New York Mets vs Houston Astros
June 30, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1996 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 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 2 0
Vizcaino 2b 3 0 0 1
Gilkey lf 4 0 1 1
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
  Mayne c 1 0 0 0
Kent 3b 4 0 1 0
Ochoa rf 3 1 0 0
Huskey 1b 3 0 1 1
Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Tomberlin ph 1 0 0 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Everett ph 1 0 0 0
Isringhausen p 1 0 0 0
  Alfonzo ss 2 1 1 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 3 1 2 3
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 1
Bagwell 1b 2 2 1 0
Bell rf 5 1 1 2
Miller 3b 5 0 2 1
Mouton cf 5 1 2 1
Gutierrez ss 4 2 3 0
Knorr c 4 1 1 1
Kile p 3 0 1 0
Totals 36 9 14 9
New York 000 002 001361
Houston 000 620 01x9140
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Isringhausen  L (4-10) 4.0 10 8 8 5 4
  Mlicki   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Byrd   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Franco   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
8
6
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (7-5) 9.0 6 3 3 2 8
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
8

  E–Kent (16).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Johnson (14,off Kile); Huskey (9,off Kile), Houston Bell (22,off Isringhausen); Gutierrez (6,off Isringhausen).  SF–Vizcaino (1,off Kile).  SH–Kile (5,off Mlicki).  SB–Cangelosi 3 (13,2nd base off Isringhausen/Hundley 2,3rd base off Isringhausen/Hundley); Bell (16,3rd base off Isringhausen/Hundley).  WP–Isringhausen 2 (8), Mlicki (2).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:39.  A–35,981.
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