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Previous Game:
September 29, 1968
Phillies 10, Mets 3 1969 Regular Season Game 1
April 8, 1969
Expos 11, Mets 10 Next Game:
April 9, 1969
Mets 9, Expos 5

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National League Standings, April 8, 1969

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee rf
Rod
Gaspar 2b
Ken
Boswell lf
Cleon
Jones 3b
Ed
Charles 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
Jerry
Grote ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Tom
Seaver

April 8, 1969, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Montreal Expos 11, New York Mets 10

Expos ab r h bi bb so

Maury Wills ss 6 2 3 1 0 1

Gary Sutherland 2b 6 1 0 0 0 0

Rusty Staub rf 3 2 2 2 3 0

Mack Jones lf 4 1 2 2 1 1

- Don Bosch cf 1 0 0 0 0 1

Bob Bailey 1b 4 1 2 2 1 0

John Bateman c 5 1 1 0 0 2

Coco Laboy 3b 5 1 1 3 0 1

Don Hahn cf 3 0 0 0 0 2

- Don Shaw p 1 1 0 0 1 1

- Carroll Sembera p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mudcat Grant p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dan McGinn p 1 1 1 1 0 0

- Jerry Robertson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ty Cline ph-cf-lf 1 0 0 0 2 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 4 1 2 3 2 0 .500

Rod Gaspar rf 5 1 2 1 1 1 .400

Ken Boswell 2b 5 0 2 1 0 2 .400

Cleon Jones lf-1b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .600

Ed Charles 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .250

Ed Kranepool 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .333

- Al Weis pr-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Jerry Grote c 3 3 2 1 2 0 .667

Bud Harrelson ss 1 1 0 0 2 1 .000

- Ron Swoboda ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- Duffy Dyer ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000

Tom Seaver p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Kevin Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

- Al Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Amos Otis lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500

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

Montreal Expos 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 11 12 0

New York Mets 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 10 15 3

Montreal Expos ip h r er bb so

Mudcat Grant 1.1 6 3 3 1 1

Dan McGinn 2.1 3 3 3 2 3

Jerry Robertson 1.1 2 0 0 1 0

Don Shaw (W) 3.2 3 4 4 4 3

Carroll Sembera (Save) 0.1 1 0 0 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Tom Seaver 5.0 6 4 2 3 5 3.60

Cal Koonce (L,0-1) 2.0 2 3 3 4 1 13.50

Al Jackson 0.1 3 3 3 0 1 81.00

Ron Taylor 1.2 1 1 1 1 2 5.40

Errors: Ken Boswell 3 (3).
WP: Dan McGinn.
2B: Cleon Jones (1), Tommie Agee (1), Maury Wills 2, Mack Jones 2, Bob Bailey.
HR: Duffy Dyer (1), Rusty Staub, Coco Laboy, Dan McGinn.
Intentional Walks: Bud Harrelson, Rusty Staub, Bob Bailey.
SB: Cleon Jones (1), Rod Gaspar (1), Maury Wills.

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