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Backed by three homers, Jim Merritt notched his 17th victory of the season as the Reds beat the Mets, 6-1. Merritt, who gave up only five hits and struck out 13, yielded the Mets' runs in the first inning on triples by Cleon Jones and Donn Clendenon. The Reds powered their way into the lead in the fourth when Tony Perez walked and Johnny Bench and Lee May hit back-to-back homers. Perez added a homer in the sixth and drove in the last two runs with a double in the seventh. [The Sporting News] Cincinnati Reds 6, New York Mets 1Game Played on Thursday, August 13, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront StadiumMets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Reds 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 x - 6 8 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Agee cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .286 Rose rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .328 Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 Tolan cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Jones lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .246 Perez 3b 3 2 2 3 1 0 .334 Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .305 Bench c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .298 Swoboda rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249 May 1b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .258 Foy 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .241 McRae lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Dyer c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .186 Carbo ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .312 Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Helms 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Weis 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .206 Woodward ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Sadecki p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Merritt p 3 1 1 0 1 1 .157 Singleton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Grote c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Totals 32 1 5 1 0 13 Totals 32 6 8 6 5 3 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 42,748 Left on Base: Mets 4, Reds 7 DP: Mets 1, Reds 0 Errors: Sadecki, Perez Doubles: Jones (14), Weis (7), Rose (27), Perez (19) Triples: Clendenon (1) Home Runs: Bench (40), May (25), Perez (36) Stolen Bases: Tolan (43) Caught Stealing: Agee (10) GIDP: Woodward (5) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sadecki L(7-4) 4 4 3 3 1 2 2 17 3.78 Frisella 2.2 4 3 3 3 1 1 15 3.07 Taylor 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.74 Totals 8 8 6 6 5 3 3 37 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Merritt W(17-10) 9 5 1 1 0 13 0 32 3.87 Totals 9 5 1 1 0 13 0 32 Umpires: HP - Tony Venzon, 1B - Frank Secory, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt METS 1ST: Agee was called out on strikes; Harrelson flied to left; Jones doubled to center; Clendenon tripled to center [Jones scored]; Swoboda flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose doubled to center; Tolan reached on an error by Sadecki; Perez popped to shortstop; Bench flied to right [Rose to third]; Tolan stole second; May popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 0. METS 2ND: Foy struck out; Dyer struck out; Weis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: McRae grounded out (second to first); Helms singled to right; Woodward grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Helms out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 0. METS 3RD: Sadecki struck out; Agee singled to center; Harrelson struck out; Agee was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Merritt grounded out (first unassisted); Rose popped to first; Tolan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 0. METS 4TH: Jones grounded out (catcher to first); Clendenon grounded out (pitcher to first); Swoboda grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Perez walked; Bench homered [Perez scored]; May homered; McRae struck out; Helms flied to center; Woodward struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 3. METS 5TH: Foy singled to left; Dyer was called out on strikes; Weis doubled to left [Foy to third]; SINGLETON BATTED FOR SADECKI; Singleton struck out; Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 3. REDS 5TH: FRISELLA REPLACED SINGLETON (PITCHING); Merritt struck out; Rose flied to center; Tolan flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 3. METS 6TH: Harrelson was called out on strikes; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 3. REDS 6TH: Perez homered; Bench flied to center; May walked; CARBO BATTED FOR MCRAE; Carbo popped to shortstop; Helms lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 4. METS 7TH: CARBO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Swoboda was called out on strikes; Foy struck out; Dyer reached on an error by Perez; Weis popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 4. REDS 7TH: Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); Merritt singled to right; Rose singled to right [Merritt to third]; Tolan popped to second; Perez doubled to left [Rose scored, Merritt scored]; Bench was walked intentionally; May walked [Perez to third, Bench to second]; TAYLOR REPLACED DYER (PITCHING); GROTE REPLACED FRISELLA (PLAYING C ); Carbo grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 6. METS 8TH: Grote grounded out (third to first); Agee was called out on strikes; Harrelson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 6. REDS 8TH: Helms grounded out (second to first); Woodward grounded out (second to first); Merritt walked; Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 6. METS 9TH: Jones flied to center; Clendenon popped to first; Swoboda flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Reds 6. |
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