Houston Astros vs New York Mets
October 14, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 14, 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."

"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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Houston Astros 1, New York Mets 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 0 1 1
Hatcher cf 3 0 1 0
Walling 3b 5 0 1 0
Davis 1b 5 0 0 0
Bass rf 5 0 2 0
Cruz lf 5 0 1 0
Ashby c 5 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0
  Thon ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 1 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 1 9 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 0 0 0
Backman 2b 5 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 5 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 3 1 1 1
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Elster ss 0 0 0 0
Gooden p 3 0 0 0
  Heep lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 4 2
Houston 000 010 000 000191
New York 000 010 000 001240
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   9.0 2 1 1 1 12
  Kerfeld  L (0-1) 2.1 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
11.1
4
2
2
2
15
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   10.0 9 1 1 2 4
  Orosco  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
9
1
1
2
6

  E–Kerfeld (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Houston Ashby (1,off Gooden).  HR–New York Strawberry (2,5th inning off Ryan 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hatcher (2,off Gooden).  IBB–Hernandez (3,by Kerfeld).  SB–Doran (1,2nd base off Gooden/Carter); Puhl (1,2nd base off Gooden/Carter).  CS–Bass (1,2nd base by Gooden/Carter).  IBB–Kerfeld (1,Hernandez).  U–Joe West, Fred Brocklander, Doug Harvey, Lee Weyer, Dutch Rennert, Frank Pulli.  T–3:45.  A–54,986.
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