New York Mets vs Houston Astros
April 28, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1990 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 4, Houston Astros 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Carreon cf 4 0 1 1
Teufel 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 1 0
Marshall 1b 4 0 2 0
Sasser c 1 1 0 0
  Jefferies ph 1 0 0 0
  Mercado c 0 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 1 0 0 0
Elster ss 4 0 1 0
Fernandez p 2 1 1 3
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Carr ph 1 0 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 2 2 1
Yelding ss,rf 3 2 1 2
Doran 2b 2 0 0 1
  Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 2
Caminiti 3b 4 1 2 0
Wilson rf 3 1 2 0
  Stubbs lf 0 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 0 0 1
Candaele lf,2b 4 1 1 0
Gullickson p 2 0 1 1
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 11 8
New York 040 000 000471
Houston 102 211 01x8111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (1-2) 3.1 5 5 3 3 2
  Pena   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Musselman   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Ojeda   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
8
6
4
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson  W (1-1) 5.0 4 4 0 1 5
  Agosto   2.1 2 0 0 1 4
  Smith  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
0
2
11

  E–Teufel (2), Davis (1).  DP–New York 1, Houston 1.  2B–New York Fernandez (1,off Gullickson); Carreon (2,off Gullickson); McReynolds (1,off Gullickson); Marshall (2,off Agosto), Houston Davis (5,off Fernandez).  3B–Houston Young (1,off Fernandez); Yelding (1,off Fernandez).  HR–Houston Davis (4,6th inning off Musselman 0 on, 2 out); Young (1,8th inning off Ojeda 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Sasser (1,by Gullickson).  SF–Doran (1,off Fernandez); Yelding (2,off Pena); Trevino (2,off Pena).  BK–Smith (1).  IBB–Gullickson (1,Sasser).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:54.  A–30,217.
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