New York Mets vs Houston Astros
August 19, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1974 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 1, Houston Astros 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Millan 2b 5 0 1 0
Jones lf 5 0 0 0
Milner 1b 4 0 0 0
  Kranepool 1b 1 0 0 0
Boswell rf 4 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 4 1 1 0
Grote c 5 0 1 0
Hahn cf 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 1
  Martinez pr 0 0 0 0
  Gosger cf 1 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 1 2 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 0 0
Watson lf,1b 4 0 3 0
May M. c 3 0 1 2
May L. 1b 3 0 2 0
  Howard pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0
Wilson p 3 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 2
New York 000 000 001 00160
Houston 000 000 001 01281
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (7-8) 10.2 8 2 2 3 6
Totals
10.2
8
2
2
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   8.0 5 1 0 4 5
  Cosgrove   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Forsch  W (5-5) 2.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
6
1
0
5
6

  E–Helms (7).  DP–New York 2, Houston 1.  2B–New York Boswell (5,off Wilson), Houston Watson (15,off Seaver).  SH–Seaver (6,off Wilson); Metzger (15,off Seaver).  SF–M May (3,off Seaver).  IBB–Watson (8,by Seaver).  WP–Seaver 2 (4).  IBB–Seaver (9,Watson).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:37.  A–10,619.
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