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New York Mets @ Cincinnati Reds

1998-04-18 · Day game · Cinergy Field · 10 innings · Att: 21213 · 54°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 10 mph L to R · 3:09

New York Mets defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–4. New York Mets put up 3 in the 3rd. Mel Rojas earned the win and John Franco picked up the save. Ed Taubensee went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
NYN	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	6
CIN	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10

W: Mel Rojas L: Stan Belinda SV: John Franco

Umpires — HP: Bob Davidson · 1B: Tom Hallion · 2B: Brian Gorman · 3B: Jerry Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rich Becker	4	3	2	0	1	1
Edgardo Alfonzo	3	1	1	2	1	1
John Olerud	2	0	0	0	2	0
Butch Huskey	2	0	1	1	3	0
Brian McRae	4	0	0	1	0	1
Carlos Baerga	3	0	1	0	0	0
Alberto Castillo	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rey Ordonez	4	1	1	0	0	1
Masato Yoshii	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Lopez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Franco	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bernard Gilkey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tatum	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Spehr	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Stynes	4	0	0	0	1	1
Jon Nunnally	5	1	2	1	0	0
Barry Larkin	4	1	1	0	1	1
Ed Taubensee	5	2	3	1	0	0
Dmitri Young	4	0	0	1	0	1
Willie Greene	3	0	0	0	1	2
Bret Boone	4	0	4	1	0	0
Reggie Sanders	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Harnisch	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eduardo Perez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Watkins	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Masato Yoshii	5.0	8	1	3
Brian Bohanon	2.0	1	1	2
Mel Rojas	2.0	1	1	0
John Franco	1.0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Harnisch	6.0	5	5	2
Scott Sullivan	2.0	0	1	2
Stan Belinda	2.0	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rich Becker: 8/F
Edgardo Alfonzo: 53/G
John Olerud: W
Butch Huskey: 9/F

Bot 1

Chris Stynes: 8/F
Jon Nunnally: 31/G
Barry Larkin: E7/F.BX2(763)

Top 2

Brian McRae: K
Carlos Baerga: S9/L3D
Alberto Castillo: 16(1)3/GDP/G1

Bot 2

Ed Taubensee: HR/F9D
Dmitri Young: K
Willie Greene: K
Bret Boone: S8/L8LS
Reggie Sanders: SB2
Reggie Sanders: K

Top 3

Rey Ordonez: D9/L9LM
Masato Yoshii: 54/SH/BG.2-3
Rich Becker: W
Edgardo Alfonzo: D9/L9LM.3-H;1-H
John Olerud: W
Butch Huskey: W.2-3;1-2
Brian McRae: 7/SF/F.3-H
Carlos Baerga: 3/G

Bot 3

Pete Harnisch: 63/G
Chris Stynes: 8/F
Jon Nunnally: S9/L9LS
Barry Larkin: CS2(26)

Top 4

Alberto Castillo: K
Rey Ordonez: 8/F
Masato Yoshii: 8/F

Bot 4

Barry Larkin: S5/L7LS
Ed Taubensee: SB2
Ed Taubensee: S7/L7S.2-3
Dmitri Young: 7/SF/F.3-H
Willie Greene: W.1-2
Bret Boone: D7/L7LM.2-H;1-3
Reggie Sanders: 6/P
Pete Harnisch: 53/G

Top 5

Rich Becker: D8/L8RXD
Edgardo Alfonzo: W
John Olerud: 36(1)1/GDP/G.2-3
Butch Huskey: S7/L7LS.3-H
Brian McRae: 7/F

Bot 5

Chris Stynes: 53/G
Jon Nunnally: HR/F9D
Barry Larkin: 9/F
Ed Taubensee: S8/L8RS
Dmitri Young: 7/F

Top 6

Carlos Baerga: 3/G
Alberto Castillo: 63/G
Rey Ordonez: 8/F

Bot 6

Willie Greene: K
Bret Boone: S7/L7S
Reggie Sanders: 54(1)/FO/G
Eduardo Perez: 8/F

Top 7

Luis Lopez: 3/G
Rich Becker: K
Edgardo Alfonzo: K

Bot 7

Chris Stynes: K
Jon Nunnally: 5/P
Barry Larkin: W
Ed Taubensee: 7/F

Top 8

John Olerud: 7/F
Butch Huskey: W
Brian McRae: 8/F
Matt Franco: 46(1)/FO/G

Bot 8

Dmitri Young: 8/F
Willie Greene: 1/G
Bret Boone: S6/G
Reggie Sanders: 54(1)/FO/G

Top 9

Bernard Gilkey: 8/F
Rey Ordonez: K
Luis Lopez: 8/F

Bot 9

Pat Watkins: 7/F
Chris Stynes: W
Jon Nunnally: CS2(26)
Jon Nunnally: 2/P

Top 10

Rich Becker: S7/L7LS.B-2(TH)
Edgardo Alfonzo: HP
John Olerud: 54/SH/BG.2-3;1-2
Butch Huskey: IW
Brian McRae: 4/P
Jim Tatum: E5/TH/G.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2
Tim Spehr: K

Bot 10

Barry Larkin: K
Ed Taubensee: 31/G
Dmitri Young: 13/G