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August 26, 1981
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National League Standings, August 26, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Zachry Pat
Zachry
August 26, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 9, New York Mets 3

Astros ab r hbibbso
Tony Scott cf 5 1 2 1 0 0
Craig Reynolds ss 4 1 0 0 1 0
Denny Walling rf 4 3 2 0 1 1
Jose Cruz lf 4 1 2 1 0 1
Cesar Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1
Art Howe 3b 4 1 2 5 0 0
Alan Ashby c 3 1 1 1 2 0
Joe Pittman 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Don Sutton p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Terry Puhl ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Vern Ruhle p 1 0 1 1 0 0
- Dave Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .304
Frank Taveras ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .229
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .297
Dave Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226
Ellis Valentine rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .179
Lee Mazzilli lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .209
John Stearns c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .277
Doug Flynn 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .211
Pat Zachry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207
- Ron Hodges ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .292
- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .239
- Dyar Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
- Ray Searage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241
- Dan Boitano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 9 11 1
New York Mets 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Don Sutton (W) 5.0 6 3 3 1 4
Vern Ruhle 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Dave Smith 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pat Zachry (L,6-9) 3.0 4 4 4 4 3 3.92
Terry Leach 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1.35
Dyar Miller 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 3.41
Ray Searage 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 5.25
Dan Boitano 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.52

Left on base: Astros 8, Mets 3
Errors: Dave Kingman (10).
2B: Art Howe 2, Tony Scott.
SH: Joe Pittman.
SF: John Stearns, Frank Taveras, Jose Cruz, Art Howe.
SB: Denny Walling, Tony Scott.
CS: Frank Taveras (2).





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