New York Mets vs Houston Astros
April 6, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1984 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 8, Houston Astros 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 2 2 2 0
  Gardenhire ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 5 2 3 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 1
Foster lf 5 1 4 4
Strawberry cf 5 1 1 0
Brooks 3b 3 1 1 0
Heep rf 5 1 2 1
Ortiz c 5 0 1 2
Terrell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 14 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Puhl rf 4 0 1 0
Thon ss 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 1 1 0
Mumphrey cf 2 0 0 0
Knight 1b 3 0 0 0
Walling 3b 2 0 0 1
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Scott M. p 0 0 0 0
  Madden p 1 0 0 0
  Scott T. ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
New York 106 001 0008140
Houston 000 010 000141
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (1-0) 9.0 4 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (0-1) 2.1 7 5 5 0 3
  Madden   3.2 6 3 2 3 5
  LaCoss   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
3
11

  E–Doran (1).  DP–New York 2, Houston 1.  2B–New York Heep (1,off Madden); Foster 2 (2,off Madden 2).  3B–Houston Doran (1,off Terrell).  HR–New York Foster (1,3rd inning off M Scott 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Brooks (1,by Madden).  SF–Walling (1,off Terrell).  SB–Oquendo (1,2nd base off M Scott/Ashby); Strawberry (1,2nd base off Madden/Ashby); Ortiz (1,2nd base off Madden/Ashby).  WP–M Scott (1).  IBB–Madden (1,Brooks).  T–2:23.  A–13,189.
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