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Wednesday August 4, 1971
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Although Gary Gentry reached a career high in strikeouts with 11, one of two walks issued by the righthander resulted in the Mets' loss to the Reds, 1-0. Woody Woodward drew a pass in the sixth inning, Gary Nolan sacrificed and Pete Rose drove in the run with a double. Gentry gave up seven hits.

Nolan, who held the Mets to five hits, was lifted with two out in the ninth after walking Art Shamsky. Clay Carroll, in relief, passed Donn Clendenon but retired Ken Boswell on a grounder to save the game. [The Sporting News]


Cincinnati Reds 1, New York Mets 0

Game Played on Wednesday, August 4, 1971 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               4   0   2   1     0   1   .299      Harrelson ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Carbo lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .222      Garrett 2b,3b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
May 1b                4   0   1   0     0   3   .276      Agee cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .284
Perez 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .261      Jones lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .326
  Concepcion 3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Kranepool 1b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   2   .236      Singleton rf          3   0   1   0     1   2   .246
Foster cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .232      Aspromonte 3b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .237
Helms 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .260        Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Woodward ss           2   1   1   0     1   0   .219        Foli 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Nolan p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .109        Shamsky ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .198
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Hahn pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .236
                                                          Grote c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .277
                                                            Clendenon ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .241
                                                          Gentry p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .080
                                                            Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .262

Totals               31   1   7   1     2  11             Totals               30   0   5   0     4   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 25,097
Left on Base: Reds 6, Mets 9
DP: Reds 0, Mets 1
Doubles: Rose (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Nolan (5), Aspromonte (4), Kranepool (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(9-12)           8.2   5   0   0   3   4   0  34   3.29
Carroll SV(12)          0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.01
Totals                  9     5   0   0   4   4   0  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry L(9-9)           9     7   1   1   2  11   0  34   3.13
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2  11   0  34

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Shag Crawford


REDS 1ST: Rose flied to center; Carbo grounded out (second to
first); May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett
popped to second; Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez struck out; Bench singled to left; Foster struck
out; Helms flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones singled to left; Kranepool grounded out (first
unassisted) [Jones to second]; Singleton struck out; Aspromonte
singled [Jones to third]; Grote grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 3RD: Woodward singled to right; Nolan hit into a double
play (first to second) [Woodward out at second]; Rose singled;
Carbo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Gentry flied to right in foul territory; Harrelson
flied to right; Garrett flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 4TH: May struck out; Perez walked; Bench struck out; Foster
singled to right [Perez to third]; Helms flied to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Agee was called out on strikes; Jones flied to center;
Kranepool flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 5TH: Woodward flied to center; Nolan struck out; Rose
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Singleton singled to center; Aspromonte out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Singleton to second]; Grote
popped to second; Gentry flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 6TH: Carbo grounded out (first unassisted); May struck out;
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett
grounded out (first unassisted); Agee flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 7TH: Bench struck out; Foster popped to first; Helms was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Jones singled to left; Kranepool out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Jones to second]; Singleton was walked
intentionally; MARSHALL BATTED FOR ASPROMONTE; Marshall grounded
out (second to first) [Singleton to second, Jones to third];
Grote was walked intentionally; Gentry flied to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 8TH: FOLI REPLACED MARSHALL (PLAYING 2B); GARRETT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Woodward walked; Nolan out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Woodward to second]; Rose
doubled to right [Woodward scored, Rose out at third (right to
second to third)]; Carbo singled to center; May singled to left
[Carbo to second]; Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); Harrelson
grounded out (second to first); Garrett singled to left; Agee
forced Garrett (shortstop to second); Jones flied to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets 0.

REDS 9TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster
grounded out (first unassisted); Helms flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Kranepool struck out; Singleton struck out; SHAMSKY
BATTED FOR FOLI; Shamsky walked; HAHN RAN FOR SHAMSKY; CLENDENON
BATTED FOR GROTE; CARROLL REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Clendenon
walked [Hahn to second]; BOSWELL BATTED FOR GENTRY; Boswell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
1, Mets 0.



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