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National League Standings, May 3, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
2b
Garrett Wayne
Garrett
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
rf
Staub Rusty
Staub
lf
Jones Cleon
Jones
3b
Fregosi Jim
Fregosi
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
p
Matlack Jon
Matlack
May 3, 1972, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, CA

New York Mets 8, San Francisco Giants 5

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Bud Harrelson ss 4 2 0 0 1 1 .262
Wayne Garrett 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500
- Ted Martinez pr-2b 4 2 1 1 0 0 .294
Tommie Agee cf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .288
Rusty Staub rf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .305
Cleon Jones lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .340
Jim Fregosi 3b 5 1 3 0 0 2 .268
Ed Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .227
Jerry Grote c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .289
Jon Matlack p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .250
- Chuck Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Giants ab r hbibbso
Chris Speier ss 5 0 2 1 0 1
Tito Fuentes 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Mays cf 3 1 2 0 2 0
Bobby Bonds rf 4 1 1 1 0 0
Dave Kingman 1b 5 1 3 2 0 0
Ken Henderson lf 4 0 0 1 0 1
Al Gallagher 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0
Fran Healy c 3 0 0 0 0 2
- Dave Rader ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ron Bryant p 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Bernie Williams ph 0 1 0 0 1 0
- Don McMahon p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Garry Maddox ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Jerry Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- John Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jim Howarth ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 8 13 0
San Francisco Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 9 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jon Matlack (W,3-0) 7.1 7 4 4 3 5 2.42
Chuck Taylor 1.0 2 1 1 2 0 6.00
Tug McGraw (Save,4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.64
San Francisco Giants ip h rer bbso
Steve Stone (L) 2.0 4 3 3 2 1
Ron Bryant 3.0 5 1 1 1 1
Don McMahon 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Johnson 0.2 4 4 3 1 0
John Morris 1.1 0 0 0 0 2

Errors: Tito Fuentes.
2B: Tommie Agee 2 (5), Ed Kranepool (2), Wayne Garrett (1), Rusty Staub (2), Chris Speier, Jim Howarth.
3B: Ted Martinez (1), Jim Fregosi (2), Dave Kingman.
Intentional Walks: Jerry Grote.
SH: Jon Matlack.
SF: Bobby Bonds.
SB: Dave Kingman.


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