Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 26, 1970 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
August 25, 1970
Braves 7, Mets 6 1970 Regular Season Game 127
August 26, 1970
Braves 9, Mets 7 Next Game:
August 27, 1970
Mets 5, Braves 1

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National League Standings, August 26, 1970

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee 3b
Wayne
Garrett lf
Cleon
Jones rf
Art
Shamsky 1b
Donn
Clendenon 2b
Ken
Boswell ss
Bud
Harrelson c
Duffy
Dyer p
Jerry
Koosman

August 26, 1970, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Atlanta Braves 9, New York Mets 7

Braves ab r h bi bb so

Gil Garrido 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0

Oscar Brown cf 3 1 3 0 1 0

Hank Aaron rf 5 2 2 3 0 2

Orlando Cepeda 1b 5 2 3 2 0 0

Rico Carty lf 4 0 2 0 1 1

- Mike Lum lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clete Boyer 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0

Bob Tillman c 3 2 1 1 2 2

Sonny Jackson ss 4 0 1 0 1 0

Ron Reed p 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Julio Navarro p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Don Cardwell p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Aspromonte ph 0 0 0 1 0 0

- Mike McQueen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Tony Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Priddy p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .287

Wayne Garrett 3b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .232

Cleon Jones lf 5 2 3 0 0 1 .261

Art Shamsky rf 4 2 3 2 0 0 .298

- Ron Swoboda rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241

Donn Clendenon 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .295

Ken Boswell 2b 5 0 3 2 0 1 .259

Bud Harrelson ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .248

Duffy Dyer c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .206

Jerry Koosman p 3 0 1 1 0 2 .109

- Danny Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286

- Ray Sadecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235

- Gary Gentry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .058

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Atlanta Braves 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 9 16 2

New York Mets 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 16 0

Atlanta Braves ip h r er bb so

Ron Reed 2.2 9 5 4 0 1

Julio Navarro 1.2 5 2 2 0 1

Don Cardwell 1.2 1 0 0 1 2

Mike McQueen 1.0 0 0 0 0 2

Bob Priddy (W) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 7.0 10 5 5 3 3 3.13

Danny Frisella 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 4.02

Ray Sadecki 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 3.80

Gary Gentry (L,9-7) 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 3.35

Tug McGraw 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 3.99

Errors: Oscar Brown.
WP: Jerry Koosman.
2B: Ken Boswell 2 (8), Cleon Jones (17).
3B: Oscar Brown.
HR: Art Shamsky (8), Wayne Garrett (11), Orlando Cepeda, Clete Boyer, Hank Aaron, Bob Tillman.
SH: Ray Sadecki, Oscar Brown.
SF: Bob Aspromonte.
SB: Duffy Dyer (1).
CS: Oscar Brown.

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