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1971 Regular Season Game 87
July 15, 1971
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National League Standings, July 15, 1971

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Martinez Ted
Martinez
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
lf
Jones Cleon
Jones
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
rf
Singleton Ken
Singleton
3b
Aspromonte Bob
Aspromonte
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
p
Gentry Gary
Gentry
July 15, 1971, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 9, Houston Astros 4

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Ted Martinez ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .235
Ken Boswell 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .235
Tommie Agee cf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .292
Cleon Jones lf 4 2 1 2 1 1 .311
Ed Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .281
Ken Singleton rf 5 2 3 1 0 2 .257
Bob Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .243
- Tim Foli 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Jerry Grote c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .295
Gary Gentry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .079
- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
- Dave Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .237
- Tug McGraw p 2 1 0 1 0 1 .222
Astros ab r hbibbso
Roger Metzger ss 3 1 1 1 0 1
Joe Morgan 2b 4 1 1 1 0 2
Cesar Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1 0 3
Bob Watson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Rader 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1
Jim Wynn rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Denis Menke 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1
Johnny Edwards c 3 1 1 1 0 1
- Jack Hiatt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Jim Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jesus Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- George Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Fred Gladding p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Buddy Harris p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Gary Gentry 2.0 5 4 4 0 3 3.38
Ray Sadecki 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2.78
Tug McGraw (W,6-3) 6.0 1 0 0 2 8 1.90
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Ken Forsch (L) 6.2 9 5 5 1 5
Jim Ray 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
George Culver 0.2 3 4 1 0 1
Fred Gladding 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Buddy Harris 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Roger Metzger.
2B: Ken Boswell (14), Ken Singleton (2), Joe Morgan, Jim Wynn.
3B: Roger Metzger, Johnny Edwards.
HR: Cleon Jones (8).
Intentional Walks: Denis Menke.
SH: Roger Metzger.
SB: Tommie Agee (15).


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