New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 9, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1983 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 4, Houston Astros 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 1 2 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 3 0 0 0
Heep 1b 2 0 1 2
Giles 2b 4 0 2 1
Reynolds c 3 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 3 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 1 0
Ownbey p 2 1 1 0
  Diaz p 1 0 0 0
  Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 2 2
Scott rf 2 0 1 0
  Madden p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 1 0 0 0
Thon ss 3 1 0 0
Garner 3b 4 1 1 2
Cruz lf 3 0 2 1
Knight 1b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 2 2 1
Doran 2b 4 0 2 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,rf 3 1 1 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
New York 210 010 000492
Houston 000 051 00x6121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ownbey  L (0-3) 4.2 7 5 5 2 3
  Diaz   0.2 4 1 1 0 2
  Torrez   2.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   3.0 7 3 2 0 2
  Madden  W (2-0) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  LaCorte  SV (3) 4.0 1 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
0
9

  E–Brooks (5), Oquendo (1), Thon (8).  2B–New York Strawberry (1,off Madden), Houston Garner (4,off Ownbey).  3B–Houston Cruz (1,off Ownbey).  HR–Houston Ashby (3,5th inning off Ownbey 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Heep 2 (4,off Ruhle,off Madden).  HBP–Foster (2,by Ruhle).  SB–Heep (3,3rd base off Ruhle/Ashby); Giles (4,2nd base off Ruhle/Ashby); Moreno (12,2nd base off Ownbey/Reynolds); Cruz (4,2nd base off Diaz/Reynolds).  CS–Moreno (4,2nd base by Torrez/Reynolds); Cruz (4,2nd base by Torrez/Reynolds); Doran (4,2nd base by Torrez/Reynolds).  BK–Ownbey (2).  HBP–Ruhle (1,Foster).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:31.  A–7,436.
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