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Pirates 5, Mets 0 1996 Regular Season Game 6
April 8, 1996
Reds 7, Mets 6 Next Game:
April 9, 1996
Mets 12, Reds 5

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National League Standings, April 8, 1996

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson lf
Bernard
Gilkey 1b
Rico
Brogna rf
Butch
Huskey 3b
Jeff
Kent c
Todd
Hundley 2b
Jose
Vizcaino ss
Tim
Bogar p
Bobby
Jones

April 8, 1996, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati Reds 7, New York Mets 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .214

Bernard Gilkey lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .440

Rico Brogna 1b 4 0 1 1 1 2 .353

Butch Huskey rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .080

- Bob MacDonald p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Carl Everett ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333

Jeff Kent 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .250

Todd Hundley c 5 1 2 1 0 1 .368

Jose Vizcaino 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .300

Tim Bogar ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Kevin Roberson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333

- Rey Ordonez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Bobby Jones p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Robert Person p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Edgardo Alfonzo ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .308

- Jerry Dipoto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Chris Jones ph-rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250

Reds ab r h bi bb so

Eric Davis lf 1 1 0 0 3 0

Barry Larkin ss 4 0 1 2 0 0

Hal Morris 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1

Reggie Sanders rf 3 1 1 0 1 0

Ed Taubensee c 3 0 1 2 1 1

Chris Sabo 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Willie Greene 3b 0 1 0 0 1 0

Mike Kelly cf 4 1 1 0 0 0

Jeff Branson 2b 4 2 2 2 0 1

Pete Schourek p 2 1 1 1 1 1

- Jeff Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Marcus Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Vince Coleman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jeff Brantley p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 12 1

Cincinnati Reds 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 x 7 8 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones (L,0-1) 3.2 5 5 5 4 3 13.50

Robert Person 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50

Jerry Dipoto 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 4.50

Bob MacDonald 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 4.50

Cincinnati Reds ip h r er bb so

Pete Schourek (W) 6.2 7 3 2 1 6

Jeff Shaw 0.1 2 1 0 0 0

Marcus Moore 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Jeff Brantley (Save) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0

Errors: Todd Hundley (1), Barry Larkin 2.
WP: Pete Schourek.
2B: Rico Brogna (2), Barry Larkin.
HR: Jeff Branson.
HBP: Chris Jones.
SB: Bernard Gilkey (2), Reggie Sanders 3, Eric Davis 2, Jeff Branson, Mike Kelly.
CS: Eric Davis.

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