Wednesday August 20, 1975
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Cliff Johnson doubled home Cesar Cedeno, who had singled, with none out in the bottom of the 10th to give Bill Virdon his first victory as manager of the Astros, 5-4, over the Mets. Jose Cruz' pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth had given Houston a 4-3 lead, but the Mets tied the score in the ninth on singles by Jerry Grote, Wayne Garrett and Gene Clines.

Rob Andrews singled home a run in the second, Wilbur Howard got an RBI triple in the fifth and Johnson homered to lead off the sixth as Houston built a 3-0 lead. But Dave Kingman, in the Mets' starting lineup for the first time since August 8, homered with Mike Vail and Rusty Staub aboard in the seventh to tie the score. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 4

Game Played on Wednesday, August 20, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 4 8 0 Astros 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 - 5 8 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clines cf 5 0 3 1 0 1 .222 Howard lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .291 Millan 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Gross rf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .303 Vail lf 5 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Cedeno cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .269 Staub rf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .276 Johnson 1b 5 1 3 2 0 1 .292 Kingman 1b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .246 May c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .249 Torre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Rader 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Grote c 4 0 3 0 0 0 .298 Cruz ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .258 Stearns pr,c 0 1 0 0 0 0 .188 Cabell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .218 DaVanon ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .298 Phillips ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Andrews 2b 2 1 1 1 1 1 .199 Webb p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Boswell ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Alou ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Roberts p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .127 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garrett ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Metzger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 39 4 8 4 2 4 Totals 35 5 8 5 5 7 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 9,667 Left on Base: Mets 7, Astros 8 DP: Mets 0, Astros 0 Errors: DaVanon Doubles: May (12), Johnson (12) Triples: Howard (5) Home Runs: Kingman (25), Johnson (12) Stolen Bases: Cruz (4) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Webb 6 4 3 3 3 3 1 25 3.44 Lockwood 1.2 2 1 1 2 3 0 9 1.06 Apodaca 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.59 Baldwin L(2-4) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.42 Totals 9 8 5 5 5 7 1 40 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts 6.2 5 3 2 2 3 1 28 4.25 Sosa 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 3.71 Cosgrove 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.54 Granger 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.79 Crawford W(3-4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.60 Totals 10 8 4 3 2 4 1 41 Wild Pitches: Roberts (5) Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas METS 1ST: Clines singled to left; Millan flied to left; Vail forced Clines (shortstop to second); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard flied to right; Gross flied to left; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Torre grounded out (second to first); Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson struck out; May doubled to right; Rader walked; DaVanon struck out; Andrews singled to center [Rader to second, May scored]; Roberts forced Andrews (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 1. METS 3RD: Heidemann grounded out (first to pitcher); Webb struck out; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Howard struck out; Gross flied to center; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 1. METS 4TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Vail grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Johnson lined to third; May flied to right; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 1. METS 5TH: Kingman grounded out (pitcher to first); Torre grounded out (third to first); Grote singled to left; Heidemann forced Grote (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: DaVanon flied to center; Andrews walked; Roberts popped to first; Howard tripled to right [Andrews scored]; Gross walked; Cedeno lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 2. METS 6TH: Webb flied to left; Clines struck out; Millan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Johnson homered; May flied to center; Rader lined to shortstop; DaVanon flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 3. METS 7TH: Vail reached on an error by DaVanon; Staub walked [Vail to second]; Kingman homered [Vail scored (unearned), Staub scored]; Torre flied to right in foul territory; Grote singled to center; Roberts threw a wild pitch [Grote to second]; Heidemann flied to left; ALOU BATTED FOR WEBB; Alou walked; Clines singled [Alou to second, Grote to third]; SOSA REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Millan grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Andrews was called out on strikes; Sosa struck out; Howard lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 3. METS 8TH: Vail grounded out (first unassisted); Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: Gross walked; Cedeno popped to catcher in foul territory; Johnson singled [Gross to second]; May struck out; CRUZ BATTED FOR RADER; Cruz singled to center [Johnson to third, Gross scored]; Cruz stole second; DaVanon was walked intentionally; BOSWELL BATTED FOR ANDREWS; APODACA REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); Boswell was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 4. METS 9TH: CABELL REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING 3B); BOSWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Torre struck out; Grote singled to right; STEARNS RAN FOR GROTE; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR HEIDEMANN; COSGROVE REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Phillips popped to third; GARRETT BATTED FOR APODACA; Garrett singled to right [Stearns to third]; Clines singled to right [Garrett to second, Stearns scored]; GRANGER REPLACED COSGROVE (PITCHING); Millan forced Clines (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 9TH: STEARNS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BALDWIN REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); METZGER BATTED FOR GRANGER; Metzger flied to center; Howard flied to center; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Astros 4. METS 10TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED METZGER (PITCHING); Vail grounded out (second to first); Staub lined to second; Kingman flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 10TH: Cedeno singled to left; Johnson doubled to right [Cedeno scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Astros 5.

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