New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1979 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 2, Houston Astros 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 8 1 2 0
Taveras ss 8 1 3 1
Mazzilli cf 6 0 3 1
Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0
  Trevino 3b 3 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 6 0 0 0
Stearns c 6 0 2 0
Henderson lf 6 0 2 0
Flynn 2b 8 0 2 0
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Flores ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Hausman p 3 0 1 0
Totals 62 2 15 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 6 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 7 0 2 1
Cedeno 1b 7 0 0 1
Cruz lf 7 0 4 0
Cabell 3b 7 0 1 0
Leonard rf 6 1 1 0
Howe 2b 7 0 2 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 1
  Sexton pr 0 0 0 0
  Bochy c 2 0 0 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Niemann p 1 0 1 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin ph 1 0 1 0
  Gonzalez pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 58 3 15 3
New York 200 000 000 000 000 0002150
Houston 100 010 000 000 000 0013151
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   6.0 7 2 2 2 1
  Glynn   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Murray   3.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Hausman  L (0-2) 6.0 5 1 1 2 2
Totals
17.0
15
3
3
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   2.2 5 2 2 2 0
  Niemann   4.1 1 0 0 3 1
  Sambito   5.0 4 0 0 0 1
  Dixon   3.0 2 0 0 3 2
  Roberge  W (1-0) 3.0 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
18.0
15
2
2
10
5

  E–Cabell (7).  DP–New York 4, Houston 4.  PB–Stearns (3).  2B–New York Taveras (12,off Williams).  SH–Trevino (3,off Dixon); Montanez (1,off Dixon); Niemann (1,off Ellis).  HBP–Hebner (2,by Sambito).  IBB–Puhl (2,by Ellis).  SB–Youngblood (10,2nd base off Williams/Ashby); Mazzilli (18,2nd base off Williams/Ashby); Puhl (12,2nd base off Ellis/Stearns).  CS–Stearns 2 (7,2nd base by Williams/Ashby,2nd base by Sambito/Ashby); Flynn (2,2nd base by Roberge/Bochy); Leonard (4,2nd base by Murray/Stearns); Sexton (2,2nd base by Hausman/Stearns).  HBP–Sambito (4,Hebner).  IBB–Ellis (1,Puhl).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–5:00.  A–14,076.
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