Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 4, 1975 - Box Score

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Mets 4, Cubs 0 1975 Regular Season Game 75
July 4, 1975
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July 5, 1975
Phillies 8, Mets 2

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National League Standings, July 4, 1975

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Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Mike
Phillips 2b
Felix
Millan 3b
Joe
Torre rf
Rusty
Staub 1b
John
Milner lf
Dave
Kingman cf
Del
Unser c
John
Stearns p
Tom
Seaver

July 4, 1975, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mike Phillips ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247

- Jerry Grote ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .288

- Jack Heidemann ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224

Felix Millan 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .278

Joe Torre 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .281

- Wayne Garrett 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274

Rusty Staub rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264

John Milner 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .217

Dave Kingman lf 4 1 3 2 0 1 .232

Del Unser cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .296

- Cleon Jones ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .300

- Gene Clines pr-cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .188

John Stearns c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Tom Seaver p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .204

- Jesus Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286

- Rick Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

Phillies ab r h bi bb so

Dave Cash 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0

Larry Bowa ss 4 0 2 0 0 0

Jay Johnstone rf 4 0 1 1 0 0

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Greg Luzinski lf 3 0 1 0 1 2

- Jerry Martin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dick Allen 1b 3 1 0 0 1 2

Mike Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1

Johnny Oates c 4 0 0 0 0 1

Garry Maddox cf 3 1 0 0 0 0

- Ollie Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Larry Christenson p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Tom Hilgendorf p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Tom Hutton ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Mike Anderson rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 11 1

Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Tom Seaver (W,12-4) 8.0 8 3 2 2 8 1.85

Rick Baldwin (Save,4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.14

Philadelphia Phillies ip h r er bb so

Larry Christenson 3.1 4 1 1 1 2

Tom Hilgendorf 3.2 2 0 0 0 2

Tug McGraw (L) 1.2 5 3 3 0 1

Gene Garber 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Errors: Joe Torre (7), Greg Luzinski.
WP: Tom Seaver.
2B: Felix Millan (18), Dave Kingman (7), Dave Cash.
3B: Larry Bowa.
HR: Jerry Grote (2), Dave Kingman (12).
SH: Mike Phillips, John Stearns.
SB: Mike Schmidt.
CS: Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski.

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