New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 16, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 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."

"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 1, Houston Astros 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Oquendo ss 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 2 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 2 0
Strawberry rf 2 0 0 0
Giles 2b 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Ashford 2b 0 0 0 0
Hodges c 3 0 1 0
Torrez p 2 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 2 2 1 0
Puhl rf 3 1 1 0
Thon ss 3 0 1 3
Garner 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Knight 1b 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
Bjorkman c 3 0 0 0
Scott p 3 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
New York 010 000 000161
Houston 100 002 00x350
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  L (5-11) 7.0 4 3 2 5 7
  Sisk   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
2
5
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (5-3) 8.1 6 1 1 1 4
  DiPino  SV (9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
4

  E–Torrez (1).  DP–New York 1, Houston 2.  2B–New York Hodges (3,off M Scott), Houston Moreno (10,off Torrez); Thon (16,off Torrez).  SH–Puhl (2,off Torrez).  IBB–Cruz (6,by Torrez); Doran (10,by Torrez); Thon (7,by Torrez).  SB–Moreno (28,2nd base off Torrez/Hodges); Garner (12,2nd base off Torrez/Hodges); Cruz (17,2nd base off Torrez/Hodges); Puhl (11,2nd base off Torrez/Hodges).  IBB–Torrez 3 (5,Cruz,Doran,Thon).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:03.  A–34,557.
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