Houston Astros vs New York Mets
August 1, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1980 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros 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

Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 1 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 1 1 0
Heep 1b 4 1 1 0
Leonard rf 3 1 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 1
Reynolds ss 4 0 2 1
Forsch p 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 4 1
Maddox 3b 3 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 1 1 3
  Reardon p 1 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0
Washington lf 4 1 1 0
Youngblood rf,3b,rf 4 0 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 2 1
Trevino c 4 1 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 3 0
Pacella p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 1 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph,rf 3 1 1 0
  Almon 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Houston 400 000 000480
New York 000 001 31x5140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   6.0 10 3 3 0 2
  Smith  L (1-4) 2.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
14
5
5
0
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Pacella   3.0 5 4 4 4 1
  Glynn   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Miller   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Reardon  W (6-5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
4

  E–None.  2B–Houston Heep (3,off Pacella); Reynolds (6,off Miller), New York Washington (7,off Forsch).  HR–Houston Puhl (11,1st inning off Pacella 0 on, 0 out), New York Henderson (6,7th inning off Smith 2 on, 0 out).  CS–Cabell (10,2nd base by Pacella/Trevino); Cruz (8,2nd base by Pacella/Trevino).  WP–Pacella (3).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:42.  A–16,612.
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