Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 2, 1971 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 1, 1971
Astros 3, Mets 1 1971 Regular Season Game 21
May 2, 1971
Mets 6, Astros 5 Next Game:
May 3, 1971
Mets 3, Cubs 2

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National League Standings, May 2, 1971

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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
Jerry
Koosman

May 2, 1971, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .283

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

Bud Harrelson ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .300

Dave Marshall rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .371

- Ken Singleton ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .216

Cleon Jones lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .293

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .341

Ken Boswell 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .230

Bob Aspromonte 3b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .240

Jerry Grote c 4 1 2 0 1 0 .312

Jerry Koosman p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250

- Danny Frisella p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Roger Metzger ss 4 0 1 0 0 1

- Norm Miller ph 1 0 1 0 0 0

- George Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1

Jim Wynn cf 5 0 1 1 0 0

Bob Watson 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0

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

Jesus Alou lf 5 2 4 0 0 0

Cesar Cedeno rf 5 2 3 2 0 0

Jack Hiatt c 1 0 0 0 2 0

- Rich Chiles ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Doug Rader 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Don Wilson p 2 0 1 2 0 0

- Jim Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Marty Martinez 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

- Cesar Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Johnny Edwards c 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 6 16 1

Houston Astros 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 13 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 6.0 6 2 1 3 2 1.83

Danny Frisella 2.1 4 3 3 0 2 3.86

Ray Sadecki 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.16

Ron Taylor (W,1-0) 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 0.00

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Don Wilson 5.1 7 4 4 1 1

Jim Ray 1.2 2 0 0 1 1

Fred Gladding 1.1 5 1 1 0 1

Denny Lemaster 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

George Culver (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0

Errors: Jerry Grote (2).
WP: Jim Ray.
2B: Jerry Grote (4), Ken Boswell (7), Tommie Agee (6), Jesus Alou.
3B: Bud Harrelson (2), Bob Aspromonte (1).
HR: Cesar Cedeno.
Intentional Walks: Jerry Grote, Jack Hiatt.
HBP: Tommie Agee.
SB: Cleon Jones (2), Cesar Cedeno.
CS: Tommie Agee (4), Bob Aspromonte (1).

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