New York Mets vs Houston Astros
August 19, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1975 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 6, Houston Astros 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 1 2 1
Millan 2b 4 0 3 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 1
Staub rf 5 1 1 0
Garrett 3b 4 2 2 2
Milner lf 4 0 0 0
Grote c 3 0 1 2
Phillips ss 4 0 0 0
Matlack p 4 1 1 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Koosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 4 0 2 0
Gross rf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 2
Johnson 1b,c 4 1 2 1
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 0
DaVanon ss 3 0 1 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Jutze c 2 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Dierker p 1 0 0 0
  Cabell ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
New York 001 110 0306110
Houston 000 000 003391
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (14-8) 8.2 8 3 3 0 7
  Lockwood   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Koosman  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (11-13) 6.0 5 3 3 3 0
  Cosgrove   1.2 3 3 3 0 2
  Sosa   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Granger   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
2

  E–Gross (10).  DP–New York 3, Houston 1.  2B–New York Grote (12,off Sosa), Houston Cabell (15,off Matlack).  HR–New York Unser (6,3rd inning off Dierker 0 on, 1 out); Garrett (6,4th inning off Dierker 0 on, 1 out), Houston Cedeno (7,9th inning off Matlack 1 on, 2 out); Johnson (11,9th inning off Matlack 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Howard (18,2nd base off Matlack/Grote).  WP–Sosa (1).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:29.  A–7,843.
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