1973 National League Championship Series Game 1 Box Score

New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds — October 6, 1973

Box Score for Mets (1) vs Reds (2) on October 6, 1973 | Baseball Almanac

On October 6, 1973, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium. The box score below is an accurate record of this League Championship Series baseball game. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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New York Mets	ab	r	h	rbi
Garrett 3b	4	0	1	0
Millan 2b	3	0	0	0
Staub rf	2	0	0	0
Milner 1b	3	0	1	0
Jones lf	4	0	0	0
Grote c	4	0	0	0
Hahn cf	3	0	0	0
Harrelson ss	2	1	0	0
Seaver p	3	0	1	1
Totals	28	1	3	1

Cincinnati Reds	ab	r	h	rbi
Rose lf	4	1	1	1
Morgan 2b	4	0	0	0
Driessen 3b	4	0	1	0
Perez 1b	4	0	0	0
Bench c	4	1	3	1
Griffey rf	2	0	0	0
Geronimo cf	3	0	1	0
Chaney ss	2	0	0	0
Stahl ph	1	0	0	0
Crosby ss	0	0	0	0
Billingham p	1	0	0	0
King ph	1	0	0	0
Hall p	0	0	0	0
Borbon p	0	0	0	0
Totals	30	2	6	2

New York	0	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	–	1	3	0
Cincinnati	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	1	–	2	6	0


New York Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Seaver L (0-1)	8.1	6	2	2	0	13
Totals	8.1	6	2	2	0	13

Cincinnati Reds	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Billingham	8.0	3	1	1	3	6
Hall	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
Borbon W (1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	3	1	1	4	6
E–None. DP–Cincinnati 1. 2B–New York Seaver (1,off Billingham), Cincinnati Bench (1,off Seaver); Driessen (1,off Seaver). HR–Cincinnati Rose (1,8th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out); Bench (1,9th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out). SH–Millan (1,off Billingham); Billingham (1,off Seaver). HBP–Griffey (1,by Seaver). HBP–Seaver (1,Griffey). U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Bob Engel, LF–Jerry Dale, RF–Bruce Froemming. T–2:00. A–53,431.

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New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds — October 6, 1973

Box Score for Mets (1) vs Reds (2) on October 6, 1973 | Baseball Almanac

New York Mets (1) vs Cincinnati Reds (2)

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