Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 6, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1986 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."

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Houston Astros 3, New York Mets 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 1 2 0
Thon ss 4 0 1 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Garner 3b 2 1 0 1
Davis 1b 2 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Gainey ph 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 1 1 0
Bass rf 5 0 3 1
Pankovits lf 4 0 2 1
Walker cf 5 0 1 0
Mizerock c 2 0 0 0
  Ashby ph,c 2 0 0 0
Knudson p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 3 1
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
Mitchell ss 3 2 2 1
  Santana ss 0 0 0 0
Heep lf 3 0 1 0
  Wilson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 2 2 2
Hearn c 4 1 1 0
Fernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 4
Houston 000 000 1023101
New York 021 000 20x5110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knudson  L (0-3) 3.0 4 3 1 2 2
  Andersen   2.0 4 0 0 1 1
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  DiPino   2.0 2 2 2 1 4
Totals
8.0
11
5
3
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (11-2) 6.2 6 1 1 5 5
  Sisk   1.2 4 2 2 2 2
  McDowell  SV (8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
7
8

  E–Doran (7).  2B–New York Johnson (8,off Knudson); Dykstra (13,off Lopez).  HR–New York K Mitchell (5,3rd inning off Knudson 0 on, 1 out); Johnson (4,7th inning off DiPino 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Garner (2,off Fernandez).  SH–Fernandez 2 (5,off Knudson,off Andersen).  SB–Doran (27,2nd base off Fernandez/Hearn); Walker (4,2nd base off Fernandez/Hearn); Dykstra (17,2nd base off Knudson/Mizerock); Strawberry (17,2nd base off Andersen/Mizerock).  CS–Dykstra (4,2nd base by DiPino/Ashby).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:08.  A–31,017.
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