Monday July 21, 1975
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Although he gave up 11 hits, including homers to Rusty Staub and Dave Kingman, Ken Forsch went distance for first time this season in pitching the Astros past the Mets, 6-2. Houston turned over four double plays, all on grounders by Joe Torre, who set an N.L. record by hitting into the quartet of twin-killings.

The Astros counted twice in the first inning on the first of three hits by Wilbur Howard, Greg Gross' infield single, a throwing error by Mike Phillips and two groundouts. Howard doubled home a run in the second, Roger Metzger tripled home a pair in the third, and the final Houston run came in the fourth on singles by Howard and Gross and an infield out by Enos Cabell. Staub hit a solo homer in the second and Kingman duplicated the effort in the seventh for the Mets' only runs. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 2

Game Played on Monday, July 21, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Astros 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 0 Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 11 2 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Howard cf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .367 Unser cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .295 Gross rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .300 Millan 2b 4 0 4 0 0 0 .297 Cabell lf 5 0 0 2 0 0 .271 Torre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Watson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .331 Staub rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .277 Johnson c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .294 Kingman lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .242 Rader 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .246 Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .342 Metzger ss 3 0 2 2 1 0 .243 Grote c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .293 Milbourne 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .143 Phillips ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Forsch p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .053 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Sanders p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heidemann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Totals 37 6 12 6 1 4 Totals 34 2 11 2 1 2 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 13,414 Left on Base: Astros 6, Mets 6 DP: Astros 4, Mets 1 Errors: Torre, Phillips Doubles: Howard (8) Triples: Metzger (8) Home Runs: Staub (12), Kingman (19) Caught Stealing: Rader (4) Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (3) GIDP: Cabell (8), Torre 4 (18) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(4-7) 9 11 2 2 1 2 2 35 3.22 Totals 9 11 2 2 1 2 2 35 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone L(2-2) 2.2 8 5 5 0 1 0 16 3.03 Sanders 2.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 10 2.51 Webb 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.52 Baldwin 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.96 Totals 9 12 6 6 1 4 0 39 Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bill Williams ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled to center; Gross singled to shortstop [Howard to third (error by Phillips), Gross to second]; Cabell grounded out (second to first) [Howard scored, Gross to third]; Watson grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Gross scored]; Johnson singled to left; Rader struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Unser flied out to left; Millan singled to center; Torre grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Millan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Mets 0. ASTROS 2ND: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne singled to right; Forsch reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Milbourne to second]; Forsch was picked off first (catcher to first); Howard doubled to right [Milbourne scored]; Gross flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Staub homered; Kingman grounded out (third to first); Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first); Grote singled to left; Phillips struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 1. ASTROS 3RD: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson singled to center; Johnson singled to left [Watson to second]; Rader forced Johnson (third to second) [Watson to third]; Metzger tripled to right [Watson scored, Rader scored]; SANDERS REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Milbourne flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Sanders grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser singled to left; Millan singled to right [Unser to second]; Torre grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Millan out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Mets 1. ASTROS 4TH: Forsch flied out to left; Howard singled to center; Gross singled to right [Howard to third]; Cabell forced Gross (shortstop to second) [Howard scored]; Watson forced Cabell (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Staub flied out to center; Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool singled to second; Grote grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 1. ASTROS 5TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader flied out to center; Metzger walked; Milbourne lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Phillips struck out; HEIDEMANN BATTED FOR SANDERS; Heidemann flied out to center; Unser flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 1. ASTROS 6TH: WEBB REPLACED HEIDEMANN (PITCHING); Forsch struck out; Howard struck out; Gross flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Millan singled to right; Torre grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Millan out at second]; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 1. ASTROS 7TH: Cabell flied out to center; Watson grounded out (third to first); Johnson made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 1. METS 7TH: Kingman homered; Kranepool flied out to center; Grote singled to center; Phillips forced Grote (first to shortstop); MILNER BATTED FOR WEBB; Milner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 2. ASTROS 8TH: BALDWIN REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Rader singled to center; Metzger singled to shortstop [Rader to second]; Milbourne forced Metzger (second to shortstop) [Rader to third]; Rader was caught stealing home (catcher to third) [Milbourne to second]; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 2. METS 8TH: On a bunt Unser singled to third; Millan singled to right [Unser to second]; Torre grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Unser to third, Millan out at second]; Staub walked; Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 2. ASTROS 9TH: Howard grounded out (second to first); Gross reached on an error by Torre [Gross to first]; Cabell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 2. METS 9TH: Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Phillips popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 2.

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