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1976 Regular Season Game 90
July 16, 1976
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National League Standings, July 16, 1976

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Mets Starting Lineup
3b
Garrett Wayne
Garrett
2b
Millan Felix
Millan
lf
Boisclair Bruce
Boisclair
rf
Kingman Dave
Kingman
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
cf
Unser Del
Unser
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
p
Matlack Jon
Matlack
July 16, 1976, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 3

Astros ab r hbibbso
Rob Andrews 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Watson 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0
Leon Roberts rf-lf 4 1 1 0 0 0
Cliff Johnson lf 3 0 0 0 0 1
- Wilbur Howard rf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Herrmann c 4 0 2 0 0 0
Roger Metzger ss 4 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Gene Pentz p 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Wayne Garrett 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .225
- Roy Staiger ph-3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .202
Felix Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .252
Bruce Boisclair lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .305
Dave Kingman rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .234
Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .280
Del Unser cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .233
Jerry Grote c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .225
Jon Matlack p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .157
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
- Mike Vail ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250
- Bob Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
- Joe Torre ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .298

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1
New York Mets 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 9 2

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Larry Dierker (W) 5.2 7 2 2 2 3
Gene Pentz (Save) 3.1 2 1 0 0 3
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jon Matlack (L,10-3) 6.0 8 4 2 0 2 2.66
Skip Lockwood 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2.10
Bob Apodaca 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 2.54

Errors: Wayne Garrett (8), Rob Andrews.
WP: Larry Dierker.
HR: Bob Watson.
SB: Wayne Garrett (7), Cesar Cedeno 2.
CS: Enos Cabell.


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