Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 27, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1985 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 16

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 1 2 3
Rivera 3b 3 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Madden p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
Bass cf 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey rf 4 1 1 0
  Jones rf 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 0
Thon ss 4 1 2 1
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Garner ph,3b 2 1 2 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 3 4 2 1
Backman 2b 5 2 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 3
Carter c 5 2 4 3
Foster lf 4 2 0 1
Knight 3b 5 2 2 4
Paciorek rf 5 1 2 2
Santana ss 5 1 2 0
Fernandez p 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 1 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 16 15 14
Houston 000 000 400495
New York 001 030 66x16150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   5.0 7 4 0 1 2
  Dawley   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  DiPino  L (1-6) 0.1 2 6 0 2 1
  Madden   1.2 6 6 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
16
0
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   6.2 5 2 2 2 8
  McDowell   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Orosco  W (2-4) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
11

  E–Rivera (1), Davis 2 (2), Thon (8), Garner (16).  DP–Houston 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Dykstra (3,off Knepper); Carter 2 (11,off DiPino,off Madden); Knight (10,off Madden); Paciorek (1,off Madden).  HR–Houston Doran (8,7th inning off McDowell 2 on, 2 out), New York Knight (4,7th inning off DiPino 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Fernandez (2,off Knepper); Dykstra (4,off DiPino).  SF–Hernandez (8,off Knepper).  SB–Bass (13,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter); Thon 2 (3,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter,3rd base off Fernandez/Carter).  WP–Knepper (2).  T–3:03.
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