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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 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 5, Houston Astros 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 2 2 0
Garrett 3b 3 1 2 0
Jones lf 5 0 2 2
Clendenon 1b 5 1 1 3
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 1 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 1 0 0
  Miller rf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 2 1 0
Wynn lf 4 2 4 5
  Geronimo pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 0
Menke ss 4 2 2 3
Rader 3b 3 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Edwards c 2 1 2 1
Wilson p 3 0 0 0
  Ray p 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 9
New York 310 000 001581
Houston 202 121 10x9120
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (6-10) 5.0 7 7 6 3 3
  Folkers   1.2 3 2 2 4 0
  Taylor   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
8
7
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (7-5) 6.0 5 4 4 4 7
  Ray   2.1 2 1 1 2 3
  Gladding  SV (15) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
6
11

  E–Singleton (3).  DP–New York 3.  PB–Edwards (7).  2B–New York Agee 2 (26,off Wilson,off Ray); Boswell (10,off Ray).  HR–New York Clendenon (19,1st inning off Wilson 2 on, 1 out), Houston Wynn 2 (23,1st inning off Ryan 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Ryan 1 on, 1 out); Menke 2 (11,5th inning off Ryan 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off Folkers 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Menke (5,by Ryan).  WP–Wilson (10).  HBP–Ryan (4,Menke).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:40.  A–15,754.
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