Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 7, 1972 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 6, 1972
Padres 6, Mets 2 1972 Regular Season Game 18
May 7, 1972
Mets 8, Padres 6 Next Game:
May 10, 1972
Mets 4, Dodgers 3

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National League Standings, May 7, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Ted
Martinez cf
Tommie
Agee rf
Rusty
Staub lf
Cleon
Jones 3b
Jim
Fregosi 1b
Jim
Beauchamp c
Jerry
Grote p
Gary
Gentry

May 7, 1972, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 8, San Diego Padres 6

Padres ab r h bi bb so

Derrel Thomas 2b 5 2 2 2 0 2

Enzo Hernandez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0

Leron Lee lf 4 0 1 0 1 0

Nate Colbert 1b 5 0 0 1 0 2

Ollie Brown rf 5 0 0 0 0 0

Fred Kendall c 3 1 2 0 1 1

Johnny Jeter cf 4 2 2 3 0 0

Dave Campbell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0

Fred Norman p 3 1 1 0 0 1

- Gary Ross p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Caldwell p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Corkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mark Schaeffer p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ed Acosta p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 5 1 0 0 1 0 .247

Ted Martinez 2b 6 2 2 0 0 0 .292

Tommie Agee cf 6 2 3 3 0 1 .286

Rusty Staub rf 2 1 1 1 2 0 .290

Cleon Jones lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .318

Jim Fregosi 3b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .265

Jim Beauchamp 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .125

- Ed Kranepool ph-1b 0 0 0 1 1 0 .255

Jerry Grote c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .278

Gary Gentry p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100

- Don Hahn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Buzz Capra p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Milner ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .444

- Chuck Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Duffy Dyer ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500

- Tug McGraw p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250

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

San Diego Padres 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 10 6

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 8 11 0

San Diego Padres ip h r er bb so

Fred Norman 7.0 6 4 3 4 4

Gary Ross 0.0 1 1 1 0 0

Mike Caldwell 1.1 3 1 1 0 0

Mike Corkins 0.1 0 0 0 1 0

Mark Schaeffer 0.0 0 0 0 1 0

Ed Acosta (L) 1.0 1 2 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Gary Gentry 5.0 5 4 4 2 4 2.81

Buzz Capra 2.0 4 2 2 0 0 5.62

Chuck Taylor 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 5.40

Tug McGraw (W,1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0.56

Errors: Derrel Thomas 2.
2B: Tommie Agee (6), Duffy Dyer (1), Jim Fregosi (3), Derrel Thomas.
3B: Leron Lee.
HR: Tommie Agee (3), Johnny Jeter 2, Derrel Thomas.
SH: Rusty Staub, Enzo Hernandez.
SF: Ed Kranepool.
CS: Dave Campbell.

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