Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 25, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 1971 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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Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 2
Wynn rf,cf 4 0 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Cedeno cf,1b 4 1 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
Menke 1b,3b 3 1 0 0
Alou lf 5 1 3 1
  Schlueter pr 0 0 0 0
Edwards c 5 1 1 1
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 38 6 10 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boswell 2b 4 0 2 2
  Foli 2b 0 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 3 0 2 1
Agee cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 2 3 1
Kranepool 1b 2 1 0 0
  Clendenon ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Marshall rf 2 0 0 1
  Hahn ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Dyer c 4 0 1 0
Martinez ss 4 2 3 0
Gentry p 3 1 1 1
  Frisella p 1 0 1 1
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 15 7
Houston 001 000 1226100
New York 000 410 02x7152
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (5-4) 3.2 7 4 4 4 3
  Greif   2.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Lemaster   1.1 5 2 2 0 1
  Gladding   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
7
7
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  W (8-8) 6.2 6 2 2 5 5
  Frisella   1.2 3 4 2 3 1
  Taylor  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
8
7

  E–Boswell (10), Clendenon (5).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Houston Wynn (12,off Gentry), New York Jones (16,off Greif); Agee (12,off Lemaster).  HR–Houston Morgan (7,3rd inning off Gentry 0 on, 1 out); Miller (2,7th inning off Gentry 0 on, 0 out), New York Jones (10,4th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Marshall (3,off Greif).  SB–Morgan 2 (21,2nd base off Gentry/Dyer 2); Dyer (1,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards); Martinez (4,2nd base off Greif/Edwards).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–3:06.  A–28,776.
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