Houston Astros vs New York Mets
September 23, 1967 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1967 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 0, New York Mets 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 4 0 1 0
Bales 2b 2 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 0 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Rader 1b 3 0 0 0
  Harrison 1b 1 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
King c 4 0 2 0
Davis lf 3 0 0 0
Giusti p 1 0 0 0
  Cuellar pr 0 0 0 0
  Eilers p 1 0 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bosch cf 4 0 0 0
Stahl lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 2 0
  Harrelson pr 0 1 0 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Swoboda rf 4 0 2 0
Buchek ss 4 0 1 1
Moock 3b 3 0 1 0
Grote c 2 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Houston 000 000 000032
New York 000 000 001162
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Giusti   4.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Eilers  L (5-4) 4.0 3 1 1 2 4
  Sherry   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
1
1
2
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (16-12) 9.0 3 0 0 3 9
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
9

  E–Rader 2 (8), Johnson (7), Moock (2).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Grote (13).  2B–New York Moock (2,off Eilers); Johnson (8,off Eilers).  HBP–Giusti (1,by Seaver).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Kranepool (13,by Eilers).  Team–8.  CS–Bales (1,2nd base by Seaver/Grote); Jackson (8,2nd base by Seaver/Grote); Buchek (5,2nd base by Giusti/King).  HBP–Seaver (5,Giusti).  IBB–Eilers (7,Kranepool).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–2:27.  A–11,021.
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