New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1972 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 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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New York Mets 4, Houston Astros 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 0 0 1
Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 0 1 0
Milner lf 4 1 1 1
Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 1
Fregosi 3b 4 1 2 0
Dyer c 4 1 1 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Martinez ss 2 0 1 0
McAndrew p 2 0 0 0
  Capra p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 1
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 1 3 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 1
Wynn rf 3 1 1 0
May 1b 5 1 2 2
Watson lf 5 0 2 2
Rader 3b 3 1 1 0
Helms 2b 4 1 2 1
Howard c 3 1 2 0
Forsch p 1 1 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 13 7
New York 000 100 300471
Houston 003 040 00x7131
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew  L (5-3) 4.0 9 5 5 1 4
  Capra   2.0 3 2 2 2 3
  Taylor   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
4
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (4-2) 6.0 7 4 4 1 5
  Ray  SV (5) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
1
7

  E–Agee (7), Cedeno (3).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Houston Watson (11,off McAndrew); Helms (5,off Capra).  HR–New York Milner (7,4th inning off Forsch 0 on, 1 out); Kranepool (4,7th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out), Houston May (11,5th inning off McAndrew 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Agee (2,off Ray); Cedeno (1,off McAndrew).  SH–Forsch 2 (4,off McAndrew 2); Ray (1,off Taylor).  IBB–Howard (1,by Capra).  IBB–Capra (1,Howard).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:20.  A–26,394.
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