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National League Standings, July 17, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup
2b
Linz Phil
Linz
3b
Collins Kevin
Collins
cf
Jones Cleon
Jones
c
Martin J.C.
Martin
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
lf
Shamsky Art
Shamsky
rf
Swoboda Ron
Swoboda
ss
Weis Al
Weis
p
Koosman Jerry
Koosman
July 17, 1968, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, New York Mets 2

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Phil Linz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .222
Kevin Collins 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .227
- Bill Short p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cleon Jones cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .281
J.C. Martin c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .238
Ed Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .259
Art Shamsky lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226
Ron Swoboda rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240
Al Weis ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .192
Jerry Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .078
- Danny Frisella p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083
- Ed Charles ph-3b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .308
Pirates ab r hbibbso
Maury Wills 3b 5 3 3 0 0 0
Gene Alley ss 4 1 1 2 1 0
Roberto Clemente rf 5 1 2 1 0 0
- Matty Alou cf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Stargell lf 4 2 2 2 1 1
- Bill Virdon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1b 5 1 3 1 0 1
Manny Mota cf-lf 4 0 3 1 0 0
Bill Mazeroski 2b 5 0 1 1 0 2
Jerry May c 2 0 0 0 2 1
Steve Blass p 4 0 0 0 0 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 x 8 15 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Jerry Koosman (L,12-5) 2.0 7 4 3 0 2 1.98
Danny Frisella 5.0 5 1 1 3 4 3.91
Bill Short 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 5.51
Pittsburgh Pirates ip h rer bbso
Steve Blass (W) 9.0 8 2 2 1 5

Errors: Cleon Jones (4), Manny Mota.
PB: J.C. Martin.
WP: Danny Frisella.
2B: Cleon Jones (19), Maury Wills, Roberto Clemente.
3B: Maury Wills.
HR: Willie Stargell.
SH: Jerry Koosman, Manny Mota.
SF: Kevin Collins.
CS: Ed Kranepool (2).









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