Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 22, 1980 - Box Score

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May 21, 1980
Mets 5, Astros 1 1980 Regular Season Game 34
May 22, 1980
Astros 8, Mets 5 Next Game:
May 23, 1980
Mets 2, Braves 1

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National League Standings, May 22, 1980

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

1b
Lee
Mazzilli ss
Frank
Taveras rf
Mike
Jorgensen c
John
Stearns cf
Jerry
Morales lf
Steve
Henderson 3b
Elliott
Maddox 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Mark
Bomback

May 22, 1980, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 8, New York Mets 5

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Rafael Landestoy 2b 6 1 3 0 0 1

Craig Reynolds ss 5 1 2 1 0 0

Terry Puhl rf 4 0 0 0 1 0

Jose Cruz lf 5 0 2 0 0 1

Jeffrey Leonard 1b 5 2 1 0 0 1

- Dave Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Enos Cabell 3b 3 3 3 1 0 0

- Julio Gonzalez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0

Cesar Cedeno cf 5 1 2 2 0 1

Alan Ashby c 4 0 2 2 0 0

- Luis Pujols c 1 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Niekro p 4 0 2 1 0 1

- Frank LaCorte p 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .263

- Mario Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Frank Taveras ss 5 1 4 0 0 0 .286

Mike Jorgensen rf-cf-1b 5 2 2 2 0 0 .284

John Stearns c 5 0 2 0 0 0 .301

Jerry Morales cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .179

- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .158

Steve Henderson lf 4 1 3 1 0 1 .319

Elliott Maddox 3b-cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .263

Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .194

Mark Bomback p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

- Kevin Kobel p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dan Norman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242

- Tom Hausman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Pacella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Jose Cardenal ph-rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .227

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

Houston Astros 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 8 17 2

New York Mets 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 13 1

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Joe Niekro (W) 6.2 11 5 4 3 3

Frank LaCorte (Save) 2.1 2 0 0 1 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mark Bomback 1.1 5 1 1 0 0 4.83

Kevin Kobel (L,0-4) 3.2 6 4 4 0 0 7.45

Tom Hausman 1.0 5 3 2 0 1 5.09

John Pacella 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.60

Ed Glynn 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 3.46

Left on base: Astros 11, Mets 9
Errors: Elliott Maddox (4), Frank Taveras, Julio Gonzalez.
PB: Alan Ashby.
WP: Joe Niekro 2.
2B: Mike Jorgensen 2 (4), Steve Henderson (5), Jeffrey Leonard, Joe Niekro.
3B: Steve Henderson (2).
HR: Cesar Cedeno, Craig Reynolds.
HBP: Enos Cabell.
SB: Jeffrey Leonard, Rafael Landestoy.
CS: Frank Taveras (2), Rafael Landestoy.

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