New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 16, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1985 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Mets 0, Houston Astros 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 3 0 1 0
  Chapman pr 0 0 0 0
Heep rf 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Blocker lf 3 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 1 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 3 1 0 0
Cabell 1b 3 0 0 0
Garner 3b 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 1
Bass cf 3 0 1 0
Puhl rf 3 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 0 0 0
Thon ss 2 0 0 0
Scott p 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 2 1
New York 000 000 000–050
Houston 100 000 00x–121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (1-1) 7.0 2 1 1 2 6
  Gorman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
2
1
1
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (2-1) 8.2 5 0 0 1 5
  Smith  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
5
  E–Scott (1).  2B–New York Heep (6,off Scott); Carter (6,off Scott), Houston Cruz (7,off Fernandez).  SB–Bass (2,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter).  T–2:03.  A–11,795.
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