Houston Astros vs New York Mets
May 29, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1982 at Shea Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 1 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 2 2 2
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
  Walling 1b 1 0 0 0
Heep 1b 3 1 1 1
  Loucks cf 0 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 1 2
Scott cf,lf 3 0 2 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 1
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Kingman 1b 4 1 1 1
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Hodges c 3 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 1 1 0
Zachry p 1 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich ph 1 0 0 0
  Swan p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Houston 000 130 100580
New York 000 001 001252
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (4-4) 9.0 5 2 2 0 9
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
0
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (4-2) 4.1 6 4 4 5 3
  Falcone   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Swan   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Hausman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
5

  E–Brooks 2 (11).  HR–Houston Heep (2,4th inning off Zachry 0 on, 0 out); Knight (3,7th inning off Swan 0 on, 0 out), New York Kingman (14,9th inning off Niekro 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Pujols (1,off Swan).  SB–Reynolds (2,2nd base off Zachry/Hodges).  WP–Niekro 2 (6).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:30.  A–34,184.
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