New York Mets vs Houston Astros
September 1, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 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 0, Houston Astros 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Barnes 2b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
  Marshall rf 0 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Fregosi 3b 3 0 2 0
Dyer c 4 0 2 0
Beauchamp 1b 3 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Koosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 2 1 1
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
  Miller pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Wynn rf,cf 4 0 0 0
May 1b 4 1 2 2
Watson lf 4 1 2 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 1
Rader 3b 3 2 1 1
Helms 2b 3 1 2 0
Roberts p 2 1 1 1
Totals 32 8 10 6
New York 000 000 000061
Houston 000 003 23x8100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (16-10) 6.0 6 3 3 0 8
  Frisella   1.1 4 5 3 2 0
  Koosman   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
6
3
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (11-6) 9.0 6 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
6

  E–Barnes (3).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Watson (20,off Frisella); Rader (22,off Frisella).  SH–Roberts (5,off Seaver).  SF–Roberts (2,off Koosman).  IBB–Helms (8,by Koosman).  SB–Metzger 2 (20,2nd base off Seaver/Dyer,2nd base off Frisella/Dyer).  WP–Frisella 2 (6), Koosman (6).  IBB–Koosman (4,Helms).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:12.  A–12,253.
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