Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 30, 1982 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 29, 1982
Astros 5, Mets 2 1982 Regular Season Game 47
May 30, 1982
Mets 9, Astros 5 Next Game:
May 31, 1982
Mets 10, Braves 4

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National League Standings, May 30, 1982

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson c
John
Stearns lf
George
Foster 1b
Dave
Kingman rf
Ellis
Valentine 3b
Hubie
Brooks 2b
Bob
Bailor ss
Tom
Veryzer p
Mike
Scott

May 30, 1982, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 9, Houston Astros 5

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Terry Puhl rf 5 0 1 2 0 0

Craig Reynolds ss 5 0 0 1 0 0

Ray Knight 3b 4 0 3 0 0 1

- Kiko Garcia pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Cruz lf 4 0 1 0 0 0

- Frank LaCorte p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Danny Heep 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Phil Garner 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1

Tony Scott cf 4 1 1 1 0 1

Alan Ashby c 4 2 2 0 0 1

Bob Knepper p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike LaCoss p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Pittman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- George Cappuzzello p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dickie Thon ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Randy Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Alan Knicely ph-lf 1 1 0 0 1 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .306

John Stearns c 4 2 2 0 0 0 .318

George Foster lf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .245

- Joel Youngblood lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247

Dave Kingman 1b 5 1 0 0 0 1 .218

- Mike Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267

Ellis Valentine rf 3 2 2 2 0 0 .250

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 2 4 1 0 0 .273

Bob Bailor 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .345

Tom Veryzer ss 3 0 1 2 0 0 .364

Mike Scott p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .080

- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

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

Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 11 2

New York Mets 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 9 14 1

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Bob Knepper (L) 0.2 6 4 4 0 1

Mike LaCoss 1.1 2 3 0 0 1

George Cappuzzello 2.0 3 1 1 0 1

Randy Moffitt 2.0 1 0 0 0 0

Frank LaCorte 2.0 2 1 1 0 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Mike Scott (W,4-4) 6.1 9 5 5 1 3 3.95

Neil Allen (Save,13) 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 2.03

Left on base: Astros 6, Mets 7
Errors: Mookie Wilson (1), Tom Veryzer, Craig Reynolds.
WP: Bob Knepper.
2B: Hubie Brooks (8), Alan Ashby, Phil Garner.
3B: Hubie Brooks (2).
HR: George Foster (6).
HBP: John Stearns.
SH: Neil Allen.
SF: Ellis Valentine, Tom Veryzer.
SB: Dave Kingman (2), John Stearns (6), Mookie Wilson (19), Phil Garner.

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