Houston Astros vs New York Mets
May 6, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1990 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss 6 1 2 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 1
  Caminiti ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Biggio c 5 0 1 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 5 0 0 0
Stubbs rf 5 1 2 2
Anthony lf 4 1 0 0
Candaele 2b 4 0 1 0
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Doran ph 1 0 1 0
  Puhl pr 0 0 0 0
  Trevino c 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 10 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Carreon cf 4 2 1 0
Teufel 2b,1b 4 2 3 4
Johnson 3b 3 1 1 0
McReynolds lf 5 1 1 3
Marshall 1b 3 0 0 0
  Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Boston ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Reed rf 3 0 0 0
  Strawberry ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Lyons c 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 4 0 0 0
Cone p 1 0 0 0
  Jefferies ph,2b 2 1 0 0
Totals 35 7 7 7
Houston 300 000 000 014101
New York 000 003 000 04771
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   6.0 3 3 3 3 2
  Agosto   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Darwin   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith  L (0-2) 0.1 2 4 4 2 0
Totals
10.1
7
7
7
5
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone   6.0 6 3 3 0 7
  Ojeda   3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Franco  W (1-0) 2.0 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
3
10

  E–Yelding (3), Johnson (8).  DP–Houston 2, New York 1.  2B–Houston Oberkfell (2,off Cone), New York Teufel (1,off Smith).  HR–Houston Stubbs (4,1st inning off Cone 1 on, 2 out), New York Teufel (1,6th inning off Deshaies 2 on, 1 out); McReynolds (3,11th inning off Smith 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Johnson (2,by Smith).  SB–Yelding (8,2nd base off Cone/Lyons).  CS–Johnson (1,2nd base by Deshaies/Biggio).  BK–Franco (2).  IBB–Smith (1,Johnson).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:26.
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