Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 16, 1968 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 14, 1968
Mets 4, Dodgers 1 1968 Regular Season Game 123
August 16, 1968
Astros 3, Mets 1 Next Game:
August 17, 1968
Astros 1, Mets 0

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National League Standings, August 16, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson cf
Tommie
Agee rf
Larry
Stahl lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
J.C.
Martin 3b
Kevin
Collins 2b
Phil
Linz p
Tom
Seaver

August 16, 1968, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 3, New York Mets 1

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Denis Menke 2b-3b 5 0 1 0 0 1

Hector Torres ss 5 0 0 0 0 1

Jim Wynn cf 5 1 2 1 0 3

Rusty Staub 1b 4 1 2 0 1 1

Doug Rader 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2

- Julio Gotay 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Lee Thomas rf 4 1 0 0 1 0

Bob Aspromonte lf 5 0 1 2 0 0

John Bateman c 4 0 0 0 1 2

Larry Dierker p 2 0 1 0 0 1

- Jose Herrera ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Shea p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ron Brand ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Danny Coombs p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tom Dukes p 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 6 0 0 0 0 1 .216

Tommie Agee cf 6 0 1 0 0 3 .185

Larry Stahl rf-1b 6 0 2 0 0 2 .245

Cleon Jones lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .282

Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262

- Ron Swoboda ph-rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .243

J.C. Martin c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .221

- Jerry Grote ph-c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275

Kevin Collins 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .207

- Ed Charles ph-3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296

Phil Linz 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .230

Tom Seaver p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .110

- Art Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222

- Cal Koonce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Don Bosch ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .171

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E

Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Larry Dierker 7.0 5 1 1 2 6

Steve Shea 3.0 3 0 0 0 2

Danny Coombs 0.1 1 0 0 1 0

Tom Dukes (W) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Tom Seaver 10.0 5 1 1 2 10 2.01

Cal Koonce 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.50

Ron Taylor (L,1-3) 1.0 2 2 2 2 2 3.31

WP: Larry Dierker.
2B: Ed Kranepool (11), Bob Aspromonte, Rusty Staub.
HR: J.C. Martin (1), Jim Wynn.
Intentional Walks: John Bateman, Lee Thomas.
SB: Tommie Agee (9).
CS: Denis Menke, Jim Wynn.

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