Reds @ Mets
August 20, 1973

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Mets 3 12 2
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Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .254
OBP .333 .342
At Bats 5 448
Hits 1 114
• Singles 1 76
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 1 64
RBI’s 0 89

Tug McGraw Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 5 13
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Shea Stadium - August 20, 1973
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Single
Tug McGraw
Duffy Dyer
John Milner
Felix Millan
Wayne Garrett
Ted Martinez
Cleon Jones
Don Hahn
Rusty Staub
Johnny Bench
Tony Perez
Denis Menke
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Menke scores. Perez moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 16 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Menke moves to third.
Top 16 Menke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 16 Wayne Garrett now playing third base. Ted Martinez now playing shortstop. Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 15 Staub is walked intentionally.
Bottom 15 Millan bunts towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Millan for the out. Garrett moves to second.
Bottom 15 Wayne Garrett pinch hits for Bud Harrelson. Garrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 15 There goes Rose. The throw from Dyer and he is out, Harrelson applying the tag.
Top 15 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 15 Carroll hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 15 Crosby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 McGraw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 14 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Hahn strikes out.
Top 14 Geronimo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Stahl strikes out.
Top 14 Duffy Dyer now catching. Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Ken Boswell pinch hits for Jerry Grote. Boswell hits a line drive towards the mound. Carroll reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Millan tags and scores.
Bottom 13 Milner is walked intentionally.
Bottom 13 Staub hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stahl. Staub reaches second base with a double. Millan moves to third.
Bottom 13 Millan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 13 Clay Carroll now pitching. Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 There goes Menke. The throw from Grote and he is out, Millan applying the tag. Morgan moves to third.
Top 13 Menke bunts towards first. Milner juggles the ball. That's an error on Milner. Rose scores. Morgan moves to second.
Top 13 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to third.
Top 13 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 13 Tug McGraw now pitching. Phil Gagliano pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Gagliano is called out on strikes.
Bottom 12 Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Tom Seaver. Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 12 Martinez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 12 Ed Crosby now playing shortstop. Hahn hits a fly ball into right field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Andy Kosco pinch hits for Darrel Chaney. Kosco hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Geronimo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench moves to second.
Top 12 Stahl strikes out.
Top 12 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 12 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 11 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.
Bottom 11 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Denis Menke now playing third base. Milner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 11 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Milner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 11 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Morgan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 10 Millan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harrelson moves to second.
Bottom 10 Harrelson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Seaver strikes out.
Bottom 10 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Martinez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Hal King pinch hits for Tom Hall. King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Chaney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Jerry Grote now catching. Geronimo hits a popup towards third. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hahn hits a popup towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Beauchamp pinch hits for Ron Hodges. Beauchamp hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 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.
Top 9 Stahl is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Bench strikes out.
Top 9 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tom Hall now pitching. Staub strikes out. There goes Millan. The throw from Bench to Chaney, and Millan is out.
Bottom 8 Millan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Harrelson strikes out.
Top 8 Driessen hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Seaver strikes out.
Bottom 7 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Hodges trying to get to home. Geronimo throws the ball in to Bench who tags Hodges who's trying to score from second, for the out. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hahn bunts towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hodges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Billingham is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Chaney strikes out.
Top 7 Geronimo strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Milner hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Millan tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Millan moves to third.
Bottom 6 Millan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stahl. Millan reaches second base with a double. Seaver scores.
Bottom 6 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harrelson for the out. Seaver moves to third.
Bottom 6 Seaver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Seaver reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Stahl hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Perez strikes out.
Top 6 Driessen hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hahn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hodges hits a popup towards short. Chaney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rose hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hahn. Rose reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Billingham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Milner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chaney for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Milner hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Staub moves to third.
Bottom 4 Staub hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rose. Staub reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Driessen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Geronimo strikes out.
Top 4 Stahl hits a popup, foul, towards first. Milner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Hahn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 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.
Bottom 3 Seaver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Martinez strikes out.
Top 3 Perez strikes out.
Top 3 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hahn strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hodges is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Billingham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Chaney strikes out.
Top 2 Geronimo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stahl hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Milner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Milner for the out.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bench hits a popup towards the mound. Seaver settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose moves to third.
Top 1 Driessen hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Milner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson misplays the ball. That's an error on Harrelson.