Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 26, 1981 - Box Score

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August 25, 1981
Mets 2, Astros 1 1981 Regular Season Game 68
August 26, 1981
Astros 9, Mets 3 Next Game:
August 27, 1981
Mets 3, Astros 2

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National League Standings, August 26, 1981

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson ss
Frank
Taveras 3b
Hubie
Brooks 1b
Dave
Kingman rf
Ellis
Valentine lf
Lee
Mazzilli c
John
Stearns 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Pat
Zachry

August 26, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 9, New York Mets 3

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Tony Scott cf 5 1 2 1 0 0

Craig Reynolds ss 4 1 0 0 1 0

Denny Walling rf 4 3 2 0 1 1

Jose Cruz lf 4 1 2 1 0 1

Cesar Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1

Art Howe 3b 4 1 2 5 0 0

Alan Ashby c 3 1 1 1 2 0

Joe Pittman 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Don Sutton p 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Terry Puhl ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Vern Ruhle p 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Dave Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .304

Frank Taveras ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .229

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .297

Dave Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226

Ellis Valentine rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .179

Lee Mazzilli lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .209

John Stearns c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .277

Doug Flynn 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .211

Pat Zachry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207

- Ron Hodges ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .292

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .239

- Dyar Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Ray Searage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241

- Dan Boitano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Houston Astros 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 9 11 1

New York Mets 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Don Sutton (W) 5.0 6 3 3 1 4

Vern Ruhle 2.0 1 0 0 0 1

Dave Smith 2.0 0 0 0 0 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Pat Zachry (L,6-9) 3.0 4 4 4 4 3 3.92

Terry Leach 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1.35

Dyar Miller 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 3.41

Ray Searage 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 5.25

Dan Boitano 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.52

Left on base: Astros 8, Mets 3
Errors: Dave Kingman (10).
2B: Art Howe 2, Tony Scott.
SH: Joe Pittman.
SF: John Stearns, Frank Taveras, Jose Cruz, Art Howe.
SB: Denny Walling, Tony Scott.
CS: Frank Taveras (2).

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