Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 14, 1970 - Box Score

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April 12, 1970
Mets 6, Cardinals 4 1970 Regular Season Game 6
April 14, 1970
Pirates 6, Mets 4 Next Game:
April 16, 1970
Pirates 7, Mets 4

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National League Standings, April 14, 1970

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee ss
Bud
Harrelson 3b
Joe
Foy lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Art
Shamsky rf
Ron
Swoboda 2b
Ken
Boswell c
Jerry
Grote p
Jerry
Koosman

April 14, 1970, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 4

Pirates ab r h bi bb so

Matty Alou cf 5 1 2 1 0 0

Bill Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1

Roberto Clemente rf 4 0 1 2 1 2

Bob Robertson lf 5 1 1 1 0 0

- Jose Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

- Richie Hebner ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Dave Ricketts c 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gene Alley ss 4 1 2 1 0 1

Al Oliver 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0

Jerry May c 3 1 1 0 1 0

- Johnny Jeter pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0

Dock Ellis p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Freddie Patek ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Dave Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Willie Stargell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Chuck Hartenstein p 1 1 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .143

Bud Harrelson ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .261

Joe Foy 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .115

Cleon Jones lf 3 1 1 1 2 0 .435

Art Shamsky 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .368

Ron Swoboda rf 3 1 1 1 2 0 .227

Ken Boswell 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333

- Wayne Garrett 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Jerry Grote c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250

Jerry Koosman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Ed Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Dave Marshall pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Cal Koonce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 6 9 1

New York Mets 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h r er bb so

Dock Ellis 5.0 4 2 2 3 2

Dave Giusti 1.1 1 2 1 3 2

Gene Garber 0.2 1 0 0 1 0

Chuck Hartenstein (W) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 7.0 5 3 3 1 5 2.08

Ron Taylor 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.59

Tug McGraw (L,0-1) 0.0 1 2 0 2 0 0.00

Cal Koonce 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00

Errors: Tug McGraw (1), Bob Robertson.
2B: Bud Harrelson (1), Bill Mazeroski.
3B: Ron Swoboda (1), Jerry Grote (1).
HR: Bob Robertson, Gene Alley.
Intentional Walks: Joe Foy.
HBP: Al Oliver.
CS: Joe Foy (2), Al Oliver.

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