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1981 Regular Season Game 48
June 6, 1981
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National League Standings, June 6, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
3b
Cubbage Mike
Cubbage
c
Stearns John
Stearns
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Zachry Pat
Zachry
June 6, 1981, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .282
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241
Joel Youngblood rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .359
- Mike Jorgensen ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .232
Dave Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .215
Mike Cubbage 3b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .214
John Stearns c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .272
Lee Mazzilli lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .217
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .253
Pat Zachry p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238
- Dyar Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .438
- Craig Swan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Wally Backman ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
- Tom Hausman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Astros ab r hbibbso
Terry Puhl cf 4 0 2 0 1 0
Craig Reynolds ss 4 1 0 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno 1b 5 2 2 0 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 4 2 3 2 0 0
Art Howe 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1
Denny Walling rf 3 0 1 2 1 0
Alan Ashby c 4 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Pittman 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0
Vern Ruhle p 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Rafael Landestoy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pat Zachry (L,5-6) 3.1 10 6 6 4 0 4.32
Dyar Miller 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 3.07
Craig Swan 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2.89
Tom Hausman 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Vern Ruhle (W) 5.0 6 2 1 2 2
Dave Smith (Save) 4.0 1 0 0 1 3

Left on base: Mets 5, Astros 9
Errors: Frank Taveras 2 (15), Alan Ashby.
2B: Joel Youngblood (9), Cesar Cedeno.
HR: Jose Cruz.
Intentional Walks: Joe Pittman.
SH: Wally Backman, Craig Reynolds, Vern Ruhle.
CS: Mookie Wilson (4).


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