Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 30, 1971 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 29, 1971
Mets 7, Cardinals 0 1971 Regular Season Game 19
April 30, 1971
Mets 4, Astros 3 Next Game:
May 1, 1971
Astros 3, Mets 1

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National League Standings, April 30, 1971

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee ss
Bud
Harrelson rf
Dave
Marshall lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Ed
Kranepool 2b
Ken
Boswell 3b
Bob
Aspromonte c
Jerry
Grote p
Jim
McAndrew

April 30, 1971, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 4, Houston Astros 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf-rf-cf 6 0 3 0 0 2 .274

Bud Harrelson ss 5 2 2 0 1 0 .296

Dave Marshall rf 3 1 1 0 1 2 .393

- Donn Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

Cleon Jones lf 6 1 2 2 0 2 .274

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 0 0 0 1 1 .400

Ken Boswell 2b 5 0 1 2 0 0 .208

Bob Aspromonte 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .239

Jerry Grote c 4 0 1 0 1 1 .316

Jim McAndrew p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000

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

- Art Shamsky ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125

- Don Hahn pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Ken Singleton ph-rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Roger Metzger ss 6 1 2 0 0 2

Joe Morgan 2b 5 2 3 2 1 0

Jim Wynn cf 6 0 1 0 0 0

Bob Watson lf 5 0 3 1 1 1

Denis Menke 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0

Doug Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1

Cesar Cedeno rf 5 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Edwards c 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Jack Hiatt ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 2

Tom Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Cesar Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ken Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Rich Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Fred Gladding p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Denny Lemaster p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Marty Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- George Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jesus Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 1

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

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jim McAndrew 7.1 7 3 2 0 6 4.26

Ron Taylor 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Tug McGraw (W,2-1) 4.0 2 0 0 2 4 0.51

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Tom Griffin 3.0 6 3 3 2 3

Ken Forsch 5.0 2 0 0 1 3

Fred Gladding 0.2 1 0 0 0 1

Denny Lemaster 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

George Culver (L) 3.0 2 1 1 3 2

Errors: Jim McAndrew (1), George Culver.
2B: Tommie Agee 2 (5), Cleon Jones (3), Jim Wynn.
3B: Dave Marshall (1).
HR: Joe Morgan.
Intentional Walks: Ed Kranepool, Bob Watson, Doug Rader.
HBP: Art Shamsky.
SH: Tug McGraw, Denis Menke.
SF: Ken Boswell.
SB: Bud Harrelson (10), Joe Morgan.
CS: Tommie Agee (3).

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