Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1987 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."

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Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 1 1 0
Doran 2b 5 1 1 1
Walling rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 2
Ashby c 3 0 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 1 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 1 0
Knepper p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Bass rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 4 3 0
Magadan 1b,3b 5 1 5 1
McReynolds lf 3 0 0 1
Teufel 2b 3 1 3 4
Lyons c 4 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 2 1
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 1 0
Mitchell p 2 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez 1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 7 16 7
Houston 200 020 000480
New York 103 110 01x7162
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (3-12) 3.0 7 4 4 2 1
  Childress   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Meads   2.2 5 1 1 0 3
  Smith   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
7
7
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  W (2-2) 5.0 5 4 4 4 1
  Myers   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Orosco  SV (14) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
4

  E–McReynolds (3), Johnson (17).  DP–Houston 2, New York 2.  2B–Houston Walling (15,off Mitchell); Davis (23,off Mitchell); Doran (13,off Mitchell); Caminiti (2,off Myers), New York Lyons (3,off Knepper).  HR–New York Teufel (8,3rd inning off Knepper 2 on, 1 out); Johnson (23,5th inning off Childress 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Knepper (9,off Mitchell); Dykstra (2,off Meads).  SF–McReynolds (6,off Knepper); Teufel (2,off Childress).  SB–Wilson (16,2nd base off Meads/Ashby).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:45.  A–44,370.
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