New York Mets vs Houston Astros
August 27, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1991 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 3, Houston Astros 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boston cf 5 1 1 0
  Simons p 0 0 0 0
Magadan 1b 4 0 2 1
Carreon lf,cf 5 0 0 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Sasser rf 4 0 1 0
Jefferies 2b 3 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 2 2 0
O'Brien c 3 0 1 1
Whitehurst p 1 0 1 0
  Donnels ph 1 0 0 0
  Schourek p 0 0 0 0
  Templeton ph 1 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Biggio c 3 2 3 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 1
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 2 2 1
Caminiti 3b 3 1 1 3
Simms rf 2 1 1 0
  Young pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 2b 4 1 1 0
Cedeno ss 4 0 0 1
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  Tolentino 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 7
New York 000 010 110382
Houston 221 030 00x8100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehurst  L (5-10) 4.0 5 5 3 1 2
  Schourek   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Innis   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Simons   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
6
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (6-8) 6.0 6 2 2 4 5
  Schilling  SV (6) 3.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
7

  E–Sasser (2), Whitehurst (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Houston Gonzalez (24,off Whitehurst); Biggio (19,off Schourek).  HR–Houston Caminiti (12,5th inning off Schourek 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Kile (4,off Whitehurst).  SF–Caminiti (4,off Whitehurst).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:42.  A–9,175.
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