New York Mets (9) Houston Astros (4)

| 1971

Date of Game: Thursday, July 15, 1971
Stadium: Astrodome

New York Mets (NL)	Houston Astros (NL)
Record: 47-40	Record: 42-43
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Attendance: 20,412 Time of Game: 2:33

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Cleon Jones HR in 7th inning (44.38)

Johnny Edwards 3B in 2nd inning (13.13)

Jerry Grote 1B in 6th inning (12.61)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Mets	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	0	9	13	0
Houston Astros	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3

New York Mets Batting Stats

New York Mets	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Ted Martinez	ss	23.218	5	0	1	0	0	2	.235	8	12	0	2	3
Ken Boswell	2b	25.142	5	1	1	1	0	0	.234	69	362	1	17	1
Tommie Agee	cf	28.340	5	1	3	2	0	0	.292	63	854	8	30	15
Cleon Jones	lf	28.345	4	2	1	2	1	1	.311	71	793	8	34	6
Ed Kranepool	1b	26.249	5	1	1	0	0	0	.281	65	995	7	30	0
Ken Singleton	rf	24.035	5	2	3	1	0	2	.257	54	123	5	20	0
Bob Aspromonte	3b	33.026	4	0	2	1	0	0	.243	70	1277	5	26	0
Tim Foli	pr-3b	20.219	1	0	0	0	0	0	.232	62	67	0	13	5
Jerry Grote	c	28.282	4	1	1	1	0	0	.295	76	782	2	24	1
Mike Jorgensen	ph	22.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	21	105	3	4	1
Ray Sadecki	p	30.201	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	17	373	0	0	0
Dave Marshall	ph	28.182	1	0	0	0	0	1	.237	57	336	3	16	2
Tug McGraw	p	26.319	2	1	0	1	0	1	.222	31	186	0	1	0
Totals:			42	9	13	9	1	7	.310	664	6265

Houston Astros Batting Stats

Houston Astros	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Roger Metzger	ss	23.279	3	1	1	1	0	1	.212	87	88	0	16	7
Joe Morgan	2b	27.300	4	1	1	1	0	2	.260	86	812	6	33	18
Cesar Cedeno	cf	20.140	4	0	1	1	0	3	.249	86	176	6	40	5
Bob Watson	lf	25.096	4	0	0	0	0	1	.285	81	248	5	37	0
Doug Rader	3b	26.350	3	0	0	0	1	1	.234	83	524	4	28	3
Jimmy Wynn	rf	29.125	4	0	1	0	0	0	.221	67	1064	4	31	8
Denis Menke	1b	30.359	3	1	1	0	1	1	.248	81	1181	1	25	3
Johnny Edwards	c	33.035	3	1	1	1	0	1	.243	64	1190	1	19	1
Jack Hiatt	ph	28.353	1	0	0	0	0	0	.311	40	422	0	14	0
Ken Forsch	p	24.310	2	0	0	0	0	2	.042	18	22	0	0	0
Jim Ray	p	26.226	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	22	150	0	1	0
Jesus Alou	ph	29.113	1	0	0	0	0	0	.312	62	927	0	17	3
George Culver	p	28.007	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	213	0	0	0
Fred Gladding	p	35.017	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	27	370	0	0	0
Buddy Harris	p	22.222	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7	9	0	0	0
Totals:			32	4	6	4	2	12	.188	846	7396

Game Stats

2B: Ken Boswell (14), Joe Morgan (16), Ken Singleton (2), Jimmy Wynn (10)
3B: Johnny Edwards (4), Roger Metzger (7)
HR: Cleon Jones (8)
RBIs: Tommie Agee 2 (30), Bob Aspromonte (26), Ken Boswell (17), Cesar Cedeno (40), Johnny Edwards (19), Jerry Grote (24), Cleon Jones 2 (34), Tug McGraw (1), Roger Metzger (16), Joe Morgan (33), Ken Singleton (20)
SB: Tommie Agee (15)
SH: Roger Metzger (4)
GDP: Ken Boswell (8)

New York Mets Pitching Stats

New York Mets	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Gary Gentry	24.282	2	5	4	4	0	3	0	3.37	1.25	0	0	0	20	87
Ray Sadecki	30.201	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.77	1.18	0	0	0	17	366
Tug McGraw (W 6-3)	26.319	6	1	0	0	2	8	0	1.89	1.03	0	0	0	31	186
Pitching Totals:		9	6	4	4	2	12	0			0	0	0	68	639

Houston Astros Pitching Stats

Houston Astros	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Ken Forsch (L 5-2)	24.310	6.2	9	5	5	1	5	1	2.22	1.08	0	0	0	18	22
Jim Ray	26.226	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	1.06	0	0	0	22	152
George Culver	28.007	0.2	3	4	1	0	1	0	2.30	1.28	0	0	0	35	210
Fred Gladding	35.017	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	1.42	0	0	0	27	370
Buddy Harris	22.222	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.50	1.42	0	0	0	7	9
Pitching Totals:		9	13	9	6	1	7	1			0	0	0	109	763

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Gary Gentry 0-0-0; Ray Sadecki 0-0-0; Tug McGraw 0-0-0; Ken Forsch 0-0-0; Jim Ray 0-0-0; George Culver 0-0-0; Fred Gladding 0-0-0; Buddy Harris 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Gary Gentry 11; Ray Sadecki 3; Tug McGraw 21; Ken Forsch 31; Jim Ray 1; George Culver 6; Fred Gladding 2; Buddy Harris 3;
Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 20,412
Umpires: Home: Al Barlick 1B Paul Pryor 2B John Kibler 3B Bruce Froemming

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