New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 1, Houston Astros 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 2 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 1
Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 1 0
Henderson lf 1 1 0 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Ferrer 2b 0 0 0 0
Hassler p 2 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 2 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 3 2 1 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0
Cedeno 1b 4 0 2 1
Leonard rf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 1 2 0
Howe 2b 1 0 1 0
  Landestoy 2b 2 0 0 0
Bochy c 1 0 0 0
Andujar p 3 0 0 1
Totals 28 3 8 2
New York 000 000 010121
Houston 101 100 00x380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hassler  L (0-1) 7.0 7 3 3 4 6
  Glynn   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (7-4) 9.0 2 1 1 7 2
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
7
2

  E–Hebner (9).  DP–New York 3, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Cedeno (13,off Hassler); Howe (9,off Hassler).  SH–Gonzalez (3,off Hassler); Cruz (1,off Glynn).  IBB–Bochy 2 (2,by Hassler 2).  SB–Stearns (8,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy); Henderson (11,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy); Puhl (13,3rd base off Hassler/Stearns); Cruz (16,2nd base off Hassler/Stearns).  CS–Taveras (6,2nd base by Andujar/Bochy).  WP–Hassler (1).  BK–Hassler (1).  IBB–Hassler 2 (2,Bochy 2).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:28.  A–14,036.
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