Houston Astros vs New York Mets
September 4, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1991 at Shea Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 8, New York Mets 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Finley rf 5 2 3 0
Biggio c 2 2 1 2
Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 3
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz lf 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Mallicoat p 0 0 0 0
  Tolentino ph 1 0 0 0
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 5 1 1 0
Young cf 4 1 1 0
Mota 2b 5 1 2 3
Deshaies p 3 0 0 0
  Davidson lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 10 8
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Miller 2b 5 0 3 0
Elster ss 5 0 2 0
Johnson rf 4 2 2 2
McReynolds cf 3 0 1 0
Carreon lf 3 0 0 0
  Innis p 0 0 0 0
  Sasser ph 1 0 0 0
  Bross p 0 0 0 0
Jefferies 3b 3 1 1 0
Templeton 1b 4 0 1 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Cone p 2 0 0 0
  McDaniel lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 2
Houston 300 012 0028100
New York 100 110 0003102
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  W (5-12) 5.0 8 3 3 1 3
  Hernandez   1.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Mallicoat   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Schilling   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  L (12-11) 5.0 7 6 6 6 7
  Innis   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bross   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
6
8

  E–Elster (10), Jefferies (12).  DP–Houston 1.  HR–Houston Bagwell (13,1st inning off Cone 2 on, 0 out); Biggio (4,6th inning off Cone 1 on, 0 out); Mota (1,9th inning off Bross 1 on, 2 out), New York Johnson 2 (31,1st inning off Deshaies 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Biggio (5,off Cone).  SB–Miller (11,3rd base off Deshaies/Biggio); Elster (2,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio); Jefferies (18,Home off Deshaies/Biggio); Templeton (2,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio).  CS–Miller (3,2nd base by Deshaies/Biggio).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:11.  A–12,512.
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