New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 28, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1996 at Astrodome. 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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New York Mets 7, Houston Astros 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 1 2
Vizcaino 2b 5 0 1 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 5 2 2 0
Kent 3b 4 0 1 1
Ochoa rf 5 2 3 1
Huskey 1b 4 2 2 2
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
Alfonzo ss 4 1 2 1
Clark p 2 0 0 0
  Bogar 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 0 1 0
  Cangelosi pr,lf 1 0 1 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 1 2 0
Wilkins c 4 1 1 1
Mouton lf,cf 3 0 0 1
Miller ss 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Drabek p 1 0 0 0
  Hartgraves p 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
New York 000 330 0017121
Houston 000 020 000272
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  W (8-6) 6.0 5 2 1 0 6
  Henry  SV (5) 3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
0
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (3-6) 4.1 8 6 5 3 5
  Hartgraves   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
3
6

  E–Johnson (7), Bagwell (10), Berry (17).  DP–New York 1, Houston 1.  2B–New York Ochoa (3,off Drabek); Johnson (13,off Drabek); Hundley 2 (15,off Drabek,off Hernandez); Alfonzo 2 (5,off Drabek,off Hernandez); Kent (17,off Hernandez), Houston Wilkins (7,off Clark); Hunter (14,off Clark).  SH–Clark (6,off Drabek).  SF–Mouton (2,off Clark).  HBP–Biggio (16,by Clark).  SB–Johnson 2 (25,2nd base off Drabek/Wilkins,3rd base off Drabek/Wilkins); Gilkey (10,2nd base off Drabek/Wilkins); Ochoa (1,2nd base off Drabek/Wilkins); Berry (7,2nd base off Clark/Hundley).  HBP–Clark (1,Biggio).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:49.  A–24,569.
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