Tom Seaver extended his scoreless pitching streak to 26 innings, setting a Mets' club record, but the ace righthander needed the help of Tug McGraw before beating the Reds. 5-2. Seaver's cipher skein was snapped in the seventh when the Reds scored on a walk to Johnny Bench and a double by Willie Smith. The Reds added their other run in the eighth, forcing Seaver's departure, but McGraw, relieving with one out and runners on first and third, induced Bill Plummer to ground into a DP. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Wednesday, April     21, 1971 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   5 10  0
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2  5  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          4   1   1   0     1   0   .286      Rose rf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .327
Boswell 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .216      Carbo lf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .158
Agee cf               4   1   1   0     0   2   .233        Plummer ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Marshall rf           2   0   0   0     1   1   .417        Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jones lf              3   1   1   1     1   2   .238      Perez 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .220
Kranepool 1b          3   1   1   0     0   0   .417      Bench c               2   1   0   0     2   1   .277
  Singleton ph        0   0   0   1     0   0   .250      Smith 1b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .300
  Foli 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McRae cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Aspromonte 3b         3   0   1   1     0   1   .200      Helms 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .171
  Shamsky ph,1b       1   0   1   1     0   0   .133      Woodward ss           3   1   3   0     0   0   .417
Grote c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .276      Nolan p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Seaver p              3   0   2   0     0   0   .250        Gibbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stewart ph,lf       0   0   0   0     1   0   .333

Totals               33   5  10   5     3   6             Totals               29   2   5   2     3   9

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  8,517
Left on Base: Mets 7, Reds 4
DP: Mets 2, Reds 1
Errors: Bench
Doubles: Seaver (1), Boswell (5), Smith (2)
Triples: Kranepool (1)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson 2 (6), Agee (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Marshall (1), Nolan (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Singleton (1)
GIDP: Grote (2), Nolan (1), Plummer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Agee (1,by Nolan)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(3-0)           7.1   5   2   2   2   9   0  28   1.19
McGraw SV(1)            1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   0.93
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   9   0  33

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan L(0-2)            7     7   4   4   2   5   0  30   4.10
Gibbon                  0.2   0   1   1   1   0   0   3   5.40
Granger                 0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.35
Carroll                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.73
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   6   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Nolan (1)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Al Barlick, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Harrelson stole second; Boswell
popped to shortstop; Agee was called out on strikes; Marshall
walked; Jones singled to right [Marshall to third, Harrelson
scored]; Kranepool flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (third to first); Carbo was called
out on strikes; Perez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

METS 2ND: Aspromonte grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote
grounded out (third to first); Seaver doubled to right;
Harrelson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck
out; McRae was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Reds 0.

METS 3RD: Boswell flied out to left; Agee singled to left; Agee
stole second; Marshall struck out; Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Helms struck out; Woodward singled to center; Nolan
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Woodward to
second]; Rose popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

METS 4TH: Kranepool lined to center; Aspromonte struck out;
Grote flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Carbo flied out to center; Perez lined to shortstop;
Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

METS 5TH: Seaver flied out to center; Harrelson grounded out
(third to first); Boswell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Smith struck out; McRae flied out to right; Helms
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

METS 6TH: Agee grounded out (third to first); Marshall flied out
to right; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds
0.

REDS 6TH: Woodward singled to right; On a bunt Nolan grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to second) [Woodward out
at second]; Rose grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Reds 0.

METS 7TH: Kranepool tripled to right; Aspromonte singled to
center [Kranepool scored]; Grote grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Aspromonte out at second];
Seaver singled to left; Harrelson forced Seaver (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Reds 0.

REDS 7TH: Carbo struck out; Perez was called out on strikes;
Bench walked; Smith doubled to left [Bench scored]; McRae
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Mets 2, Reds 1.

METS 8TH: Boswell doubled to right; Agee was hit by a pitch;
GIBBON REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Marshall out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Agee to second, Boswell to third]; Jones
was walked intentionally; SINGLETON BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL;
Singleton hit a sacrifice fly to center [Agee to third, Boswell
scored]; GRANGER REPLACED GIBBON (PITCHING); SHAMSKY BATTED FOR
ASPROMONTE; Shamsky singled to center [Jones to second, Agee
scored]; Grote singled [Jones scored, Shamsky out at home
(center to catcher)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Reds 1.

REDS 8TH: SHAMSKY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); FOLI REPLACED
SINGLETON (PLAYING 3B); Helms flied out to center; Woodward
singled to center; STEWART BATTED FOR GRANGER; Stewart walked
[Woodward to second]; Rose singled to right [Stewart to third,
Woodward scored]; MCGRAW REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); PLUMMER
BATTED FOR CARBO; Plummer grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Rose out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 5, Reds 2.

METS 9TH: CARROLL REPLACED PLUMMER (PITCHING); STEWART STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); McGraw grounded out (first unassisted);
Harrelson singled to center; Harrelson stole second [Harrelson
to third (error by Bench)]; Boswell flied out to center; Agee
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Reds 2.

REDS 9TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench walked;
Smith flied out to center; McRae forced Bench (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Reds 2.