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1970 Regular Season Game 130
August 29, 1970
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National League Standings, August 29, 1970

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
3b
Garrett Wayne
Garrett
lf
Jones Cleon
Jones
1b
Clendenon Donn
Clendenon
rf
Singleton Ken
Singleton
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
p
Gentry Gary
Gentry
August 29, 1970, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 9, New York Mets 8

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Tommie Agee cf 5 1 1 0 1 1 .286
Wayne Garrett 3b 4 3 1 1 2 0 .234
Cleon Jones lf 5 0 2 1 1 0 .263
Donn Clendenon 1b 5 1 3 2 1 1 .300
Ken Singleton rf 4 1 1 0 2 0 .280
Ken Boswell 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .255
Jerry Grote c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .260
Bud Harrelson ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 .246
Gary Gentry p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .075
- Ray Sadecki p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .229
- Danny Frisella p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .222
- Dave Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261
- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Astros ab r hbibbso
Jesus Alou lf 5 2 2 0 1 0
Joe Morgan 2b 4 1 4 1 1 0
- Jim Wynn ph 0 1 0 0 1 0
Norm Miller rf 3 2 0 0 2 0
- Bob Watson ph 1 0 1 1 0 0
John Mayberry 1b 5 0 0 0 1 2
Denis Menke 3b 4 1 3 1 2 0
Cesar Cedeno cf 3 1 2 3 1 1
Marty Martinez ss 4 0 0 0 1 0
Johnny Edwards c 4 0 0 0 0 1
- Larry Howard c 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Billingham p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Denny Lemaster p 1 0 1 1 0 0
- Jim Ray p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Cesar Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- George Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Doug Rader ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York Mets 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 12 4
Houston Astros 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 13 3

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Gary Gentry 1.1 4 4 4 3 2 3.54
Ray Sadecki 2.0 4 3 3 2 1 3.96
Danny Frisella 5.2 3 0 0 3 4 3.41
Tug McGraw (L,2-5) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0 4.20
Ron Taylor 0.1 2 0 0 1 0 3.90
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Jack Billingham 2.0 4 5 4 4 3
Denny Lemaster 2.2 4 2 2 0 1
Jim Ray 3.1 0 0 0 3 2
George Culver (W) 2.0 4 1 1 0 0

Errors: Tommie Agee 2 (9), John Mayberry.
PB: Johnny Edwards.
WP: Gary Gentry 2.
2B: Bud Harrelson (16), Ken Boswell (9), Gary Gentry (2), Donn Clendenon (13), Joe Morgan 2.
3B: Denis Menke.
Intentional Walks: Denis Menke 2, Cesar Cedeno, Norm Miller.
SH: Ken Boswell, Cesar Cedeno.
SF: Cesar Cedeno.
SB: Cleon Jones (12).









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