New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 22, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1982 at Astrodome. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 1 1 0
Bailor 3b,2b 6 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 2 1
  Valentine lf 1 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 2 1
Rajsich rf 5 1 1 1
  Youngblood rf 1 0 0 0
Stearns c 5 2 4 1
Backman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Brooks 3b 2 0 0 0
Gardenhire ss 3 0 0 0
  Staub ph 0 0 0 1
  Veryzer ss 1 0 0 0
Falcone p 2 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Swan p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 6 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Thon 3b 6 0 2 0
Scott cf 6 0 1 0
Knight 1b 6 0 2 0
  Loucks pr 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 6 1 3 0
Garner 2b 5 1 1 0
Garcia ss 1 1 0 0
  Reynolds ph,ss 3 1 0 0
Puhl rf 5 1 3 5
Ashby c 5 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Pittman ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 5 12 5
New York 001 000 112 0016111
Houston 000 010 004 0005121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   6.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Swan   2.0 3 3 2 0 2
  Allen  W (1-2) 4.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
12.0
12
5
4
1
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   8.0 8 3 3 5 10
  Smith   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  LaCorte   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Moffitt  L (0-3) 1.0 0 1 0 2 0
Totals
12.0
11
6
5
8
12

  E–Kingman (5), Ashby (7).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–New York Stearns (9,off Ryan); Rajsich (3,off Smith), Houston Thon (4,off Swan).  3B–New York Stearns (1,off Ryan), Houston Puhl (2,off Falcone).  HR–Houston Puhl (4,9th inning off Allen 3 on, 0 out).  SH–Kingman (2,off Smith).  SF–Staub (2,off Ryan).  IBB–Kingman (5,by Ryan); Veryzer (1,by Moffitt).  SB–Stearns 2 (5,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby,2nd base off Moffitt/Ashby); Wilson (17,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Bailor (4,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Puhl (6,2nd base off Falcone/Stearns).  CS–Scott (2,2nd base by Falcone/Stearns).  IBB–Ryan (1,Kingman); Moffitt (2,Veryzer).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–3:29.  A–33,253.
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