Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 8, 1970 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 7, 1970
Mets 5, Expos 1 1970 Regular Season Game 140
September 8, 1970
Mets 10, Expos 5 Next Game:
September 9, 1970
Phillies 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, September 8, 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 c
Jerry
Grote ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Gary
Gentry

September 8, 1970, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 10, Montreal Expos 5

Expos ab r h bi bb so

Mack Jones lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Don Hahn ph-lf 2 1 1 0 0 0

Boots Day cf 2 0 1 0 0 0

- Adolfo Phillips ph-cf 3 1 1 0 0 1

Rusty Staub rf 4 0 0 0 1 1

Bob Bailey 3b 5 1 1 3 0 3

Jim Gosger 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0

- John Boccabella ph-1b 2 0 1 0 1 1

John Bateman c 5 1 1 0 0 2

Marv Staehle 2b 2 1 2 0 0 0

- Gary Sutherland ph-2b 3 0 1 0 0 0

Bobby Wine ss 4 0 1 0 0 0

Steve Renko p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Jim Fairey ph 1 0 1 2 0 0

- John Strohmayer p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Clyde Mashore ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Wegener p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Coco Laboy ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Claude Raymond p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Howie Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 6 0 0 0 0 4 .283

Wayne Garrett 3b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .247

Cleon Jones lf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .277

Art Shamsky rf 1 1 1 0 4 0 .304

- Rod Gaspar pr-rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000

Donn Clendenon 1b 3 1 0 1 1 1 .298

- Mike Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203

Ken Boswell 2b 5 1 2 3 0 0 .251

Jerry Grote c 4 1 2 1 1 0 .261

Bud Harrelson ss 1 1 1 1 3 0 .240

Gary Gentry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .071

- Tug McGraw p 3 0 1 3 0 1 .400

- Ron Herbel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Montreal Expos 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 11 1

New York Mets 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 x 10 11 1

Montreal Expos ip h r er bb so

Steve Renko (L) 3.0 5 4 3 3 4

John Strohmayer 2.0 1 0 0 3 4

Mike Wegener 2.0 1 0 0 2 0

Claude Raymond 0.2 4 6 6 3 0

Howie Reed 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Gary Gentry 3.1 6 2 2 2 3 3.65

Tug McGraw (W,3-5) 5.0 4 3 2 1 6 3.89

Ron Herbel (Save,1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0.00

Errors: Wayne Garrett (5), Jim Gosger.
PB: Jerry Grote.
2B: Cleon Jones 2 (22), Bud Harrelson (17), Ken Boswell (11), Don Hahn.
3B: Cleon Jones (6).
HR: Bob Bailey.
Intentional Walks: Art Shamsky 2.
HBP: Mack Jones 2.
SF: Bud Harrelson, Donn Clendenon.
SB: Bud Harrelson (20).

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