Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 8, 1970 - Box Score

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Pirates 6, Mets 1 1970 Regular Season Game 110
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Mets 12, Pirates 9 Next Game:
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Pirates 8, Mets 3

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National League Standings, August 8, 1970

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee ss
Bud
Harrelson lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Donn
Clendenon rf
Ron
Swoboda 3b
Joe
Foy c
Jerry
Grote 2b
Al
Weis p
Jerry
Koosman

August 8, 1970, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA

New York Mets 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 6 4 5 2 0 1 .287

Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 1 2 1 0 .260

Cleon Jones lf 5 2 3 2 1 1 .244

Donn Clendenon 1b 4 1 1 3 2 1 .307

Ron Swoboda rf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .250

Joe Foy 3b 5 1 1 0 1 2 .239

Jerry Grote c 4 2 3 1 1 0 .281

Al Weis 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .208

- Wayne Garrett ph-2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .256

Jerry Koosman p 3 1 2 0 1 1 .104

- Gary Gentry p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .024

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Freddie Patek ss 5 2 1 0 1 0

Matty Alou cf 5 1 1 1 0 0

Roberto Clemente rf 4 2 2 2 1 0

Bob Robertson 1b 5 1 2 3 0 1

Al Oliver lf 4 0 1 1 1 0

- Dave Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Pagan 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0

Dave Cash 2b 4 1 2 0 1 0

Jerry May c 5 0 3 1 0 0

Bob Veale p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dick Colpaert p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Clines ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Jim Nelson p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Orlando Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Alley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Joe Gibbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Willie Stargell ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Dock Ellis pr 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Johnny Jeter lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 12 17 3

Pittsburgh Pirates 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 9 15 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman (W,6-6) 6.0 12 6 6 1 2 3.17

Gary Gentry (Save,1) 3.0 3 3 1 3 1 3.50

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Bob Veale (L) 1.1 6 5 5 1 2

Dick Colpaert 0.2 1 0 0 1 0

Jim Nelson 2.2 4 3 1 4 2

Orlando Pena 1.1 0 0 0 0 2

Joe Gibbon 2.0 3 2 2 2 2

Dave Giusti 1.0 3 2 2 1 1

Errors: Cleon Jones 2 (3), Jose Pagan.
PB: Jerry May.
WP: Jim Nelson.
2B: Tommie Agee 2 (23), Cleon Jones (11), Jerry Koosman (1), Freddie Patek, Roberto Clemente, Bob Robertson.
3B: Tommie Agee (5).
HR: Donn Clendenon (15), Roberto Clemente.
Intentional Walks: Donn Clendenon, Al Oliver.
HBP: Ron Swoboda.
SF: Bud Harrelson.
SB: Cleon Jones (11), Tommie Agee (26), Joe Foy (20).
CS: Ron Swoboda (4).

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