New York Mets vs Houston Astros
April 8, 1984 Box Score

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

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 3 1 1 0
Oquendo ss 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 2
Strawberry rf 4 1 3 0
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 1
Ortiz c 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Hodges c 1 0 0 0
Torrez p 2 0 0 0
  Leary p 1 1 1 0
  Sisk p 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 0 0 0
Puhl rf 4 0 2 0
Thon ss 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds pr,ss 2 1 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 1
Knight 1b 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 3 0 2 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 1 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
New York 000 000 1203101
Houston 000 000 010180
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   5.2 5 0 0 2 3
  Leary  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Sisk  SV (2) 2.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (0-2) 7.0 7 1 1 1 3
  Ruhle   0.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Smith   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
6

  E–Backman (1).  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Ashby 2 (2).  2B–New York Strawberry (1,off Niekro), Houston Knight (2,off Torrez).  SH–Oquendo (1,off Ruhle).  IBB–Hernandez (1,by Ruhle).  HBP–Thon (1,by Torrez).  CS–Strawberry (1,2nd base by Niekro/Ashby); Puhl (1,2nd base by Torrez/Ortiz).  SB–Puhl (1,2nd base off Torrez/Ortiz).  HBP–Torrez (1,Thon).  IBB–Ruhle (1,Hernandez).  T–2:37.  A–10,625.
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