Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 28, 1974 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 27, 1974
Mets 4, Astros 2 1974 Regular Season Game 127
August 28, 1974
Astros 3, Mets 2 Next Game:
August 29, 1974
Mets 7, Astros 0

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National League Standings, August 28, 1974

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Jim
Gosger 2b
Felix
Millan 1b
Ed
Kranepool rf
Rusty
Staub 3b
Wayne
Garrett lf
Benny
Ayala c
Ron
Hodges ss
Ted
Martinez p
Jon
Matlack

August 28, 1974, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 3, New York Mets 2

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Greg Gross rf 5 0 1 0 0 2

Roger Metzger ss 5 0 1 1 0 0

Cesar Cedeno cf 2 1 0 0 0 0

- Wilbur Howard cf 2 0 0 0 0 1

Bob Watson lf-1b 4 0 2 1 0 0

Lee May 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2

- Bob Gallagher pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Doug Rader 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0

Milt May c 4 0 0 0 0 0

Larry Milbourne 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1

Larry Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ramon de los Santos p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Cliff Johnson ph 1 1 1 1 0 0

- Fred Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim York p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Jim Gosger cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .097

- Bud Harrelson ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223

Felix Millan 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .262

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .301

Rusty Staub rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .275

Wayne Garrett 3b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .221

Benny Ayala lf 4 1 2 0 1 1 .429

Ron Hodges c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .245

- Duffy Dyer ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .154

Ted Martinez ss-cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .216

Jon Matlack p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .079

- Ken Boswell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227

- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

- George Theodore ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .159

- Jerry Cram p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Houston Astros 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 8 0

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 3

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Larry Dierker 8.0 4 1 1 3 2

Mike Cosgrove 0.1 1 1 1 0 0

Ken Forsch 0.1 1 0 0 1 0

Ramon de los Santos (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Fred Scherman 0.2 3 0 0 0 0

Jim York (Save) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jon Matlack 8.0 5 2 1 0 7 2.59

Bob Miller 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.42

Jerry Cram (L,0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.50

Errors: Felix Millan (11).
2B: Greg Gross, Bob Watson.
HR: Rusty Staub (16), Cliff Johnson.
SH: Larry Dierker.
SF: Ted Martinez.
SB: Cesar Cedeno.

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