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1972 Regular Season Game 2
April 16, 1972
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National League Standings, April 16, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
rf
Staub Rusty
Staub
lf
Jones Cleon
Jones
3b
Fregosi Jim
Fregosi
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
p
Gentry Gary
Gentry
April 16, 1972, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Pittsburgh Pirates 2, New York Mets 0

Pirates ab r hbibbso
Rennie Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0
Al Oliver cf 4 1 1 0 0 0
Roberto Clemente rf 3 0 0 0 1 0
Willie Stargell lf 4 0 2 2 0 1
- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ramon Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Manny Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Jackie Hernandez ss 4 0 1 0 0 1
Steve Blass p 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Gene Clines ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .143
Ken Boswell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .125
Tommie Agee cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .167
Rusty Staub rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Cleon Jones lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .429
Jim Fregosi 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Ed Kranepool 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Jerry Grote c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gary Gentry p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- John Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- Jon Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dave Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Chuck Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

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

Pittsburgh Pirates ip h rer bbso
Steve Blass (W) 7.0 2 0 0 0 5
Bob Miller 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Ramon Hernandez (Save) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Gary Gentry (L,0-1) 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 1.50
Jon Matlack 2.0 2 1 1 1 3 4.50
Chuck Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Errors: Ed Kranepool (1), Jackie Hernandez.
3B: Al Oliver.
Intentional Walks: Roberto Clemente.
SH: Ed Kranepool.


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