Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1989 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 0, New York Mets 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 0
Yelding 2b 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gross 1b 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
Biggio c 2 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 0
Davidson rf 3 0 1 0
Young cf 2 0 0 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 1 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 4 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 5 0 2 1
Magadan 3b,1b 4 1 1 0
Johnson ss,3b 5 2 2 2
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
  Wilson rf 1 0 1 0
McReynolds lf 2 3 2 2
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Teufel ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 2 0
  Elster ss 2 0 1 0
Jefferies 2b 3 1 1 1
Sasser c 3 1 0 1
Fernandez p 3 0 2 2
  Carreon ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 15 9
Houston 000 000 000040
New York 205 101 00x9150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (2-3) 2.1 6 6 6 3 1
  Schatzeder   3.2 8 3 3 2 3
  Agosto   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Portugal   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
5
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (8-3) 7.0 3 0 0 1 6
  Innis   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, New York 2.  2B–New York Jefferies (19,off Schatzeder); Elster (11,off Schatzeder); Wilson (10,off Portugal).  HR–New York Johnson (25,1st inning off Forsch 1 on, 1 out); McReynolds (9,6th inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Forsch (5,off Fernandez).  HBP–Biggio (4,by Fernandez).  SB–Samuel (20,2nd base off Forsch/Biggio).  WP–Schatzeder 2 (5).  HBP–Fernandez (3,Biggio).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:42.  A–35,664.
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