunnally: K

Bot 1

Carl Everett: 13/BG5S
Edgardo Alfonzo: 8/F8LXD
Bernard Gilkey: W
Butch Huskey: 9/F9M

Top 2

Willie Greene: S39/G34/R4
Hal Morris: S9/G4/R6U5.1-2
Joe Oliver: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Eric Owens: S9/G34/R6.3-H;1-2
Pokey Reese: 8/F8RM/R4
Pete Schourek: S8/G4M/R4.2-H;1-3
Deion Sanders: CSH(262)

Bot 2

Alex Ochoa: 5/L5
Todd Pratt: W
Carlos Baerga: 3/P34
Rey Ordonez: 63/G56

Top 3

Deion Sanders: 4/P4S
Curtis Goodwin: W
Jon Nunnally: 36(1)1/GDP/G34

Bot 3

Rick Reed: 53/G5
Carl Everett: 63/G6
Edgardo Alfonzo: 63/G6M

Top 4

Willie Greene: K
Hal Morris: S8/G6M/R6
Joe Oliver: 7/F7LD/R4
Eric Owens: S7/L56D/R6.1-2
Pokey Reese: 4/L4MD

Bot 4

Bernard Gilkey: K
Butch Huskey: K
Alex Ochoa: K

Top 5

Pete Schourek: K
Deion Sanders: 9/L89D
Curtis Goodwin: K

Bot 5

Todd Pratt: 8/F78D
Carlos Baerga: 23/BG25
Rey Ordonez: S7/G56/R4
Rick Reed: HR/L7LD.1-H
Carl Everett: 7/F7S

Top 6

Jon Nunnally: 4/L4
Willie Greene: 9/F89S
Hal Morris: 43/G4D

Bot 6

Edgardo Alfonzo: K
Bernard Gilkey: W
Butch Huskey: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 7

Joe Oliver: 53/G5
Eric Owens: K
Pokey Reese: 7/F7LD

Bot 7

Lance Johnson: K
Todd Pratt: K
Carlos Baerga: 6/P56D

Top 8

Brett Tomko: 63/G6
Deion Sanders: 43/G34
Curtis Goodwin: K

Bot 8

Rey Ordonez: S7/F7S/R4
Matt Franco: 2/BP23F
Carl Everett: 8/L78M/R6
Edgardo Alfonzo: S9/L89D/R46.1-3
Bernard Gilkey: HR/L7D.3-H;1-H
Butch Huskey: 163/G13

Top 9

Jon Nunnally: 9/L9M
Willie Greene: HR/F89XD
Hal Morris: 7/L7D
Ed Taubensee: 43/G4