New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 10, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 10, 1987 at Astrodome. 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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New York Mets 7, Houston Astros 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 2 3 1
Backman 2b 5 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 5 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 3 0
McReynolds lf 4 2 3 3
Johnson 3b 5 1 1 1
Santana ss 4 1 2 0
Gooden p 3 0 1 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 14 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 1 1 0
Doran 2b 5 1 1 1
Walling 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 1 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 2 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0
Scott p 2 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 6 1
New York 001 105 0007143
Houston 010 001 010362
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (6-2) 8.2 6 3 2 4 5
  Orosco  SV (12) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (10-5) 5.2 11 7 6 1 7
  Meads   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Childress   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
6
3
7

  E–Backman (5), Carter (4), Johnson (14), Young (1), C Reynolds (9).  DP–New York 1, Houston 1.  2B–New York Dykstra (15,off Scott); Santana (10,off Scott).  HR–New York McReynolds 2 (16,4th inning off Scott 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Scott 1 on, 1 out); Johnson (17,6th inning off Scott 0 on, 1 out), Houston Doran (12,6th inning off Gooden 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gooden (2,off Scott).  IBB–Hernandez (5,by Scott).  SB–Strawberry (13,2nd base off Scott/Ashby); Young 2 (2,2nd base off Gooden/Carter 2).  CS–Dykstra (4,2nd base by Scott/Ashby).  WP–Gooden (1).  IBB–Scott (4,Hernandez).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:00.  A–42,847.
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