New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 19, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1986 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 4, Houston Astros 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 1 1 1
Backman 2b 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Carter c 4 1 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 2
Heep lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0
Santana ss 2 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Foster ph 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 5 2 3 1
Walling 3b 4 1 1 2
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 2 2 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 3 0 2 1
Gainey cf 2 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph,cf 1 0 0 1
Scott p 3 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Garner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
New York 000 000 004471
Houston 000 121 0015111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   5.0 9 4 4 1 1
  Orosco   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Sisk   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McDowell  L (7-3) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.2
11
5
5
1
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   8.1 5 3 3 1 7
  Smith  W (2-6) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
7

  E–Carter (4), Scott (2).  2B–New York Backman (12,off Scott); Carter (8,off Scott), Houston Bass (17,off Gooden).  HR–New York Dykstra (5,9th inning off Scott 0 on, 0 out); Strawberry (14,9th inning off Smith 1 on, 1 out), Houston Walling (6,5th inning off Gooden 1 on, 2 out); Reynolds (4,9th inning off McDowell 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Hatcher (1,off Orosco).  SB–Doran (32,2nd base off Gooden/Carter).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:38.  A–44,502.
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