New York Mets vs Houston Astros
October 9, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1986 at Astrodome. 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)
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New York Mets 5, Houston Astros 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 1 2 0
Backman 2b 5 2 2 1
Hernandez 1b 3 1 2 2
Carter c 5 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 1
Wilson lf 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 3 0 1 0
Santana ss 4 0 1 0
Ojeda p 4 1 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 1 1 0
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 3 0 1 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 3 0 2 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 2 0
Ryan p 1 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 1 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
New York 000 230 0005100
Houston 000 000 1001102
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  W (1-0) 9.0 10 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (0-1) 5.0 7 5 5 0 5
  Andersen   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Lopez   1.1 2 0 0 2 1
  Kerfeld   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
8

  E–Hatcher (1), Davis (1).  DP–New York 2, Houston 1.  2B–New York Carter (1,off Ryan); Dykstra (1,off Lopez), Houston Bass (2,off Ojeda).  3B–New York Hernandez (1,off Ryan).  SF–Strawberry (1,off Ryan).  IBB–Hernandez 2 (2,by Andersen,by Lopez); Knight (1,by Lopez).  SB–Wilson (1,2nd base off Lopez/Ashby).  IBB–Andersen (1,Hernandez); Lopez 2 (2,Knight,Hernandez).  U–Lee Weyer, Frank Pulli, Dutch Rennert, Joe West, Doug Harvey, Fred Brocklander.  T–2:40.  A–44,391.
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