New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 17, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1983 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 3, Houston Astros 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Heep cf 4 0 1 0
  Orosco p 1 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 2 1 1 0
  Bailor pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 1 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 2
Hodges c 1 0 0 1
Ashford 2b,3b 3 0 1 0
Oquendo ss 4 0 1 0
Terrell p 2 0 0 0
  Wilson cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 0
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 2 0
Garner 3b 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 2 0 1 1
Knight 1b 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds pr 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Bjorkman c 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
New York 000 300 000350
Houston 000 001 000150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (2-4) 6.0 4 1 1 2 1
  Orosco  SV (9) 3.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (9-2) 6.0 4 3 3 5 5
  LaCoss   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Dawley   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
6
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Houston 1.  2B–New York Heep (6,off Ryan), Houston Garner (13,off Terrell).  3B–New York Strawberry (3,off Ryan), Houston Cruz (5,off Terrell).  SH–Hodges (2,off Ryan).  HBP–Brooks (2,by Ryan).  SB–Brooks (5,2nd base off Ryan/Bjorkman); Cruz (18,2nd base off Terrell/Hodges).  CS–Wilson (9,2nd base by Dawley/Bjorkman).  WP–Ryan (2).  HBP–Ryan (1,Brooks).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:41.  A–31,049.
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