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1968 Regular Season Game 5
April 15, 1968
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National League Standings, April 15, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Weis Al
Weis
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
rf
Swoboda Ron
Swoboda
lf
Shamsky Art
Shamsky
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
3b
Buchek Jerry
Buchek
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
p
Seaver Tom
Seaver
April 15, 1968, Astrodome, Houston, TX

Houston Astros 1, New York Mets 0

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Al Weis ss 9 0 1 0 1 1 .111
Ken Boswell 2b 10 0 1 0 0 3 .259
Tommie Agee cf 10 0 0 0 0 4 .192
Ron Swoboda rf 10 0 0 0 0 5 .217
Art Shamsky lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .467
- Cleon Jones pr-lf 6 0 1 0 0 1 .200
Ed Kranepool 1b 8 0 2 0 1 0 .136
Jerry Buchek 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167
- Ed Charles 3b 6 0 1 0 1 1 .059
Jerry Grote c 7 0 2 0 1 1 .294
Tom Seaver p 3 0 1 0 1 1 .143
- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Phil Linz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Cal Koonce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Bill Short p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dick Selma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Don Bosch ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- Al Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Bud Harrelson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .056
- Danny Frisella p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- Don Cardwell ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Les Rohr p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Astros ab r hbibbso
Ron Davis cf 10 0 1 0 0 3
Norm Miller rf 8 1 1 0 1 2
Jim Wynn lf 8 0 1 0 2 2
Rusty Staub 1b 9 0 2 0 1 0
Hal King c 9 0 1 0 0 2
- John Bateman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Aspromonte 3b 9 0 0 1 1 2
Julio Gotay 2b 9 0 2 0 0 1
Hector Torres ss 8 0 3 0 1 1
Don Wilson p 2 0 0 0 0 0
- Lee Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- John Buzhardt p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Doug Rader ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Danny Coombs p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ivan Murrell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Jim Ray p 2 0 0 0 0 2
- Wade Blasingame p 2 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Tom Seaver 10.0 2 0 0 0 3 1.47
Ron Taylor 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
Cal Koonce 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bill Short 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0.00
Dick Selma 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Al Jackson 3.0 1 0 0 0 4 0.00
Danny Frisella 5.0 4 0 0 1 4 1.23
Les Rohr (L,0-1) 2.1 1 1 1 4 2 3.86
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Don Wilson 9.0 5 0 0 3 5
John Buzhardt 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Danny Coombs 2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Jim Ray 7.0 2 0 0 1 11
Wade Blasingame (W) 4.0 1 0 0 1 1

Errors: Al Weis (1), Don Wilson.
WP: Tom Seaver.
2B: Ed Charles (1), Hal King.
Intentional Walks: Jerry Grote, Ed Charles, Jim Wynn 2, Bob Aspromonte, John Bateman.
SH: Ed Kranepool, Jerry Grote, Don Cardwell, Jerry Buchek, Norm Miller.
SB: Cleon Jones (1), Ed Charles (2).
CS: Norm Miller, Julio Gotay.


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