New York Mets vs Houston Astros
August 29, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1970 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 8, Houston Astros 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 1 1 0
Garrett 3b 4 3 1 1
Jones lf 5 0 2 1
Clendenon 1b 5 1 3 2
Singleton rf 4 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 1 1 1
Grote c 5 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 5 0 2 1
Gentry p 1 1 1 0
  Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 2 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 12 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 5 2 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 4 1
  Wynn ph 0 1 0 0
Miller rf 3 2 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 5 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 1 3 1
Cedeno cf 3 1 2 3
Martinez ss 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
  Howard c 1 0 0 0
Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 1 0 1 1
  Ray p 1 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Rader ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 7
New York 131 020 000 18124
Houston 312 100 000 29133
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry   1.1 4 4 4 3 2
  Sadecki   2.0 4 3 3 2 1
  Frisella   5.2 3 0 0 3 4
  McGraw  L (2-5) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Taylor   0.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.2
13
9
9
11
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   2.0 4 5 4 4 3
  Lemaster   2.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Ray   3.1 0 0 0 3 2
  Culver  W (6-4) 2.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
12
8
7
7
6

  E–Agee 2 (9), Jones (5), Singleton (2), Mayberry (2), Cedeno (6), Martinez (2).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Edwards (6).  2B–New York Gentry (2,off Billingham); Harrelson (16,off Lemaster); Clendenon (13,off Lemaster); Boswell (9,off Lemaster), Houston Morgan 2 (20,off Gentry,off Frisella).  3B–Houston Menke (5,off Sadecki).  SH–Boswell (2,off Culver); Cedeno (3,off Frisella).  SF–Cedeno (2,off Gentry).  IBB–Menke 2 (8,by Gentry,by Taylor); Cedeno (2,by Frisella); Miller (4,by Frisella).  SB–Jones (12,2nd base off Ray/Edwards).  WP–Gentry 2 (6), Sadecki (5), McGraw (2), Billingham (8).  IBB–Gentry (6,Menke); Frisella 2 (8,Cedeno,Miller); Taylor (9,Menke).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–3:24.  A–16,203.
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