New York Mets vs Houston Astros
July 3, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1989 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 3, Houston Astros 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 4 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 3 1 1 0
Johnson ss,3b 4 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 2 1
Jefferies 3b 4 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 1 1 1
Carreon rf 3 1 1 1
Lombardi c 3 0 0 0
Cone p 2 0 1 0
  Elster ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 3 0 0 0
Young cf 3 1 1 0
Doran 2b 4 0 2 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 1
Puhl rf 3 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 2 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Biggio c 4 0 0 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds 3b 1 0 1 0
  Washington ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
New York 000 001 200361
Houston 100 000 000150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  W (5-5) 7.1 5 1 1 5 5
  Myers  SV (12) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
5
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (8-4) 6.0 6 3 3 2 8
  Darwin   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Andersen   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
9

  E–Elster (7).  DP–New York 1, Houston 1.  2B–New York Cone (1,off Deshaies); McReynolds (13,off Deshaies), Houston Davis (13,off Cone).  HR–New York Teufel (1,7th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 0 out); Carreon (3,7th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cone (2,off Darwin).  HBP–Davis (5,by Cone).  IBB–Caminiti (4,by Cone).  SB–Hatcher (14,2nd base off Cone/Lombardi); Young (30,3rd base off Cone/Lombardi).  WP–Deshaies (6).  HBP–Cone (3,Davis).  IBB–Cone (4,Caminiti).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–3:07.  A–40,786.
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