Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 20, 1975 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 19, 1975
Mets 6, Astros 3 1975 Regular Season Game 124
August 20, 1975
Astros 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
August 22, 1975
Mets 6, Giants 4

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National League Standings, August 20, 1975

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Gene
Clines 2b
Felix
Millan lf
Mike
Vail rf
Rusty
Staub 1b
Dave
Kingman 3b
Joe
Torre c
Jerry
Grote ss
Jack
Heidemann p
Hank
Webb

August 20, 1975, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Gene Clines cf 5 0 3 1 0 1 .222

Felix Millan 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .298

Mike Vail lf 5 1 0 0 0 0 .167

Rusty Staub rf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .276

Dave Kingman 1b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .246

Joe Torre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .260

Jerry Grote c 4 0 3 0 0 0 .298

- John Stearns pr-c 0 1 0 0 0 0 .188

Jack Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .218

- Mike Phillips ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255

Hank Webb p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .217

- Jesus Alou ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264

- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Bob Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429

- Wayne Garrett ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .271

- Rick Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Wilbur Howard lf 5 0 1 1 0 1

Greg Gross rf 3 1 0 0 2 0

Cesar Cedeno cf 5 1 1 0 0 0

Cliff Johnson 1b 5 1 3 2 0 1

Milt May c 4 1 1 0 0 1

Doug Rader 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0

- Jose Cruz ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Enos Cabell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jerry DaVanon ss 3 0 0 0 1 1

Rob Andrews 2b 2 1 1 1 1 1

- Ken Boswell ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1

Dave Roberts p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Jose Sosa p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Wayne Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Roger Metzger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Crawford p 0 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 0 3 0 1 0 4 8 0

Houston Astros 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 8 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Hank Webb 6.0 4 3 3 3 3 3.44

Skip Lockwood 1.2 2 1 1 2 3 1.06

Bob Apodaca 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1.59

Rick Baldwin (L,2-4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 3.42

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Dave Roberts 6.2 5 3 2 2 3

Jose Sosa 1.2 1 1 1 0 1

Mike Cosgrove 0.1 2 0 0 0 0

Wayne Granger 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Crawford (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Errors: Jerry DaVanon.
WP: Dave Roberts.
2B: Milt May, Cliff Johnson.
3B: Wilbur Howard.
HR: Dave Kingman (25), Cliff Johnson.
Intentional Walks: Jerry DaVanon.
SB: Jose Cruz.

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