New York Mets vs Houston Astros
August 23, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1982 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 0, Houston Astros 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Bailor ss 4 0 1 0
Valentine rf 4 0 2 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 3 0 0 0
Giles 2b 3 0 1 0
Bochy c 2 0 0 0
  Hodges ph,c 1 0 0 0
Zachry p 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 3 0 0 0
Puhl rf 4 1 2 0
Knight 1b 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 1
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Howe 3b 2 1 0 0
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
Pujols c 3 0 2 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 6 1
New York 000 000 000041
Houston 010 000 01x260
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (6-6) 7.0 5 1 1 3 3
  Puleo   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (12-9) 9.0 4 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
0
4

  E–Hodges (5).  PB–Pujols (16).  SH–Niekro (7,off Zachry).  SF–Garner (5,off Puleo).  SB–Giles (1,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols); Thon (28,2nd base off Zachry/Bochy); Cruz (18,2nd base off Zachry/Bochy).  WP–Zachry (3).  BK–Puleo (2).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:10.  A–10,683.
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