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1972 Regular Season Game 115
August 23, 1972
Astros 7, Mets 4
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National League Standings, August 23, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Barnes Lute
Barnes
3b
Garrett Wayne
Garrett
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
lf
Milner John
Milner
rf
Marshall Dave
Marshall
c
Dyer Duffy
Dyer
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
p
Koosman Jerry
Koosman
August 23, 1972, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 7, New York Mets 4

Astros ab r hbibbso
Roger Metzger ss 4 0 1 1 1 1
Cesar Cedeno cf 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Wynn rf 3 2 1 0 1 1
Bob Watson 1b 4 2 2 0 0 0
Doug Rader 3b 3 1 2 2 0 0
Tommy Helms 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1
Jesus Alou lf 4 1 2 1 0 0
Larry Howard c 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Bob Stinson ph-c 2 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Dierker p 4 0 0 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lute Barnes ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .333
Wayne Garrett 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .215
Tommie Agee cf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .247
Ed Kranepool 1b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .256
John Milner lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Dave Marshall rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .234
Duffy Dyer c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .235
Ken Boswell 2b 4 1 2 0 0 2 .175
Jerry Koosman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .081
- Gary Gentry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
- Dave Schneck ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .185
- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
- Jim Beauchamp ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .233
- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

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

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Larry Dierker (W) 9.0 6 4 4 4 9
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jerry Koosman (L,8-10) 3.0 6 5 5 1 4 4.36
Gary Gentry 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 3.86
Ray Sadecki 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 2.55
Tug McGraw 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.82

WP: Gary Gentry.
2B: Ken Boswell (5), Jesus Alou, Doug Rader.
HR: Ed Kranepool (7).
HBP: Tommie Agee.
SF: Doug Rader, Bob Stinson.
SB: Dave Marshall (1), Doug Rader.


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