New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 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 2, Houston Astros 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 4 1 2 0
Teufel 2b 4 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 1
Strawberry rf 2 0 0 1
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 1 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 2 2 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 0
Doran 2b 3 1 1 2
Davis 1b 4 1 0 0
Bass rf 4 1 3 1
Pankovits 3b 4 1 1 1
  Jackson 3b 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 1
Darwin p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 5
New York 101 000 000274
Houston 020 120 10x690
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (1-2) 4.2 8 5 3 1 4
  Leach   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Innis   2.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
3
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  W (2-2) 9.0 7 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7

  E–Dykstra (1), Teufel (3), Carter (2), Elster (5).  DP–New York 1, Houston 1.  2B–New York Dykstra (4,off Darwin), Houston Hatcher (7,off Fernandez); Bass (6,off Fernandez).  SF–Strawberry (3,off Darwin).  SB–Doran 2 (6,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter 2); Young 2 (20,2nd base off Fernandez/Carter,2nd base off Innis/Carter); Bass (5,2nd base off Leach/Carter).  CS–Hatcher (7,3rd base by Fernandez/Carter).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:32.  A–18,388.
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