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New York Mets @ Montreal Expos

1969-04-29 · Day game · Parc Jarry · Att: 8577 · cloudy · Wind L to R · 2:13

New York Mets defeated Montreal Expos 2–0. Nolan Ryan earned the win. Ed Kranepool went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8
MON	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

W: Nolan Ryan L: Mudcat Grant SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Sudol · 1B: Lee Weyer · 2B: Harry Wendelstedt · 3B: Ken Burkhart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bud Harrelson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rod Gaspar	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ken Boswell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cleon Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Kranepool	4	2	2	2	0	0
Ron Swoboda	4	0	2	0	0	0
J. C. Martin	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Collins	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jerry Koosman	2	0	0	0	0	1
Nolan Ryan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Maury Wills	4	1	0
Manny Mota	4	2	0
Rusty Staub	4	1	0
Donn Clendenon	4	1	0
Coco Laboy	4	0	1
Gary Sutherland	4	1	1
John Bateman	3	0	2
Don Bosch	3	0	1
Mudcat Grant	1	0	1
Ty Cline	1	0	1
Mack Jones	1	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Koosman	4.1	2	0	1
Nolan Ryan	4.2	4	0	7

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mudcat Grant	6.0	5	1	3
Dan McGinn	2.0	2	0	1
Roy Face	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bud Harrelson: 43
Rod Gaspar: 4/L
Ken Boswell: 8/F78

Bot 1

Maury Wills: 43
Manny Mota: 23/BG2
Rusty Staub: S7/L7
Donn Clendenon: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Cleon Jones: 63
Ed Kranepool: HR/F89D
Ron Swoboda: 9/F89
J. C. Martin: W
Kevin Collins: 2/FL

Bot 2

Coco Laboy: 6/P6MS
Gary Sutherland: 7/F7S
John Bateman: 9/F89D

Top 3

Jerry Koosman: K/C
Bud Harrelson: S7/L7L
Rod Gaspar: HP.1-2
Ken Boswell: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Don Bosch: 53
Mudcat Grant: K/C
Maury Wills: 13/G1

Top 4

Cleon Jones: 8/F8D
Ed Kranepool: 63
Ron Swoboda: S8/G6
J. C. Martin: 9/F9

Bot 4

Manny Mota: S9/L9
Rusty Staub: E9/F9S.1-2
Donn Clendenon: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Coco Laboy: 8/F8D

Top 5

Kevin Collins: K
Jerry Koosman: 3/G
Bud Harrelson: D8/L78
Rod Gaspar: K

Bot 5

Gary Sutherland: 8/F8D
John Bateman: K
Don Bosch: K/C

Top 6

Ken Boswell: 3E1/G3
Cleon Jones: 54(1)/FO
Ed Kranepool: POCS2(1364)
Ed Kranepool: HR/L9D
Ron Swoboda: 13/G1

Bot 6

Ty Cline: K
Maury Wills: S1/BG
Manny Mota: SB2
Manny Mota: 3/G.2-3
Rusty Staub: 8/F8

Top 7

J. C. Martin: 63
Kevin Collins: D7/F7D
Nolan Ryan: 43.2-3
Bud Harrelson: 53

Bot 7

Donn Clendenon: 9/F9
Coco Laboy: 7/F7S
Gary Sutherland: S8/L89
John Bateman: K

Top 8

Rod Gaspar: K/C
Ken Boswell: S9/G
Cleon Jones: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Don Bosch: 8/F8D
Mack Jones: K/C
Maury Wills: 43

Top 9

Ed Kranepool: 13/G1
Ron Swoboda: S1/BG1S
J. C. Martin: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 9

Manny Mota: S9
Rusty Staub: 4/P4D
Donn Clendenon: S9/F9D.1-2
Coco Laboy: K
Gary Sutherland: K

Notes & reviews

Hit Gaspar on shoulder.
After BBF, the rest of Gaspar's AB is missing from audio.
Koosman felt a shoulder twinge on his first pitch to Sutherland and left after throwing one ball to Bateman.
Kranepool's 53rd HR as a Met, breaking the team record.

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