New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 12, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1977 at Astrodome. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Houston Astros 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 1 1 1
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Milner 1b 2 0 1 0
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
Vail rf 4 1 2 0
Stearns c 3 0 1 1
Boisclair cf 4 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz rf 3 0 0 1
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
Ferguson c 4 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Howard pr 0 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 0 1 0
Sperring ss 3 0 0 0
Bannister p 2 0 1 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
New York 000 000 021370
Houston 100 000 000150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (7-3) 9.0 5 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (1-6) 8.0 5 2 2 2 4
  Pentz   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–New York Stearns (7,off Pentz).  3B–Houston Cedeno (1,off Seaver).  SH–Seaver (2,off Bannister).  HBP–Stearns (3,by Bannister).  SF–Cruz (2,off Seaver).  WP–Seaver (3), Bannister (3).  HBP–Bannister (4,Stearns).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:01.  A–10,439.
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