New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 10, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1988 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 5, Houston Astros 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 2 1
Teufel 2b 2 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 5 2 3 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 2 1
Carter c 5 1 2 2
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Cone p 3 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 0 0 0 1
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 1
Bass rf 4 1 3 0
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
New York 000 001 031591
Houston 000 001 001260
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (4-0) 7.0 4 1 1 1 4
  McDowell  SV (3) 2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   6.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Camacho  L (0-3) 1.0 2 3 3 3 1
  Agosto   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Heathcock   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
6
5

  E–Johnson (4).  2B–New York Hernandez 2 (9,off Deshaies,off Heathcock); Carter (4,off Deshaies), Houston Bass (7,off Cone).  3B–New York McReynolds (1,off Deshaies).  SH–Johnson (1,off Agosto).  SF–Mazzilli (1,off Agosto); McReynolds (1,off Heathcock).  IBB–Elster (4,by Agosto).  SB–Wilson (2,2nd base off Deshaies/Ashby); Hatcher (11,2nd base off Cone/Carter); Bass (6,2nd base off Cone/Carter).  CS–Davis (1,2nd base by Cone/Carter).  BK–Camacho (3).  IBB–Agosto (1,Elster).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:05.  A–19,064.
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