New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 15, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1971 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 9, Houston Astros 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Martinez ss 5 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 5 1 1 1
Agee cf 5 1 3 2
Jones lf 4 2 1 2
Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 0
Singleton rf 5 2 3 1
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 1
  Foli 3b 1 0 0 0
Grote c 4 1 1 1
Gentry p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 2 1 0 1
Totals 42 9 13 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 3 1 1 1
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1
Watson lf 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Wynn rf 4 0 1 0
Menke 1b 3 1 1 0
Edwards c 3 1 1 1
  Hiatt ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
New York 000 201 2409130
Houston 220 000 000463
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry   2.0 5 4 4 0 3
  Sadecki   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McGraw  W (6-3) 6.0 1 0 0 2 8
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
12
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (5-3) 6.2 9 5 5 1 5
  Ray   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Culver   0.2 3 4 1 0 1
  Gladding   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Harris   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
6
1
7

  E–Metzger (8), Menke (3), Culver (2).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–New York Singleton (2,off Culver); Boswell (14,off Culver), Houston Morgan (16,off Gentry); Wynn (10,off McGraw).  3B–Houston Metzger (7,off Gentry); Edwards (4,off Gentry).  HR–New York Jones (8,7th inning off Forsch 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Metzger (4,off Gentry).  IBB–Menke (1,by McGraw).  SB–Agee (15,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards).  IBB–McGraw (8,Menke).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:33.  A–20,412.
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