New York Mets vs Houston Astros
April 30, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1989 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 2 2 0
Johnson ss 4 0 3 4
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 5 1 2 1
Wilson lf 4 0 1 0
Magadan 3b 4 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0
  Jefferies ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Sasser c 4 0 0 0
Cone p 1 1 1 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 0 1 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
  McReynolds ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 38 6 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 0 0
Ramirez ss 5 0 1 0
Doran 2b 4 1 1 1
Davis 1b 4 2 2 0
Puhl lf 4 2 3 2
Bass rf 4 1 1 2
Ashby c 4 0 2 1
Caminiti 3b 3 0 1 0
Scott p 2 0 1 1
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
New York 003 000 2016111
Houston 034 000 00x7121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  L (2-2) 2.1 7 7 5 0 2
  Aguilera   1.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Leach   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Aase   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
5
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (4-1) 5.0 5 3 0 0 6
  Schatzeder   1.2 2 2 2 1 2
  Agosto   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (4) 1.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
3
1
8

  E–Teufel (2), Davis (3).  PB–Ashby (1).  2B–New York K Hernandez (3,off Scott); Dykstra (8,off Smith), Houston Caminiti (7,off Aase).  3B–Houston Bass (1,off Cone); Puhl (1,off Cone).  HR–New York Strawberry (5,3rd inning off Scott 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Johnson (1,off Scott).  SB–Dykstra (5,2nd base off Schatzeder/Ashby); Young 2 (9,2nd base off Cone/Sasser,3rd base off Aguilera/Sasser); Ramirez (2,2nd base off Aguilera/Sasser).  CS–Scott (1,2nd base by Cone/Sasser).  WP–Scott (1).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:46.  A–33,838.
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