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1981 Regular Season Game 70
August 28, 1981
Reds 5, Mets 2
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National League Standings, August 28, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Lynch Ed
Lynch
August 28, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Mets 2

Reds ab r hbibbso
Dave Collins rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
- Sam Mejias rf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Griffey cf 3 2 1 0 1 0
Dave Concepcion ss 4 1 1 2 0 0
George Foster lf 4 0 2 2 0 0
Dan Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ray Knight 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Ron Oester 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0
Mike O'Berry c 1 0 0 0 1 0
- Joe Nolan ph-c 1 1 1 0 1 0
Tom Seaver p 3 0 2 1 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .294
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .239
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .300
Dave Kingman 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .221
Ellis Valentine rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .200
Lee Mazzilli lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .216
John Stearns c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Doug Flynn 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .211
- Mike Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238
- Bob Bailor 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
Ed Lynch p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .133
- Dan Boitano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .307
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
- Ray Searage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
- Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 9 1
New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 0

Cincinnati Reds ip h rer bbso
Tom Seaver (W) 9.0 9 2 2 3 3
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Ed Lynch 6.1 2 1 1 1 0 2.77
Dan Boitano 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 3.24
Neil Allen (L,5-4) 1.2 6 4 4 2 0 3.14
Ray Searage 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5.11

Left on base: Reds 5, Mets 7
Errors: Doug Flynn (4).
2B: Lee Mazzilli (9), Hubie Brooks (14), Dave Concepcion, Ken Griffey.
HR: Ellis Valentine (2).
Intentional Walks: Mike Jorgensen, Ken Griffey.
HBP: Mookie Wilson.
SH: John Stearns, Ed Lynch, Tom Seaver.
CS: Frank Taveras (3), Mookie Wilson (10).


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