New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 7, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1981 at Astrodome. 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)
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New York Mets 3, Houston Astros 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Taveras ss 3 0 1 0
Mazzilli lf 3 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 1 1 1
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Valentine rf 3 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0
Trevino c 3 1 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0
Scott p 2 0 0 1
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Howe 3b 3 0 1 0
Walling rf 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 1 0 1 0
  Pujols ph,c 2 0 0 0
Pittman 2b 3 1 1 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 1 1
  Thon pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
New York 000 000 210360
Houston 000 000 001161
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (3-4) 8.0 5 1 1 1 1
  Allen  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (5-1) 9.0 6 3 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
3
5

  E–Howe (4).  DP–New York 2, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Ashby (7,off Scott); Pittman (2,off Scott).  HR–New York Kingman (13,8th inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Scott (1,off Knepper); Reynolds (14,off Allen).  SF–Scott (1,off Knepper).  HBP–Taveras (1,by Knepper).  SB–Taveras 2 (11,2nd base off Knepper/Ashby 2).  HBP–Knepper (1,Taveras).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:13.  A–29,873.
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