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1981 Regular Season Game 69
August 27, 1981
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National League Standings, August 27, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Falcone Pete
Falcone
August 27, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 3, Houston Astros 2

Astros ab r hbibbso
Tony Scott cf 4 1 2 1 1 1
Kiko Garcia ss 4 0 1 1 0 1
- Harry Spilman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cesar Cedeno 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1
Jose Cruz lf 3 0 1 0 1 0
Art Howe 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0
Gary Woods rf 3 0 0 0 0 0
- Denny Walling ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Pujols c 4 0 0 0 0 0
- Frank LaCorte p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Pittman 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0
Joe Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Joe Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Alan Ashby c 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Dickie Thon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .298
Frank Taveras ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 .234
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .301
Dave Kingman 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .224
- Bob Bailor 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Ellis Valentine rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .185
Lee Mazzilli lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .211
John Stearns c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273
- Mike Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Doug Flynn 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .209
- Mike Jorgensen ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238
Pete Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Alex Trevino c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .279

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

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Joe Niekro 7.1 5 2 2 1 4
Joe Sambito (L) 0.1 2 1 1 0 1
Frank LaCorte 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pete Falcone 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 2.84
Mike Marshall (W,2-0) 1.1 3 0 0 1 0 4.05
Neil Allen (Save,12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 2.49

Left on base: Astros 10, Mets 4
WP: Joe Niekro.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (8), Hubie Brooks (13), Jose Cruz, Joe Pittman.
Intentional Walks: Art Howe, Tony Scott.
SH: Joe Niekro.
SB: Alex Trevino (2).
CS: Ellis Valentine (2).





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