[Nick Soulis]

METS HANDLE REDS IN GAME 1

The Mets of 69 scored the first victory of this five game series thanks to a 5 run 5th inning and a good enough performance from their ace Tom Seaver.

Third baseman Wayne Garrett banged a three run home run in the big fifth inning as Gary Nolan wasnt helped by his defens in the inning and couldnt get out of the jam.

Cleon Jones had added a long solo shot an inning before as the Mets got on the board first.

Seaver had the strikeouts working for him, fanning 12 Reds along the way and going the distance throwing 112 pitches.
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Game 1
69 Mets lead series 1-0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati Reds 1970	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	6	2
New York Mets	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	X	6	8	1

Cincinnati AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI B. Carbo LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 0 0 P. Rose RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .769 11 16 J. Bench C 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .561 1 26 T. Perez 3B 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 .644 2 37 L. May 1B 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 .538 3 38 B. Tolan CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .684 10 21 T. Helms 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .302 1 1 D. Concepcion SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 G. Nolan P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294 2 0 a-H. McRae PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 D. Gullett P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 31 3 6 3 0 12 10 a - H. McRae pinch hit for G. Nolan in the 7th BATTING Doubles: T. Perez (185, 6th Inning off T. Seaver, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: J. Bench (1, 6th Inning off T. Seaver, 0 on, 1 out) L. May (3, 4th Inning off T. Seaver, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: J. Bench 4 , L. May 5 , T. Helms , T. Perez 2 , D. Concepcion 2-out RBI: L. May Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Helms , B. Carbo , P. Rose GIDP: J. Bench Sac Bunt: G. Nolan Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING CS: D. Concepcion (0) FIELDING Errors: T. Helms , D. Concepcion Double Plays: 1 (Perez-Helms-May)	New York AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI K. Boswell 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 c-A. Otis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 d-K. Collins 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 J. Grote C 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 C. Jones LF 4 1 2 1 0 2 3 .000 0 0 A. Shamsky RF 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 a-E. Charles PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 b-R. Gaspar RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 T. Agee CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 .000 0 0 W. Garrett 3B 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 .000 0 0 E. Kranepool 1B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 B. Heise SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 T. Seaver P 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 Totals 31 6 8 6 4 3 18 a - E. Charles pinch hit for A. Shamsky in the 7th b - R. Gaspar substituted for E. Charles in the 8th c - A. Otis pinch hit for K. Boswell in the 8th d - K. Collins substituted for A. Otis in the 9th BATTING Doubles: B. Heise (0, 8th Inning off D. Gullett, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: C. Jones (0, 4th Inning off G. Nolan, 0 on, 0 outs) W. Garrett (0, 5th Inning off G. Nolan, 2 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Seaver , A. Shamsky , B. Heise 3 , C. Jones 5 , T. Agee , W. Garrett 4 2-out RBI: W. Garrett Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Seaver , J. Grote , B. Heise , A. Otis GIDP: T. Agee Sac Bunt: T. Seaver , E. Kranepool Team LOB: 7 FIELDING Errors: B. Heise Double Plays: 1 (Garrett-Boswell-Kranepool)
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA G. Nolan L (8-8) 6.0 6 6 2 4 2 2 95 51 3.56 D. Gullett 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 30 19 0.00 PITCHING Game Score: G. Nolan 42 Batters Faced: G. Nolan 28, D. Gullett 9 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Nolan 10-5, D. Gullett 3-2 Pitches - Strikes: G. Nolan 95-51, D. Gullett 30-19	New York IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA T. Seaver W (0-0) 9.0 6 3 3 0 12 2 112 86 0.00 PITCHING Game Score: T. Seaver 75 Batters Faced: T. Seaver 34 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Seaver 7-6 Pitches - Strikes: T. Seaver 112-86 HB: T. Seaver 2
GAME NOTES Player of the Game: T. Seaver Ballpark: Shea Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (51 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 13 mph Start Time: 7:00 pm Time: 2:26 Attendance: 17253