June 19: Cincinnati Reds @ New York Mets (34-35)

El Duque, Soler Pitch Well in Their Debuts
New York (AP)- El Duque and Alay Soler combined to pitch the whole game for the Mets both making their debuts. Hernandez pitched 3 scoreless innings before giving up back to back jacks to Griffey and Dunn. El Duque threw 5 innings total, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits, walking 2 and striking out just 1. He was limited to 60 pitches as he was pitching on just 3 days rest in order to keep the rotation in line. Alay Soler looked very strong in his debut, striking out the first 4 batters he saw. He would pick up the save pitching 4 innings, giving up 1 run on 6 hits, striking out 4 and not walking anyone. The Mets offense was provided on an RBI triple by David Wright in the 1st inning, followed by a 2 run homer by Xavier Nady in the 3rd, his 10th of the season. Castro and Franco would add RBI base hits of their own. Dave Williams dropped to 5-7 on the season with the loss.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Reds 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 1 Mets 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 X 5 12 0 New York Mets Batting AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reyes, SS 5 1 1 0 0 2 .271 Nady, RF 4 3 3 2 0 0 .328 Beltran, CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .368 Wright, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .353 Franco, 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .307 Milledge, LF 1 1 1 0 1 0 .360 Floyd, LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Castro, C 4 0 1 1 0 1 .309 Matsui, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Hernandez, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Soler, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Batting Totals 34 5 12 5 1 4 Batting 3B: David Wright (2), Lastings Milledge (1) HR: Xavier Nady (10) RBI: David Wright (40), Xavier Nady 2 (37), Ramon Castro (5) Julio Franco (17) HBP: Kaz Matsui SH: Alay Soler GIDP: David Wright, Kaz Matsui Baserunning CS: Lastings Milledge (1) Pitching IP H R ER BB SO ERA Hernandez (W, 3-8) 5.0 4 2 2 2 1 6.33 Soler (S, 1) 4.0 6 1 1 0 4 2.25 Pitching Totals 9.0 10 3 3 2 5 Cincinnatti Reds Batting AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Freel, LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .344 Lopez, SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Griffey, CF 4 1 3 1 0 0 .333 Dunn, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .276 Kearns, RF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .254 Encarnacion, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224 LaRue, C 3 0 2 0 1 1 .281 Womack, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 b-Valentin, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 .345 Williams, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 a-Hatteberg, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .301 Mercker, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 c-Aurilia, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Batting Totals 35 3 10 3 2 5 a- Batted for Williams in the 7th. b- Batted for Womack in the 9th. c- Batted for White in the 9th. Batting 2B: Scott Hatteberg (13) HR: Adam Dnn (17), Ken Griffey Jr. (12) RBI: Adam Dunn (42), Ken Griffey Jr. (35), Javier Valentin (13) GIDP: Adam Dunn Fielding E: Edwin Encrancion (3) Pitching IP H R ER BB SO ERA Williams (L, 5-7) 6.0 8 4 4 1 3 5.17 Mercker 1.1 4 1 1 0 1 4.67 White 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2.39 Pitching Totals 8.0 12 5 5 1 4
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