Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 24, 1971 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
July 23, 1971
Astros 5, Mets 1 1971 Regular Season Game 96
July 24, 1971
Mets 9, Astros 3 Next Game:
July 25, 1971
Mets 7, Astros 6

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National League Standings, July 24, 1971

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Ken
Boswell 3b
Wayne
Garrett cf
Tommie
Agee lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Ed
Kranepool rf
Dave
Marshall c
Duffy
Dyer ss
Ted
Martinez p
Jon
Matlack

July 24, 1971, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 9, Houston Astros 3

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Roger Metzger ss 5 1 3 0 0 0

Joe Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0 2 0

Jim Wynn rf 4 0 1 0 1 2

Cesar Cedeno cf 3 1 1 1 0 0

Doug Rader 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1

Denis Menke 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0

Jesus Alou lf 4 0 2 1 0 0

Jack Hiatt c 4 0 1 0 0 1

Bill Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Denny Lemaster p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- JayD Schlueter ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Buddy Harris p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ray Busse ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- George Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Norm Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Fred Gladding p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Ken Boswell 2b 2 3 2 0 2 0 .263

- Tim Foli 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230

Wayne Garrett 3b 5 3 3 2 0 0 .600

Tommie Agee cf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .292

- Don Hahn cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248

Cleon Jones lf 4 0 3 5 1 0 .308

- Ken Singleton lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .273

Dave Marshall rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .243

Duffy Dyer c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .263

Ted Martinez ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .244

Jon Matlack p 2 1 2 0 0 0 .333

- Tug McGraw p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .182

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

Houston Astros 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 10 0

New York Mets 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 x 9 11 1

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Bill Greif (L) 0.0 2 3 3 2 0

Denny Lemaster 4.0 5 3 3 1 0

Buddy Harris 1.0 1 1 1 1 0

George Culver 2.0 3 2 2 1 3

Fred Gladding 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jon Matlack 4.2 6 3 2 4 5 4.42

Tug McGraw (W,7-3) 4.1 4 0 0 0 2 1.99

Errors: Ted Martinez (1).
PB: Jack Hiatt.
WP: Jon Matlack.
2B: Cleon Jones 2 (15), Ed Kranepool (16), Denis Menke.
HBP: Ted Martinez.
SH: Ken Boswell.
SF: Ted Martinez, Cesar Cedeno.
SB: Ken Boswell (2).
CS: Cesar Cedeno.

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