Joe Pepitone, who hit five grand slams while with the Yankees, smashed the first of his career in the N. L. to power the Astros to a 5-3 victory over the Mets. Norm Miller and Doug Rader walked in the fourth inning, Hector Torres beat out an infield hit and Denny Lemaster drew a walk to force in one run before Pepitone pounded his slam off Nolan Ryan. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Wednesday, June      10, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   3  7  0
Astros       0  0  0    5  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  7  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               5   1   1   2     0   1   .241      Pepitone 1b           4   1   2   4     0   0   .261
Harrelson ss          4   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Davis lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .282
Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .210        Beauchamp lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Clendenon 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .290      Wynn cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .310
Swoboda rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .233      Miller rf             2   1   1   0     2   0   .274
Foy 3b                1   1   0   0     2   0   .210      Menke 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .329
Grote c               1   1   0   0     2   0   .161      Rader 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .252
  Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Edwards c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .172
  Dyer c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .197        Bryant ph,c         2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Weis 2b               2   0   1   0     0   0   .196      Torres ss             3   1   1   0     0   0   .176
  Boswell ph,2b       2   0   1   1     0   0   .261      Lemaster p            2   1   0   1     1   0   .111
Ryan p                1   0   1   0     0   0   .174        Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .121        DiLauro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gladding p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Shamsky ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .321
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garrett ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .217

Totals               31   3   7   3     5   5             Totals               29   5   7   5     5   0

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 17,973
Left on Base: Mets 7, Astros 5
DP: Mets 0, Astros 2
Errors: Torres
Doubles: Pepitone (9), Wynn (17), Miller (6)
Triples: Wynn (1)
Home Runs: Agee (9), Pepitone (12)
Caught Stealing: Foy (6)
GIDP: Swoboda (2), Harrelson (5)
Hit by Pitch: Foy (4,by Gladding)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(4-5)             4     5   5   5   5   0   1  21   3.78
Folkers                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Taylor                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.35
Totals                  8     7   5   5   5   0   1  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemaster W(4-8)         6     5   3   3   4   4   1  25   4.63
Ray                     0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.50
DiLauro                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.38
Gladding SV(6)          3     0   0   0   1   1   0  10   3.91
Totals                  9     7   3   3   5   5   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Gladding (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Dezelan, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Doug Harvey


METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (third to first); Harrelson flied
out to left; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Pepitone doubled to left; Davis grounded out (second
to first) [Pepitone to third]; Wynn grounded out (third to
first); Miller walked; Menke grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

METS 2ND: Clendenon was called out on strikes; Swoboda struck
out; Foy walked; Foy was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader made an out to third; Edwards flied out to
left; Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

METS 3RD: Grote walked; Weis forced Grote (third to second); On
a bunt Ryan singled to pitcher [Weis out at second (pitcher to
first)]; Agee was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Lemaster popped to shortstop; Pepitone grounded out
(first to pitcher); Davis walked; Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

METS 4TH: Harrelson singled to left; Jones grounded out (third
to first) [Harrelson to second]; Clendenon flied out to right
[Harrelson to third]; Swoboda lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Miller walked; Menke popped to second; Rader walked
[Miller to second]; Edwards flied out to left; Torres singled
[Miller to third, Rader to second]; Lemaster walked [Miller
scored, Rader to third, Torres to second]; Pepitone homered
[Rader scored, Torres scored, Lemaster scored]; Davis singled to
center; Wynn doubled to left [Davis out at home (left to third
to catcher)]; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 5.

METS 5TH: Foy grounded out (third to first); Grote popped to
catcher in foul territory; Weis singled to left; KRANEPOOL
BATTED FOR RYAN; Kranepool flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 5.

ASTROS 5TH: FOLKERS REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Miller
doubled to right; Debut game for Rich Folkers; Menke
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader flied out to center
[Miller to third]; BRYANT BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Bryant popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 5.

METS 6TH: BRYANT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Agee homered;
Harrelson singled to right; Jones reached on an error by Torres
[Harrelson to second]; Clendenon forced Jones (first to
shortstop) [Harrelson to third]; Swoboda grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Clendenon out at second]; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Astros 5.

ASTROS 6TH: Torres grounded out (second to first); Lemaster
popped to third in foul territory; Pepitone popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Astros 5.

METS 7TH: Foy walked; Grote walked [Foy to second]; RAY REPLACED
LEMASTER (PITCHING); BOSWELL BATTED FOR WEIS; Boswell singled to
center [Foy scored, Grote to second]; SHAMSKY BATTED FOR
FOLKERS; DILAURO REPLACED RAY (PITCHING); Shamsky singled to
center [Grote to third, Boswell to second]; GLADDING REPLACED
DILAURO (PITCHING); Agee forced Shamsky (second to shortstop)
[Grote scored, Boswell to third]; Harrelson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Agee out at second];
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 5.

ASTROS 7TH: BOSWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); TAYLOR REPLACED
SHAMSKY (PITCHING); Davis grounded out (third to first); Wynn
tripled to left [Wynn out at home (left to catcher)]; Miller
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 5.

METS 8TH: BEAUCHAMP REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); Jones struck
out; Clendenon lined to center; Swoboda walked; Foy was hit by a
pitch [Swoboda to second]; MARSHALL BATTED FOR GROTE; Marshall
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: DYER REPLACED MARSHALL (PLAYING C ); Menke flied out
to left; Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); Bryant popped to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 5.

METS 9TH: Boswell made an out to shortstop; GARRETT BATTED FOR
TAYLOR; Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); Agee popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 5.