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Dodgers 7, Mets 4 1970 Regular Season Game 27
May 8, 1970
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Mets 14, Giants 5

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Batting Statistics as of May 8, 1970

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP

Agee, Tommie 25 105 16 26 3 0 3 7 11 1 25 0 1 1 6 2 .248 38 .362 .325

Boswell, Ken 18 57 4 17 1 0 2 10 6 2 7 1 1 1 2 0 .298 24 .421 .369

Cardwell, Don 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Clendenon, Donn 19 56 7 13 1 0 3 13 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 .232 23 .411 .259

Dyer, Duffy 15 51 1 10 0 0 0 2 8 3 10 0 0 0 0 1 .196 10 .196 .305

Foy, Joe 24 89 8 18 4 0 1 9 11 2 9 2 1 1 8 2 .202 25 .281 .291

Garrett, Wayne 11 29 2 5 2 1 0 1 8 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 .172 9 .310 .351

Gentry, Gary 6 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .077

Grote, Jerry 12 41 1 6 3 1 0 3 2 2 6 3 0 1 0 0 .146 11 .268 .191

Harrelson, Bud 27 105 21 31 7 4 1 7 17 1 8 0 4 2 9 2 .295 49 .467 .403

Jones, Cleon 25 88 11 16 3 1 0 9 11 0 18 1 0 4 1 1 .182 21 .239 .298

Jorgensen, Mike 19 39 6 7 2 0 2 2 5 0 11 0 1 0 2 0 .179 15 .385 .273

Koonce, Cal 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Koosman, Jerry 6 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 .071 1 .071 .133

Kranepool, Ed 11 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 4 .211 .286

Marshall, Dave 12 21 3 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 .238 10 .476 .238

McAndrew, Jim 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 2 .667 .333

McGraw, Tug 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 .500 .500

Ryan, Nolan 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .077 1 .077 .077

Sadecki, Ray 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Seaver, Tom 8 24 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .208 6 .250 .208

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP

Shamsky, Art 22 71 8 21 5 0 0 7 10 5 7 1 0 2 1 0 .296 26 .366 .393

Swoboda, Ron 23 46 2 11 1 1 0 4 15 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 .239 14 .304 .426

Taylor, Ron 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Weis, Al 11 21 4 4 2 0 0 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 .190 6 .286 .261

Pitching Statistics as of May 8, 1970

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

Cardwell, Don 7 8 0 1 .000 7 7 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 6.75

Gentry, Gary 6 43.2 3 1 .750 28 15 10 36 19 6 0 0 0 2.06

Koonce, Cal 8 13 0 2 .000 13 4 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.77

Koosman, Jerry 6 45 0 2 .000 40 16 13 29 12 6 0 0 0 2.60

McAndrew, Jim 4 12 1 3 .250 16 14 12 3 3 3 0 0 0 9.00

McGraw, Tug 9 12.2 0 1 .000 14 5 3 8 12 0 0 0 3 2.13

Ryan, Nolan 4 33 2 2 .500 14 6 6 33 24 4 3 1 0 1.64

Sadecki, Ray 3 9 0 0 .000 8 4 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 4.00

Seaver, Tom 7 60 6 0 1.000 49 14 14 61 9 7 4 1 0 2.10

Taylor, Ron 11 12.2 1 2 .333 9 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 4 2.84

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