A three-run homer by Dave Kingman and the relief pitching of Bob Apodaca enabled the Mets to gain a 4-3 victory over the Astros with credit for the decision going to Tom Hall, who came out of the bullpen to make his first start in a New York uniform. Roger Metzger homered for the Astros in the third inning, but the Mets tied the score in their half with a single by Jerry Grote, a sacrifice, infield out and single by Felix Millan.

Then in the fourth, after Rusty Staub and Ed Kranepool reached base with singles, Kingman hit his homer. Hall ran into trouble in the sixth. Metzger walked and scored on a double by Cesar Cedeno and a muff by Joe Torre on the throw from the outfield. Bob Watson also walked and Enos Cabell bunted safely to load the bases. Apodaca came in and got Doug Rader to ground into a double play, Cedeno scoring, before striking out Milt May to end the threat. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 4, Houston Astros 3

Game Played on Tuesday, June 3, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Astros 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 Mets 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 x - 4 9 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gross lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Unser cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .318 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Millan 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .247 Metzger ss 3 2 2 1 1 1 .281 Torre 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .254 Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .267 Staub rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .304 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .341 Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .395 Cabell rf,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Kingman lf 3 1 2 3 0 0 .223 Rader 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Gallagher lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 May c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Phillips ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Helms 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Grote c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Hall p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Apodaca p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .195 Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Cruz ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Totals 31 3 5 1 3 6 Totals 28 4 9 4 3 3 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 8,666 Left on Base: Astros 5, Mets 4 DP: Astros 3, Mets 1 Errors: Torre Doubles: Cedeno (14), Torre (8) Triples: Metzger (5) Home Runs: Metzger (2), Kingman (7) Sacrifice Hits: Hall (1) GIDP: Rader (4), Staub (7) Hit by Pitch: Rader (4,by Hall) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch L(2-3) 3 8 4 4 1 0 1 16 3.77 Granger 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1.30 Crawford 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1.91 Niekro 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 4.66 Totals 8 9 4 4 3 3 1 32 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hall W(1-0) 5 4 3 3 3 4 1 23 3.66 Apodaca SV(7) 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 1.05 Totals 9 5 3 3 3 6 1 35 Hit by Pitch: Hall (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Sudol ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled; Metzger struck out; Cedeno flied to left; Watson flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Unser walked; Millan lined into a double play (second to first) [Unser out at first]; Torre flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cabell struck out; Rader walked; May popped to first; Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool singled to right; Kingman lined to center; Phillips flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. ASTROS 3RD: Forsch grounded out (first unassisted); Gross grounded out (second to first); Metzger homered; Cedeno struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Grote singled to center; Hall out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Grote to second]; Unser grounded out (second to first) [Grote to third]; Millan singled to left [Grote scored]; Torre doubled to left [Millan out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Mets 1. ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (first unassisted); Cabell popped to first in foul territory; Rader was hit by a pitch; May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Staub singled to center; Kranepool singled to right [Staub to second]; Kingman homered [Staub scored, Kranepool scored]; Phillips singled to right; GRANGER REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Grote forced Phillips (third to second); Hall struck out; Unser walked [Grote to second]; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Mets 4. ASTROS 5TH: Helms grounded out (third to first); ANDREWS BATTED FOR GRANGER; Andrews struck out; Gross popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Mets 4. METS 5TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); Torre walked; Staub grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Torre out at second]; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Mets 4. ASTROS 6TH: Metzger walked; Cedeno doubled to left [Metzger scored (error by Torre) (no RBI)]; Watson walked; On a bunt Cabell singled [Watson to second, Cedeno to third]; APODACA REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Rader grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Watson to third, Cedeno scored (no RBI), Cabell out at second]; May struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4. METS 6TH: Kingman singled to left; Phillips hit into a double play (pitcher to second) [Kingman out at second]; Grote flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4. ASTROS 7TH: Helms grounded out (third to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; Cruz grounded out (second to first); Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4. METS 7TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CABELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); NIEKRO REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Apodaca flied to right; Unser struck out; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4. ASTROS 8TH: Metzger tripled to right; Cedeno reached on a fielder's choice [Metzger out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Watson forced Cedeno (shortstop to second); Cabell popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4. METS 8TH: Torre flied to right; Staub struck out; Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4. ASTROS 9TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING LF); Rader struck out; May grounded out (first unassisted); JOHNSON BATTED FOR HELMS; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4.

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