Tom Seaver was handed his third straight defeat when the Astros shut out the Mets, 5-0, behind the combined three-hit pitching of Tom Griffin and Jack Billingham. Griffin was hit on the right elbow by a batted ball with two out in fifth inning, forcing him to leave the mound in favor of Billingham.

The Astros ripped into Seaver for four runs in the fifth. Doug Rader opened the outburst with a homer. Singles by Johnny Edwards and Jesus Alou, around a sacrifice, added another counter. Joe Morgan then walked and Jim Wynn drove in two more runs with a double. Wynn climaxed the scoring with a homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Friday, May       29, 1970 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    0  4  0    1  0  0  -   5  9  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alou lf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .281      Jones lf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .180
Morgan 2b             4   1   2   0     1   1   .282      Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     1   1   .272
Wynn cf               4   1   2   3     1   1   .321      Agee cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Miller rf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .258      Shamsky 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .328
Menke ss              4   0   1   0     0   2   .339      Boswell 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Pepitone 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .256      Swoboda rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Rader 3b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .287      Garrett 3b            2   0   0   0     1   2   .196
Edwards c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .176      Grote c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .174
Griffin p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .071      Seaver p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .167
  Billingham p        2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               35   5   9   5     3  11             Totals               27   0   3   0     3   8

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 35,753
Left on Base: Astros 8, Mets 3
DP: Astros 3, Mets 0
Errors: Swoboda
Doubles: Morgan 2 (9), Wynn (15)
Home Runs: Rader (10), Wynn (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (2)
GIDP: Agee 3 (4)
Hit by Pitch: Miller (1,by Seaver)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin                 4.2   2   0   0   3   4   0  17   5.73
Billingham W(2-0)       4.1   1   0   0   0   4   0  13   5.16
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   8   0  30

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(7-4)           8     8   5   5   2  10   2  35   2.29
McGraw                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   4.64
Totals                  9     9   5   5   3  11   2  40

Hit by Pitch: Seaver (1)
Wild Pitches: Seaver (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Ken Burkhart


ASTROS 1ST: Alou grounded out (third to first); Morgan flied to
center; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrelson
walked; Agee grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Mets 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Miller walked; Menke singled to left [Miller to
second]; Pepitone struck out; Rader struck out; Edwards struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky struck out; Boswell grounded out (first
unassisted); Swoboda struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Mets 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Griffin was called out on strikes; Alou lined to
shortstop; Morgan doubled to right; Wynn popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Garrett struck out; Grote flied to center; Seaver
walked; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets
0.

ASTROS 4TH: Miller grounded out (catcher to first); Menke was
called out on strikes; Pepitone grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Harrelson singled to left; Agee grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Harrelson out at second];
Shamsky grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Mets 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader homered; Edwards singled to left; Griffin out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Edwards to second];
Alou singled to right [Edwards scored, Alou to second (error by
Swoboda)]; Morgan walked; Wynn doubled to center [Morgan scored,
Alou scored]; Miller singled to center [Wynn to third]; Menke
popped to third in foul territory; Pepitone struck out; 4 R, 5
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Boswell lined to first; Swoboda flied to right;
Garrett walked; Grote singled to center [Garrett to second];
BILLINGHAM REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Seaver grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards
flied to center; Billingham struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 4, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Jones singled to right; Harrelson forced Jones
(shortstop to second); Agee grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Harrelson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 4, Mets 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Alou grounded out (second to first); Morgan struck
out; Wynn homered; Miller was hit by a pitch; Seaver threw a
wild pitch [Miller to second]; Menke was called out on strikes;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Shamsky flied to left; Boswell flied to left in foul
territory; Swoboda grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Mets 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Pepitone popped to third in foul territory; Rader
popped to catcher in foul territory; Edwards grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Garrett struck out; Grote struck out; KRANEPOOL BATTED
FOR SEAVER; Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Mets 0.

ASTROS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Billingham
struck out; Alou lined to third; Morgan doubled to right; Wynn
was walked intentionally; Miller grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Jones struck out; Harrelson struck out; Agee grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Mets 0.