Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 26, 1980 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 25, 1980
Astros 7, Mets 4 1980 Regular Season Game 14
April 26, 1980
Astros 6, Mets 0 Next Game:
April 27, 1980
Astros 4, Mets 3

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National League Standings, April 26, 1980

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras c
John
Stearns 1b
Lee
Mazzilli rf
Joel
Youngblood lf
Mike
Jorgensen cf
Jerry
Morales 3b
Elliott
Maddox 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Craig
Swan

April 26, 1980, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 2 1 .224

John Stearns c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .296

Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .250

Joel Youngblood rf-cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .318

Mike Jorgensen lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300

Jerry Morales cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .239

- Kevin Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Elliott Maddox 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .357

Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .231

Craig Swan p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400

- Phil Mankowski ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222

- Jeff Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Alex Trevino ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dan Norman rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Jeffrey Leonard rf 5 1 1 0 0 2

Craig Reynolds ss 3 1 0 0 0 0

Denny Walling 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0

Joe Morgan 2b 3 1 1 1 0 1

- Rafael Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Cruz lf 3 2 1 1 1 0

Enos Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1

- Julio Gonzalez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cesar Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0

Luis Pujols c 3 0 1 2 1 0

Joe Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 2

- Frank LaCorte p 1 0 1 1 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 x 6 9 3

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan 4.0 1 0 0 0 3 3.00

Jeff Reardon 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.86

Ed Glynn (L,0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 7.36

Neil Allen 1.0 4 3 3 0 2 8.31

Kevin Kobel 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 8.22

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Joe Niekro (W) 7.2 4 0 0 6 4

Frank LaCorte (Save) 1.1 1 0 0 2 0

Left on base: Mets 12, Astros 7
Errors: Lee Mazzilli (2), Elliott Maddox, Neil Allen.
2B: Joel Youngblood (4).
3B: Joe Morgan.
Intentional Walks: Luis Pujols.
SH: Craig Reynolds, Joe Niekro, Joe Morgan.
SF: Denny Walling.
SB: Frank Taveras (3).

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