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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Mets

1998-04-24 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 15546 · 73°F, night, dry · Wind 3 mph L to R · 2:50

New York Mets defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. New York Mets put up 2 in the 8th. Bobby Jones earned the win and John Franco picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Bobby Jones L: Jeff Shaw SV: John Franco

Umpires — HP: Mark Hirschbeck · 1B: Bruce Froemming · 2B: Eric Gregg · 3B: Larry Vanover · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Stynes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Greene	3	0	1	0	0	1
Barry Larkin	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Taubensee	3	1	1	0	1	1
Dmitri Young	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bret Boone	4	1	1	1	0	1
Reggie Sanders	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jon Nunnally	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Remlinger	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pokey Reese	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

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

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Remlinger	7.1	3	3	8
Jeff Shaw	0.2	2	1	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Jones	8.0	5	2	3
John Franco	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chris Stynes: 53/G5
Willie Greene: K
Barry Larkin: 31/G34

Bot 1

Rey Ordonez: K
Edgardo Alfonzo: 9/F9LS
Bernard Gilkey: S4/L4D
Butch Huskey: PO1(13)

Top 2

Ed Taubensee: K
Dmitri Young: 43/G4MS
Bret Boone: 53/G5L

Bot 2

Butch Huskey: 4/P4S
Jim Tatum: 43/G4M
Brian McRae: K

Top 3

Reggie Sanders: 13/G15
Jon Nunnally: K
Mike Remlinger: 53/G56S

Bot 3

Luis Lopez: 63/G6
Tim Spehr: 63/G6
Bobby Jones: K23

Top 4

Chris Stynes: 63/G56
Willie Greene: 43/G34
Barry Larkin: 63/G6S

Bot 4

Rey Ordonez: 5/L5
Edgardo Alfonzo: D7/L7LS
Bernard Gilkey: W
Butch Huskey: S6/G6S.2-3;1-2
Jim Tatum: 9/SF/F9M.3-H;2-3;1-2
Brian McRae: K

Top 5

Ed Taubensee: D8/L78D
Dmitri Young: 3/G34S.2-3
Bret Boone: S6/L56D.3-H
Reggie Sanders: S8/L89S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Jon Nunnally: WP.3-H;2-3
Jon Nunnally: 5/P5SF
Mike Remlinger: 5/L5

Bot 5

Luis Lopez: K
Tim Spehr: 8/L8LXD
Bobby Jones: K

Top 6

Chris Stynes: 53/G56
Willie Greene: S8/G4M
Barry Larkin: SB2
Barry Larkin: FC1/G15.2X3(15)
Ed Taubensee: W.1-2
Dmitri Young: W.2-3;1-2
Bret Boone: 9/P9S

Bot 6

Rey Ordonez: K
Edgardo Alfonzo: W
Bernard Gilkey: 53/G5.1-2
Butch Huskey: 53/G56S

Top 7

Reggie Sanders: 4/L4
Jon Nunnally: 5/P5F
Mike Remlinger: S7/L78S
Chris Stynes: CS2(4)

Bot 7

Jim Tatum: 8/L8LD
Brian McRae: 63/G6
Luis Lopez: K

Top 8

Chris Stynes: 9/F9M
Pokey Reese: 53/G6
Barry Larkin: 43/G34

Bot 8

Tim Spehr: W
John Olerud: 7/F78M
Rich Becker: S9/L9S.1-3
Edgardo Alfonzo: D7/L7LS.3-H;1-3
Bernard Gilkey: IW
Butch Huskey: 64(1)/FO/G6S.3-H;2-3
Matt Franco: 43/G4

Top 9

Ed Taubensee: 6/P6MS
Dmitri Young: 8/L8RS
Bret Boone: K