New York Mets vs Houston Astros
April 26, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1980 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 0, Houston Astros 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 1 0
Youngblood rf,cf 3 0 1 0
Jorgensen lf 4 0 1 0
Morales cf 3 0 1 0
  Kobel p 0 0 0 0
Maddox 3b 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
Swan p 1 0 0 0
  Mankowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Norman rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Leonard rf 5 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 0 0
Walling 1b 3 1 2 1
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 1
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 2 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
  Gonzalez 3b 0 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Pujols c 3 0 1 2
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 1 0 1 1
Totals 31 6 9 6
New York 000 000 000053
Houston 000 000 24x690
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan   4.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Reardon   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Glynn  L (0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Allen   1.0 4 3 3 0 2
  Kobel   0.2 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (2-1) 7.2 4 0 0 6 4
  LaCorte  SV (2) 1.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
8
4

  E–Mazzilli (2), Maddox (3), Allen (1).  DP–New York 2, Houston 1.  2B–New York Youngblood (4,off Niekro).  3B–Houston Morgan (1,off Allen).  SH–Niekro (3,off Swan); Morgan (1,off Glynn); Reynolds (5,off Allen).  SF–Walling (1,off Allen).  IBB–Pujols (1,by Kobel).  SB–Taveras (3,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols).  IBB–Kobel (3,Pujols).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:42.  A–44,540.
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