Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 4, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 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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Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 3 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 2 0
Anthony rf 3 0 0 1
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Stubbs 1b 4 1 1 2
Biggio lf 3 0 1 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson rf 1 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 1 1 0
Rohde 2b 4 0 0 0
Gedman c 2 0 1 1
Gullickson p 1 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Candaele lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 3b 5 1 4 3
Magadan 1b 3 1 1 0
Jefferies 2b 3 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 3
McReynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Boston cf 3 0 1 0
  Miller ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Sasser c 4 1 0 0
Elster ss 4 2 3 0
Gooden p 2 0 1 0
  Marshall ph 0 0 0 1
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 14 7
Houston 000 003 100470
New York 310 000 03x7141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson   5.0 8 4 4 3 1
  Schatzeder   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Agosto  L (4-2) 1.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Andersen   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
3
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (8-5) 8.0 7 4 4 1 8
  Franco  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
10

  E–Elster (12).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Gedman (6,off Gooden); Oberkfell (5,off Gooden), New York Elster (17,off Gullickson).  HR–Houston Stubbs (11,6th inning off Gooden 1 on, 2 out), New York Strawberry (20,1st inning off Gullickson 2 on, 1 out); Johnson (13,8th inning off Andersen 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Anthony (3,off Gooden); Gedman (1,off Gooden); Marshall (3,off Andersen).  SH–Gooden (5,off Schatzeder).  IBB–Magadan (2,by Gullickson).  CS–Yelding (13,2nd base by Gooden/Sasser); Biggio (4,2nd base by Gooden/Sasser).  SB–Johnson (16,2nd base off Gullickson/Gedman).  IBB–Gullickson (9,Magadan).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:46.  A–48,072.
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