Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 30, 1969 - Box Score

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July 30, 1969
Astros 16, Mets 3 1969 Regular Season Game 98
July 30, 1969
Astros 11, Mets 5 Next Game:
July 31, 1969
Astros 2, Mets 0

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National League Standings, July 30, 1969

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee 2b
Ken
Boswell lf
Cleon
Jones rf
Art
Shamsky 3b
Wayne
Garrett 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
Jerry
Grote ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Gary
Gentry

July 30, 1969, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 11, New York Mets 5

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Sandy Valdespino lf 5 1 2 0 0 1

Joe Morgan 2b 3 1 1 1 1 2

Jim Wynn cf 4 1 1 1 0 1

- Gary Geiger cf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Norm Miller rf 4 1 0 0 1 2

Denis Menke ss 2 1 0 1 3 1

Curt Blefary 1b 4 1 1 3 0 2

Doug Rader 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1

Johnny Edwards c 4 2 2 1 0 0

Larry Dierker p 4 2 2 2 0 2

- Fred Gladding p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .274

Ken Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246

- Jack DiLauro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Ed Charles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Cleon Jones lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .346

- Ron Swoboda lf-rf 3 2 2 0 1 0 .244

Art Shamsky rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Donn Clendenon 1b 4 1 1 0 0 3 .260

Wayne Garrett 3b-2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .252

Ed Kranepool 1b-lf 4 1 3 4 0 1 .240

Jerry Grote c 4 0 2 0 0 2 .221

Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252

Gary Gentry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111

- Nolan Ryan p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .056

- Bobby Pfeil ph-3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .246

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

Houston Astros 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 10 1

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 13 1

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Larry Dierker (W) 8.0 12 5 4 1 9

Fred Gladding (Save) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Gary Gentry (L,9-9) 2.2 5 8 8 3 4 3.71

Nolan Ryan 4.1 4 3 3 2 7 3.98

Jack DiLauro 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2.49

Errors: Ken Boswell (13), Johnny Edwards.
WP: Gary Gentry.
2B: Ed Kranepool (9), Cleon Jones (17), Larry Dierker, Johnny Edwards.
3B: Curt Blefary.
HR: Ed Kranepool (9), Larry Dierker.
SH: Gary Geiger.
SF: Joe Morgan.
SB: Jim Wynn.

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