New York Mets vs Houston Astros
April 23, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1976 at Astrodome. 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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New York Mets 1, Houston Astros 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0
Millan 2b 3 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Kingman rf 3 1 1 0
Grote c 4 0 1 1
Kranepool lf 4 0 0 0
Boisclair cf 4 0 2 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 0 1 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 2 2 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 2 3
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
Roberts lf 3 0 1 0
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Milbourne 2b 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Cosgrove p 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
New York 000 100 000160
Houston 000 100 20x350
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (1-1) 6.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Apodaca   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
1
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cosgrove  W (1-0) 8.0 6 1 1 4 2
  Forsch  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–New York Torre (1,off Cosgrove).  3B–Houston Cabell (2,off Koosman).  HR–Houston Cedeno (5,7th inning off Koosman 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Koosman (2,off Cosgrove).  IBB–Harrelson (1,by Cosgrove).  SB–Kingman (4,2nd base off Cosgrove/Johnson); Boisclair (2,2nd base off Cosgrove/Johnson).  CS–Garrett (1,2nd base by Cosgrove/Johnson); Cedeno (3,2nd base by Koosman/Grote).  IBB–Cosgrove (1,Harrelson).  U–Bill Williams, Dick Stello, Jim Quick.  T–1:57.  A–10,380.
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