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 6, New York Mets 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss 4 1 1 1
Oberkfell 2b 4 2 2 3
  Candaele pr 0 0 0 0
Biggio cf,c 5 1 1 1
Stubbs 1b 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 2 1
Anthony lf 2 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 1 1 0
Trevino c 3 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Young cf 0 0 0 0
Portugal p 2 1 1 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Doran ph 1 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jefferies 2b 4 2 2 1
Magadan 1b 4 0 2 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
McReynolds lf 4 2 2 1
Boston cf 4 1 1 0
Sasser c 4 1 2 3
Elster ss 4 0 0 0
Darling p 1 0 0 0
  O'Malley ph 1 0 0 0
  Musselman p 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Houston 210 300 000681
New York 101 004 01x7100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal   5.1 8 6 6 0 3
  Darwin   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Schatzeder  L (1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
0
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   5.0 7 6 6 3 3
  Musselman   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Pena  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
5
6

  E–Yelding (4).  PB–Sasser (2).  2B–Houston Biggio (3,off Darling); Caminiti (3,off Darling), New York Jefferies (7,off Portugal); Boston (1,off Portugal).  HR–Houston Oberkfell (1,4th inning off Darling 2 on, 1 out), New York Jefferies (3,3rd inning off Portugal 0 on, 1 out); Strawberry (4,6th inning off Portugal 0 on, 1 out); Sasser (1,6th inning off Portugal 2 on, 1 out); McReynolds (4,8th inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Stubbs (1,by Darling).  SF–Johnson (1,off Portugal).  SB–Oberkfell (1,2nd base off Darling/Sasser); Candaele (1,2nd base off Pena/Sasser).  HBP–Darling (2,Stubbs).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:44.  A–32,431.
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