New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 30, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1968 at Astrodome. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Mets 1, Houston Astros 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 0 0 0
Linz 2b 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Charles 3b 4 0 2 0
Swoboda rf 3 1 0 0
Grote c 3 0 1 0
Goossen 1b 3 0 0 1
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 0
Weis ss 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Watson lf 4 0 0 0
Torres ss 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 3 0 1 0
Thomas rf 4 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 1 0
Menke 2b 4 0 2 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Cuellar p 2 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
New York 000 010 000–150
Houston 000 000 000–050
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (7-5) 9.0 5 0 0 1 8
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  L (5-4) 7.0 4 1 1 1 9
  Ray   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
11
  E–None.  CS–Charles (2,2nd base by Cuellar/Bateman).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:05.  A–16,578.
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