Pinch-hitting in the 10th inning, Hal King came through with a homer to give the Reds a 2-1 victory over the Mets. King's clout was his third of the year in a pinch role and his fourth of the season among only five hits.

Willie Mays homered for the Mets in the fourth and George Stone, who was working on a two-hitter, protected the lead until the ninth when the Reds tied the score with successive two-out singles by Dan Driessen, Tony Perez and Johnny Bench. Pete Rose went hitless in five trips and was stopped on his 17-game batting streak. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Friday, August    17, 1973 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  -   2  6  0
Mets         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   1  7  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .342      Garrett 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .239
Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .294      Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .284
Driessen 3b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .322      Mays 1b               4   1   1   1     0   1   .213
Perez 1b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .311        Kranepool 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Bench rf,c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .252      Jones rf              3   0   2   0     1   1   .274
Kosco cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Milner lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .241
  Tolan ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Grote c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Plummer c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .168      Hahn cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  King ph             1   1   1   1     0   0   .208      Martinez ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .241
  Stahl rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Chaney ss             2   0   0   0     0   1   .181      Stone p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .324
  Gagliano ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .268        Parker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Geronimo pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .183        Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .283
  Crosby ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .156
Gullett p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .178
  Menke ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .175
  Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .273

Totals               35   2   6   2     2   9             Totals               34   1   7   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 36,803
Left on Base: Reds 5, Mets 5
DP: Reds 2, Mets 1
Doubles: Martinez (8)
Home Runs: King (4), Mays (6)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (51)
Sacrifice Hits: Stone (2)
GIDP: Bench (18), Grote (5)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett                 7     6   1   1   1   3   1  27   3.50
Borbon W(6-4)           3     1   0   0   0   2   0   9   2.42
Totals                 10     7   1   1   1   5   1  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   8.2   5   1   1   2   8   0  32   2.83
Parker L(7-3)           1.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   5   3.59
Totals                 10     6   2   2   2   9   1  37

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Andy Olsen


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan struck
out; Driessen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Garrett struck out; Millan grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mays flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets
0.

REDS 2ND: Perez singled to center; Bench grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Perez out at second]; Kosco
singled to left; Plummer struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones singled to center; Milner popped to first in
foul territory; Grote lined into a double play (second to first)
[Jones out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 3RD: Chaney was called out on strikes; Gullett grounded out
(third to first); Rose was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Hahn grounded out (third to first); Martinez singled
to right; Stone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Martinez to second]; Garrett grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 0.

REDS 4TH: Morgan grounded out (pitcher to first); Driessen
struck out; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Millan flied to right; Mays homered; Jones walked;
Milner flied to right; Grote forced Jones (shortstop to second);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 1.

REDS 5TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Kosco grounded
out (pitcher to first); Plummer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Hahn popped to shortstop; Martinez doubled to left;
Stone struck out; Garrett flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 0, Mets 1.

REDS 6TH: Chaney grounded out (shortstop to first); Gullett
flied to right; Rose flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Millan singled to left; Mays flied to center; Jones
struck out; Milner singled to right [Millan to third]; Grote
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0,
Mets 1.

REDS 7TH: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Driessen flied to
left; Perez lined to third; Bench grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: Hahn popped to third in foul territory; Martinez flied
to center; Stone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 1.

REDS 8TH: Kosco grounded out (third to first); Plummer struck
out; GAGLIANO BATTED FOR CHANEY; Gagliano walked; GERONIMO RAN
FOR GAGLIANO; MENKE BATTED FOR GULLETT; Menke was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: CROSBY REPLACED GERONIMO (PLAYING SS); BORBON REPLACED
MENKE (PITCHING); Garrett flied to center; Millan grounded out
(first to pitcher); Mays was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Mets 1.

REDS 9TH: KRANEPOOL REPLACED MAYS (PLAYING 1B); Rose lined to
second; Morgan grounded out (second to first); Driessen singled
to center; Perez singled to left [Driessen to second]; Bench
singled to left [Perez to second, Driessen scored]; PARKER
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); TOLAN BATTED FOR KOSCO; Tolan popped
to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Jones singled to
right; Milner flied to center; Grote grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Jones out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 1, Mets 1.

REDS 10TH: KING BATTED FOR PLUMMER; King homered; Crosby struck
out; Borbon grounded out (second to first); Rose flied to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Mets 1.

METS 10TH: STAHL REPLACED KING (PLAYING RF); BENCH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Hahn flied to left; BOSWELL BATTED FOR
MARTINEZ; Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); BEAUCHAMP
BATTED FOR PARKER; Beauchamp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Mets 1.