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August 26, 1974

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Top 7	R	H	E
Astros	3	7	0
Mets	2	6	2

Top 7	R	H	E
Astros	3	8	0
Mets	2	6	2

Greg Gross Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.319
OBP	.500	.400
At Bats	1	451
Hits	0	144
• Singles	0	127
• Doubles	0	11
• Triples	0	6
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	1	60
RBI’s	1	27

Jerry Koosman Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
12	8	0

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Shea Stadium - August 26, 1974

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Double

Jerry Koosman

Ron Hodges

Ed Kranepool

Felix Millan

Wayne Garrett

Bud Harrelson

Cleon Jones

Jim Gosger

Rusty Staub

Greg Gross

Count: - , 0 Outs

Gross hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Gross reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 6 Koosman hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Hodges takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Gosger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kranepool moves to third.

Bottom 6 Garrett strikes out.

Bottom 6 There goes Kranepool. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Kranepool steals second.

Bottom 6 Kranepool hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Richard strikes out.

Top 6 Milbourne hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Milbourne reaches second base with a double.

Top 6 Howard hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Rader hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Staub hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Jones strikes out.

Bottom 5 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Johnson hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 May strikes out.

Top 5 Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Koosman strikes out.

Bottom 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Gross bunts towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out. Howard scores. That run is unearned.

Top 4 Richard bunts towards the mound. Koosman picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Koosman. Rader scores. Howard moves to third. Richard moves to second.

Top 4 Milbourne hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rader moves to second.

Top 4 Rader hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Gosger hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gosger for the out.

Bottom 3 Garrett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Millan scores. Staub moves to third. Kranepool moves to second.

Bottom 3 Kranepool takes first base on ball four. Staub moves to second.

Bottom 3 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Millan moves to third.

Bottom 3 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Millan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Harrelson hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Metzger scores.

Top 3 Cedeno hits a line drive towards third. Garrett reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Metzger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Metzger reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Koosman hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Hodges hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 2 Gosger hits a ball on the ground towards first. May fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.

Bottom 2 Garrett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Richard bunts towards third. Garrett fields it, throws to second, with Harrelson covering, for one, and over to first, with Millan covering, for the double play.

Top 2 Milbourne takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Ron Hodges now catching. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Staub takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second.

Bottom 1 Jones takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to third. May moves to second.

Top 1 May takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to second.

Top 1 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kranepool settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Kranepool.

Top 1 Metzger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 There goes Gross. The throw from Grote and he is out, Harrelson applying the tag.

Top 1 Gross takes first base on ball four.

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Gross hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Gross reaches second base with a double.

Astros @ Mets
August 26, 1974