New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 11, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 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 9, Houston Astros 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 2 2 0
Backman 2b 4 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 2 2 1 1
Strawberry rf 5 0 2 2
McReynolds lf 5 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 2 3 2 2
Lyons c 4 0 1 1
Santana ss 4 1 0 0
Leach p 2 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 2 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 9 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 2 2 1
Doran 2b 5 0 1 0
Walling 3b 3 0 1 1
  Jackson ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 2 2 1
Cruz lf 4 1 1 1
Ashby c 4 0 2 0
Reynolds ss 1 1 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena ss 1 0 0 0
Darwin p 2 0 1 1
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Wine ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 5
New York 150 010 011991
Houston 111 200 0106102
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leach   3.2 7 5 4 2 2
  Sisk   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Myers  W (2-4) 4.1 2 1 1 0 6
  McDowell  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
2
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (5-6) 6.0 7 7 5 2 9
  Meads   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Andersen   2.1 2 2 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
9
9
6
6
14

  E–Lyons (3), Doran (4), Ashby (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Hernandez (14,off Darwin); Dykstra (16,off Andersen), Houston Young (1,off Leach); Ashby (12,off Myers).  3B–New York Strawberry (4,off Darwin).  HR–New York Johnson 2 (19,2nd inning off Darwin 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Darwin 0 on, 2 out), Houston Cruz (8,2nd inning off Leach 0 on, 0 out); Bass (9,8th inning off Myers 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Backman (4,off Andersen).  SF–Lyons (2,off Andersen).  IBB–Hernandez (6,by Andersen); Johnson (4,by Andersen).  SB–Johnson 2 (17,2nd base off Darwin/Ashby,2nd base off Andersen/Ashby); Young (3,2nd base off Leach/Lyons); Walling (4,2nd base off Leach/Lyons).  WP–Andersen (1).  BK–Leach (1).  IBB–Andersen 2 (7,Hernandez,Johnson).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:08.  A–37,814.
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