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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Mets

1964-09-25 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 20092 · 2:48

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Mets 4–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 6th. Bob Purkey earned the win and Sammy Ellis picked up the save. Frank Robinson went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Purkey L: Jack Fisher SV: Sammy Ellis

Umpires — HP: Frank Secory · 1B: Ken Burkhart · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Paul Pryor · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	5	0	1	0	0	0
Chico Ruiz	3	1	1	0	0	0
Vada Pinson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Robinson	2	1	1	2	2	0
Deron Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Edwards	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Keough	4	1	1	1	0	0
Leo Cardenas	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bob Purkey	2	0	0	0	0	1
Sammy Ellis	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Bobby Klaus	3	1	0	1	1
Charley Smith	4	0	2	0	0
Ed Kranepool	3	0	0	0	0
Joe Christopher	1	0	0	3	0
George Altman	4	0	0	0	1
Jesse Gonder	3	0	0	1	0
Jim Hickman	3	0	1	0	1
Roy McMillan	2	0	0	0	0
Jack Fisher	2	0	0	0	0
Larry Elliot	1	0	0	0	0
Wayne Graham	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Purkey	6.1	2	5	2
Sammy Ellis	2.2	1	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Fisher	6.1	6	2	4
Willard Hunter	1.2	0	0	1
Bill Wakefield	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: S1/G
Chico Ruiz: 14/SH.1-2
Vada Pinson: 43
Frank Robinson: W
Deron Johnson: 13

Bot 1

Bobby Klaus: 9/F
Charley Smith: 3/P
Ed Kranepool: 43

Top 2

Johnny Edwards: 63
Marty Keough: 43
Leo Cardenas: 9/L

Bot 2

Joe Christopher: W
George Altman: 6(1)63/GDP
Jesse Gonder: 63

Top 3

Bob Purkey: FLE5
Bob Purkey: K/C
Pete Rose: 43
Chico Ruiz: 5/P

Bot 3

Jim Hickman: K
Roy McMillan: 8/L
Jack Fisher: 53

Top 4

Vada Pinson: S4/G
Frank Robinson: W.1-2
Deron Johnson: K
Johnny Edwards: 7/F
Marty Keough: 9/F

Bot 4

Bobby Klaus: W
Charley Smith: S5/G.1-2
Ed Kranepool: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Joe Christopher: WP.3-H;2-3
Joe Christopher: W
George Altman: 8/P
Jesse Gonder: 43

Top 5

Leo Cardenas: K
Bob Purkey: 63
Pete Rose: 13

Bot 5

Jim Hickman: S7/G
Roy McMillan: 6/P
Jack Fisher: 6(1)63/GDP

Top 6

Chico Ruiz: S9/L
Vada Pinson: 7/P
Frank Robinson: SB2
Frank Robinson: HR/7.2-H
Deron Johnson: K
Johnny Edwards: 63

Bot 6

Bobby Klaus: K/BF
Charley Smith: 9/P
Ed Kranepool: 43

Top 7

Marty Keough: HR/9
Leo Cardenas: S8/L
Bob Purkey: 24/SH.1-2
Pete Rose: E7/L.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Chico Ruiz: 43.2-3
Vada Pinson: K

Bot 7

Joe Christopher: W
George Altman: 343.1-2
Jesse Gonder: W
Jim Hickman: 4/P34D
Larry Elliot: 31

Top 8

Frank Robinson: 9/F89
Deron Johnson: 8/P
Johnny Edwards: 153

Bot 8

Wayne Graham: 7/L
Bobby Klaus: 7/F
Charley Smith: S7/G
Ed Kranepool: 5/P

Top 9

Marty Keough: 8/F
Leo Cardenas: D7/L
Sammy Ellis: K/C
Pete Rose: 9/L

Bot 9

Joe Christopher: 9/P
George Altman: K/C
Jesse Gonder: 43