New York Mets vs Houston Astros
September 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1981 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 0, Houston Astros 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 2 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli lf 3 0 0 0
Valentine rf 3 0 0 0
Trevino c,2b 2 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Boitano p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Stearns ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 5 1 4 1
Garner 2b 5 0 0 0
Puhl rf 4 0 0 1
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Cedeno 1b 4 2 2 0
Howe 3b 3 2 2 1
  Roberts ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 1 4 3
Reynolds ss 4 2 1 0
Knepper p 3 0 1 2
Totals 37 8 16 8
New York 000 000 000030
Houston 130 102 10x8160
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (4-8) 3.2 8 5 5 0 1
  Boitano   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Leach   1.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Searage   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
8
8
0
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (7-3) 9.0 3 0 0 1 9
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
9

  E–None.  2B–Houston Scott (12,off Scott); Cedeno (16,off Scott); Knepper (2,off Leach).  HR–Houston Ashby (2,2nd inning off Scott 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Knepper (4,off Scott).  T–2:21.  A–18,938.
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