Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 23, 1996 - Box Score

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April 22, 1996
Mets 5, Reds 1 1996 Regular Season Game 18
April 23, 1996
Mets 8, Reds 6 Next Game:
April 24, 1996
Cardinals 9, Mets 4

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National League Standings, April 23, 1996

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson 2b
Jose
Vizcaino lf
Bernard
Gilkey rf
Butch
Huskey 1b
Rico
Brogna c
Todd
Hundley 3b
Jeff
Kent ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Bobby
Jones

April 23, 1996, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, Cincinnati Reds 6

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Thomas Howard cf-lf-cf 5 0 1 0 0 2

Jeff Branson 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1

Barry Larkin ss 5 2 1 0 0 0

Hal Morris 1b 4 2 1 1 1 3

Eric Anthony lf 2 0 1 1 0 0

- Eric Davis ph-cf 2 0 0 1 1 0

- Jeff Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bret Boone 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0

Chad Mottola rf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Lenny Harris ph-rf 2 0 1 1 0 0

Joe Oliver c 4 0 1 0 0 1

Kevin Jarvis p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Johnny Ruffin p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Marcus Moore p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Vince Coleman lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 5 2 3 0 0 1 .301

Jose Vizcaino 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .250

Bernard Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .333

Butch Huskey rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .203

- Blas Minor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Kevin Roberson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250

- Doug Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Rico Brogna 1b 5 1 2 0 0 3 .317

Todd Hundley c 4 1 1 3 1 0 .323

Jeff Kent 3b 5 0 2 0 0 3 .303

Rey Ordonez ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .328

Bobby Jones p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bob MacDonald p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Jerry Dipoto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Brent Mayne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Chris Jones rf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .357

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 9 1

New York Mets 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 13 3

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Kevin Jarvis 5.0 8 4 4 1 2

Johnny Ruffin 2.0 2 2 1 2 4

Marcus Moore 2.0 1 0 0 2 2

Jeff Shaw (L) 0.1 2 2 2 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones 5.1 5 4 2 0 5 9.24

Bob MacDonald 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 5.68

Jerry Dipoto 1.2 2 0 0 1 0 3.77

Blas Minor 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 2.45

Doug Henry (W,1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.86

Errors: Rico Brogna (1), Joe Oliver.
WP: Johnny Ruffin.
2B: Jose Vizcaino (2), Jeff Branson.
3B: Lance Johnson 2 (6).
HR: Todd Hundley (8), Chris Jones (1), Hal Morris.
Intentional Walks: Bernard Gilkey 2.
SH: Bobby Jones, Jose Vizcaino.
SF: Bret Boone.
CS: Thomas Howard.

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