Houston Astros vs New York Mets
August 28, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1974 at Shea Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, New York Mets 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 0 1 0
Metzger ss 5 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 2 1 0 0
  Howard cf 2 0 0 0
Watson lf,1b 4 0 2 1
May L. 1b 4 0 1 0
  Gallagher pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
May M. c 4 0 0 0
Milbourne 2b 4 1 1 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  de los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 1 1 1
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Gosger cf 4 0 0 0
  Harrelson ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Millan 2b 5 0 2 0
Kranepool 1b 5 0 1 0
Staub rf 5 1 2 1
Garrett 3b 3 0 1 0
Ayala lf 4 1 2 0
Hodges c 2 0 0 0
  Dyer ph,c 2 0 1 0
Martinez ss,cf 3 0 0 1
Matlack p 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Theodore ph 0 0 0 0
  Cram p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 9 2
Houston 000 100 010 1380
New York 000 000 002 0293
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   8.0 4 1 1 3 2
  Cosgrove   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Forsch   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  de los Santos  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Scherman   0.2 3 0 0 0 0
  York  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
9
2
2
5
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   8.0 5 2 1 0 7
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Cram  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
2
0
7

  E–Millan (11), Garrett (18), Martinez (14).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Houston Watson (16,off Matlack); Gross (13,off Cram).  HR–Houston C Johnson (8,10th inning off Cram 0 on, 2 out), New York Staub (16,9th inning off Dierker 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dierker (7,off Matlack).  SF–Martinez (3,off Forsch).  SB–Cedeno (43,2nd base off Matlack/Hodges).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–3:04.  A–13,987.
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