Houston Astros vs New York Mets
May 30, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1970 at Shea Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 3, New York Mets 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 4 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0
Wynn cf 3 1 0 0
Miller rf 4 0 2 2
Menke ss 4 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 1 0 0
Dierker p 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez 3b 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 2 2 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 1
Jones lf 4 1 2 2
Shamsky rf 3 0 1 0
  Swoboda pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 1 1
  Dyer c 0 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Foy 3b 2 0 0 0
Grote c 2 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 1 0
  Weis pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Houston 001 001 010350
New York 000 001 03x471
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (8-5) 7.2 6 4 4 2 8
  Cook   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Gladding   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
3
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (4-3) 8.0 4 3 3 6 11
  Taylor  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
6
11

  E–Foy (6).  2B–New York Shamsky (11,off Dierker); Marshall (5,off Dierker).  3B–New York Jones (3,off Dierker).  SH–Dierker 2 (2,off Ryan 2); Alou (2,off Taylor).  IBB–Pepitone (5,by Ryan).  SF–Harrelson (1,off Dierker).  SB–Morgan (9,2nd base off Ryan/Grote); Wynn (10,2nd base off Ryan/Grote); Agee 2 (14,2nd base off Dierker/Edwards 2).  CS–Foy (4,2nd base by Dierker/Edwards).  WP–Dierker (5), Ryan (3).  IBB–Ryan (1,Pepitone).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:45.  A–54,421.
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