New York Mets vs Houston Astros
April 7, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 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 3, Houston Astros 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Gardenhire 2b 5 0 1 0
Oquendo ss 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
Wilson cf 4 0 1 2
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Fitzgerald c 2 0 1 0
  Ortiz c 1 0 0 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 0 2 1
Puhl rf 4 0 0 0
  Garner ph 1 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 2 0 0 0
Knight 1b 4 0 1 1
Walling 3b 3 1 1 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Bannister ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York 010 200 000–380
Houston 000 011 000–261
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (1-0) 5.0 3 1 1 2 5
  Tidrow   1.0 2 1 1 3 1
  Sisk   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Orosco  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (0-1) 5.0 7 3 3 0 2
  LaCoss   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  DiPino   3.0 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
6
  E–Walling (1).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Fitzgerald (1).  2B–New York Foster (3,off Knepper); Wilson (1,off Knepper).  HR–New York Strawberry (2,2nd inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Walling (1,2nd base off Gooden/Fitzgerald).  T–2:47.  A–18,925.
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