New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 20, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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 8, Houston Astros 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b 3 1 0 0
Mitchell ss,lf 7 2 3 1
Hernandez 1b 4 2 3 2
Carter c 6 2 2 1
Strawberry rf 7 1 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
  Santana ss 3 0 1 1
Knight 3b 4 0 0 1
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Hearn ph 1 0 1 1
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera ph 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 2 0 2 0
  Dykstra ph,cf 4 0 0 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Backman ph,2b 5 0 1 0
Totals 58 8 15 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 7 1 3 1
Hatcher cf,lf 7 0 1 0
Garner 3b 3 1 1 0
  Walling ph,3b 4 0 1 2
Davis 1b 7 1 3 1
Bass rf 8 2 2 2
Cruz lf 4 1 2 0
  Walker pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Ashby c 6 1 3 3
Thon ss 7 1 2 0
Deshaies p 0 0 0 0
  Gainey ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 1 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 1 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 1 0 0 0
  Mizerock ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Knepper ph,p 1 0 0 0
Totals 60 9 18 9
New York 002 000 033 000 0008150
Houston 100 102 040 000 0019180
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   6.0 8 4 4 1 7
  Sisk   1.0 5 4 4 0 1
  Orosco   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Anderson   3.0 1 0 0 3 0
  McDowell  L (7-4) 3.1 3 1 1 1 4
Totals
14.1
18
9
9
5
13
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   5.0 6 2 2 3 6
  Lopez   2.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Kerfeld   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Smith   0.1 1 3 3 1 0
  DiPino   3.2 3 0 0 0 2
  Andersen   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Knepper  W (12-7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
15.0
15
8
8
5
9

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Houston 1.  2B–Houston Davis 2 (21,off Fernandez 2); Doran (15,off Fernandez); Ashby (5,off Fernandez); Hatcher (8,off Sisk).  3B–New York Strawberry (3,off Deshaies).  HR–New York K Mitchell (6,8th inning off Lopez 0 on, 0 out); Hernandez (7,8th inning off Lopez 0 on, 0 out), Houston Bass (14,6th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Carter (3,by Smith); Hernandez (3,by DiPino); Doran (1,by Orosco); Davis (6,by McDowell).  SH–Hatcher (4,off McDowell).  IBB–Ashby (5,by Anderson); Walling (4,by McDowell).  CS–K Mitchell (2,2nd base by Deshaies/Ashby).  SB–Garner (11,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter); Walker (7,2nd base off Anderson/Carter); Doran (33,2nd base off McDowell/Carter); Thon (3,2nd base off McDowell/Carter).  BK–Sisk (1).  HBP–Orosco (2,Doran); McDowell (3,Davis); Smith (1,Carter); DiPino (2,Hernandez).  IBB–Anderson (1,Ashby); McDowell (3,Walling).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–5:29.  A–23,900.
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