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Mets
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
May 22, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets, played on May 22, 1977 at Riverfront Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 22, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 22, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jerry Koosman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Billingham |
| Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Crawford 1B: Doug Harvey 2B: Paul Pryor 3B: Andy Olsen |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Lenny Randle | Second Baseman |
| Bruce Boisclair | Left Fielder |
| John Milner | First Baseman |
| Ed Kranepool | Right Fielder |
| Jerry Grote | Catcher |
| Roy Staiger | Third Baseman |
| Bud Harrelson | Shortstop |
| Jerry Koosman | Pitcher |
| Joe Frazier | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Third Baseman |
| Ken Griffey | Right Fielder |
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| George Foster | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Bench | Left Fielder |
| Bob Bailey | First Baseman |
| Dave Concepcion | Shortstop |
| Bill Plummer | Catcher |
| Jack Billingham | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
May 22, 1977
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Billingham
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bailey scoops it up and throws to first, with Billingham covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Billingham
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boisclair vs. Billingham
Boisclair hits a fly ball into left field. Bench settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Koosman
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Koosman
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Koosman
Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Koosman
There goes Morgan. The throw from Grote and he is safe. Morgan steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foster vs. Koosman
Foster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bench vs. Koosman
Bench hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Koosman
Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Billingham
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kranepool vs. Billingham
Kranepool takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grote vs. Billingham
Grote strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staiger vs. Billingham
Staiger hits a fly ball into center field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Koosman
Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Staiger juggles the ball. That's an error on Staiger. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Plummer vs. Koosman
There goes Concepcion. The throw from Grote and he is safe. Concepcion steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Plummer vs. Koosman
Plummer strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Billingham vs. Koosman
Billingham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Concepcion scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Koosman
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffey vs. Koosman
Griffey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Koosman
Morgan strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Billingham
Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koosman vs. Billingham
Koosman strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Billingham
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bailey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazzilli for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Koosman
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Staiger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Koosman
Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Boisclair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Koosman
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Staiger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Billingham
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boisclair vs. Billingham
Boisclair hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milner vs. Billingham
Milner strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kranepool vs. Billingham
Kranepool hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boisclair goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grote vs. Billingham
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Koosman
Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Plummer vs. Koosman
Plummer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Billingham vs. Koosman
Billingham bunts towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Koosman
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staiger vs. Billingham
Staiger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Billingham
Harrelson hits a fly ball into left field. Bench settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koosman vs. Billingham
Koosman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Koosman
Griffey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kranepool. Griffey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morgan vs. Koosman
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foster vs. Koosman
Foster takes first base on ball four. Griffey moves to third. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bench vs. Koosman
Bench takes first base on ball four. Griffey scores. Morgan moves to third. Foster moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bailey vs. Koosman
Bailey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Foster scores. Bench moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Concepcion vs. Apodaca
Cesar Geronimo pinch runs for Bob Bailey. Bob Apodaca now pitching.
Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Apodaca juggles the ball. That's an error on Apodaca. Bench scores. Geronimo moves to third. Concepcion moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Plummer vs. Apodaca
Plummer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Apodaca fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Billingham vs. Apodaca
Billingham strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rose vs. Apodaca
Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. Billingham
Doug Flynn now playing third base. George Foster now playing left field. Johnny Bench now playing first base. Cesar Geronimo now playing center fi
Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bench scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazzilli for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Billingham
Randle bunts towards the mound. Billingham fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boisclair vs. Billingham
Boisclair hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Milner vs. Billingham
Milner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randle moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kranepool vs. Billingham
Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bench scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kranepool for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Apodaca
Griffey hits a fly ball into right field. Kranepool settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Apodaca
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Apodaca
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Billingham
Ray Knight now playing third base. Doug Flynn now playing second base.
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staiger vs. Billingham
Staiger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrelson vs. Billingham
Harrelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staiger moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Billingham
Mike Phillips pinch hits for Bob Apodaca.
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bench fields it and throws to second for the out. Staiger moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mazzilli vs. Billingham
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Myrick
Bob Myrick now pitching.
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Myrick fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Myrick
Geronimo strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Myrick
Concepcion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Plummer vs. Myrick
Plummer strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Billingham
Randle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vail vs. Caldwell
Mike Caldwell now pitching. Mike Vail pinch hits for Bruce Boisclair.
There goes Randle. The throw from Plummer and he is safe. Randle steals second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vail vs. Caldwell
Vail hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caldwell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Milner vs. Caldwell
Milner hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kingman vs. Caldwell
Dave Kingman pinch hits for Ed Kranepool.
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caldwell vs. Myrick
Dave Kingman now playing left field. Mike Vail now playing right field.
Caldwell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mazzilli. Caldwell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flynn vs. Myrick
There goes Caldwell. The throw from Grote and he is out, Staiger applying the tag. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Myrick
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Staiger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Myrick
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Caldwell
Mike Lum now playing first base.
Grote strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staiger vs. Caldwell
Staiger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrelson vs. Caldwell
Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight juggles the ball. That's an error on Knight. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torre vs. Caldwell
Joe Torre pinch hits for Bob Myrick.
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caldwell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/22/1977, game 1 -- New York at Cincinnati (D)
New York AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Mazzilli L, cf 4 0 0 0 Rose P, 3b 4 0 0 0
Randle L, 2b 3 0 1 0 Flynn D, 3b-2b 1 0 0 0
Boisclair B, lf 3 1 1 0 Griffey K, rf 5 1 2 0
Vail M, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Morgan J, 2b 3 2 1 0
Milner J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Knight R, 3b 0 0 0 0
Kranepool E, rf 2 0 1 1 Foster G, cf-lf 2 2 0 0
Kingman D, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Bench J, lf-1b 3 2 1 4
Grote J, c 4 0 0 0 Lum M, 1b 0 0 0 0
Staiger R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Bailey B, 1b 3 0 1 2
Harrelson B, ss 4 0 1 0 Geronimo C, pr-cf 1 0 0 0
Koosman J, p 2 0 0 0 Concepcion D, ss 3 1 0 0
Apodaca B, p 0 0 0 0 Plummer B, c 3 0 0 0
Phillips M, ph 1 0 0 0 Billingham J, p 3 0 1 1
Myrick B, p 0 0 0 0 Caldwell M, p 1 0 1 0
Torre J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 1 6 1 32 8 7 7
New York 000 100 000 -- 1
Cincinnati 310 040 00x -- 8
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman J (L)* 4.0 6 8 6 5 2
Apodaca B 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Myrick B 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham J (W)+ 7.0 6 1 1 2 4
Caldwell M 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 5 batters in 5th
+ Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Staiger R, Apodaca B, Knight R
LOB -- New York 8, Cincinnati 6
2B -- Griffey K, Caldwell M
HR -- Bench J
SB -- Morgan J, Concepcion D, Randle L
T -- 2:17
A -- 0
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