New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 6, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 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 0, Houston Astros 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 3b 3 0 1 0
Boisclair cf 4 0 2 0
Milner lf 5 0 1 0
Kingman rf 5 0 2 0
Kranepool 1b 5 0 0 0
Grote c 3 0 0 0
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
  Hodges c 0 0 0 0
Millan 2b 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 2 0
Matlack p 3 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 8 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cabell 3b 4 0 2 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 2 0
Roberts rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson lf 2 0 0 0
  Herrmann c 1 0 0 0
Jutze c 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Metzger ss 2 0 1 0
  DaVanon ph,ss 2 0 1 1
Richard p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
New York 000 000 000 0082
Houston 000 000 000 1170
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   9.0 5 0 0 2 5
  Lockwood  L (5-3) 0.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (8-9) 10.0 8 0 0 10 7
Totals
10.0
8
0
0
10
7

  E–Phillips (5), Lockwood (2).  DP–New York 2, Houston 2.  PB–Jutze (5).  2B–New York Milner (13,off Richard); Kingman (10,off Richard), Houston Cabell 2 (7,off Matlack 2).  SH–Boisclair (2,off Richard).  CS–Millan (1,2nd base by Richard/Jutze).  WP–Matlack (5), Richard 2 (10).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:56.  A–10,671.
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