Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 29, 1970 - Box Score

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August 28, 1970
Astros 2, Mets 1 1970 Regular Season Game 130
August 29, 1970
Astros 9, Mets 8 Next Game:
August 30, 1970
Astros 9, Mets 5

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National League Standings, August 29, 1970

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee 3b
Wayne
Garrett lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Donn
Clendenon rf
Ken
Singleton 2b
Ken
Boswell c
Jerry
Grote ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Gary
Gentry

August 29, 1970, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 9, New York Mets 8

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 5 1 1 0 1 1 .286

Wayne Garrett 3b 4 3 1 1 2 0 .234

Cleon Jones lf 5 0 2 1 1 0 .263

Donn Clendenon 1b 5 1 3 2 1 1 .300

Ken Singleton rf 4 1 1 0 2 0 .280

Ken Boswell 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .255

Jerry Grote c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .260

Bud Harrelson ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 .246

Gary Gentry p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .075

- Ray Sadecki p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .229

- Danny Frisella p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .222

- Dave Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

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

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Jesus Alou lf 5 2 2 0 1 0

Joe Morgan 2b 4 1 4 1 1 0

- Jim Wynn ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

Norm Miller rf 3 2 0 0 2 0

- Bob Watson ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

John Mayberry 1b 5 0 0 0 1 2

Denis Menke 3b 4 1 3 1 2 0

Cesar Cedeno cf 3 1 2 3 1 1

Marty Martinez ss 4 0 0 0 1 0

Johnny Edwards c 4 0 0 0 0 1

- Larry Howard c 1 0 0 0 0 1

Jack Billingham p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Denny Lemaster p 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Jim Ray p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Cesar Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- George Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Doug Rader ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

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

New York Mets 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 12 4

Houston Astros 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 13 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Gary Gentry 1.1 4 4 4 3 2 3.54

Ray Sadecki 2.0 4 3 3 2 1 3.96

Danny Frisella 5.2 3 0 0 3 4 3.41

Tug McGraw (L,2-5) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0 4.20

Ron Taylor 0.1 2 0 0 1 0 3.90

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Jack Billingham 2.0 4 5 4 4 3

Denny Lemaster 2.2 4 2 2 0 1

Jim Ray 3.1 0 0 0 3 2

George Culver (W) 2.0 4 1 1 0 0

Errors: Tommie Agee 2 (9), John Mayberry.
PB: Johnny Edwards.
WP: Gary Gentry 2.
2B: Bud Harrelson (16), Ken Boswell (9), Gary Gentry (2), Donn Clendenon (13), Joe Morgan 2.
3B: Denis Menke.
Intentional Walks: Denis Menke 2, Cesar Cedeno, Norm Miller.
SH: Ken Boswell, Cesar Cedeno.
SF: Cesar Cedeno.
SB: Cleon Jones (12).

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