Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 8, 1974 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
June 7, 1974
Astros 1, Mets 0 1974 Regular Season Game 54
June 8, 1974
Mets 6, Astros 5 Next Game:
June 9, 1974
Astros 11, Mets 1

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National League Standings, June 8, 1974

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Bud
Harrelson 2b
Felix
Millan lf
George
Theodore rf
Rusty
Staub 1b
John
Milner cf
Don
Hahn c
Duffy
Dyer 3b
Wayne
Garrett p
Jon
Matlack

June 8, 1974, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bud Harrelson ss 7 0 2 0 0 0 .253

Felix Millan 2b 7 0 1 0 0 0 .275

George Theodore lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217

- Dave Schneck lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .254

Rusty Staub rf 5 1 1 0 2 1 .261

John Milner 1b 6 3 3 0 1 0 .267

Don Hahn cf 5 1 3 1 2 0 .352

Duffy Dyer c 2 0 0 0 3 0 .118

- Ted Martinez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182

- Bob Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .357

- Ray Sadecki p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333

Wayne Garrett 3b 6 1 2 2 1 0 .170

Jon Matlack p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .167

- Bob Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Ken Boswell ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Jerry Grote ph-c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Greg Gross rf 4 1 2 1 3 0

Roger Metzger ss 6 1 1 0 0 0

Cesar Cedeno cf 5 0 0 1 1 0

Bob Watson lf-1b 6 0 1 0 1 0

Lee May 1b 6 0 2 1 0 0

- Larry Milbourne pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0

- Mike Easler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Cliff Johnson c 4 1 2 1 2 1

Doug Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 2 2

Tommy Helms 2b 6 0 1 0 0 0

Dave Roberts p 2 1 1 0 0 0

- Ollie Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Fred Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Milt May ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bob Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Denis Menke ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim York p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E

New York Mets 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 14 1

Houston Astros 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jon Matlack 7.2 7 4 4 5 1 2.71

Bob Miller 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 3.52

Bob Apodaca 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 5.34

Ray Sadecki (W,4-2) 3.0 2 1 0 1 1 5.61

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Dave Roberts 7.0 7 3 3 5 2

Fred Scherman 2.0 2 1 1 2 0

Ken Forsch 0.1 1 0 0 1 0

Mike Cosgrove 1.2 0 0 0 0 0

Jerry Johnson 2.0 2 1 1 0 0

Jim York (L) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0

Errors: Ray Sadecki (1), Roger Metzger.
PB: Duffy Dyer.
2B: Wayne Garrett (8), Don Hahn (4), John Milner (6), Roger Metzger, Lee May.
3B: Dave Roberts.
HR: Cliff Johnson.
Intentional Walks: Duffy Dyer, Don Hahn, Cesar Cedeno, Doug Rader.
HBP: George Theodore.
SH: Roger Metzger.
SF: Jon Matlack, Cesar Cedeno.
SB: Bud Harrelson (5), John Milner (3).
CS: Greg Gross.

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