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1981 Regular Season Game 73
August 31, 1981
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National League Standings, August 31, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
lf
Jorgensen Mike
Jorgensen
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Zachry Pat
Zachry
August 31, 1981, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 1

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lee Mazzilli cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .221
Frank Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .304
Dave Kingman 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .222
Mike Jorgensen lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244
Ellis Valentine rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .186
John Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262
Doug Flynn 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .220
- Mookie Wilson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .291
Pat Zachry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .194
- Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224
- Ray Searage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Astros ab r hbibbso
Tony Scott cf 5 2 3 1 0 0
Craig Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0 0 0
Denny Walling rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 4 1 1 1 0 0
Harry Spilman 1b 4 1 0 0 0 1
Art Howe 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0
Alan Ashby c 4 1 2 0 0 1
Joe Pittman 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1
Don Sutton p 3 0 0 1 1 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
Houston Astros 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 x 6 8 3

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pat Zachry (L,6-10) 6.0 5 4 1 1 3 3.79
Ray Searage 2.0 3 2 2 2 1 5.52
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Don Sutton (W) 9.0 9 1 1 1 8

Left on base: Mets 7, Astros 8
Errors: Dave Kingman 2 (13), Doug Flynn.
2B: Dave Kingman (8), Hubie Brooks (15), Alan Ashby, Jose Cruz, Craig Reynolds.
HR: Lee Mazzilli (4).
Intentional Walks: Joe Pittman.
SH: Doug Flynn, Craig Reynolds 2.


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