Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 14, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1996 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 7, New York Mets 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Mouton cf 5 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 6 0 3 1
Bagwell 1b 5 1 2 2
Berry 3b 4 0 0 0
  Spiers 3b 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 1 1 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 6 1 2 1
May lf 5 2 3 3
Gutierrez ss 5 0 2 0
Knorr c 3 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 0 0 0
  Hajek ph 0 1 0 0
  Wilkins c 0 0 0 0
Kile p 3 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 7 15 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 6 1 2 0
Vizcaino 2b 5 0 2 1
Gilkey lf 3 0 0 1
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
  Mayne c 1 0 0 0
Kent 3b 4 1 2 1
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Bogar 1b 1 0 0 0
Ochoa rf 5 0 1 0
Huskey 1b 4 1 2 2
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Tomberlin ph 0 0 0 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 5 1 1 0
Isringhausen p 2 0 0 0
  Everett ph 1 1 1 0
  Alfonzo 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 12 5
Houston 100 002 011 027151
New York 000 100 220 005121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   6.1 8 3 3 3 4
  Wagner   1.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Hernandez  W (1-4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Jones  SV (17) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
12
5
5
5
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Isringhausen   7.0 8 3 3 3 3
  DiPoto   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Franco   2.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Mlicki  L (4-4) 1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
11.0
15
7
7
6
6

  E–Berry (19), Huskey (6).  DP–Houston 1, New York 2.  2B–Houston Biggio (16,off Isringhausen); Bell (25,off Mlicki).  HR–Houston May 2 (5,6th inning off Isringhausen 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off DiPoto 0 on, 2 out); Bagwell (23,11th inning off Mlicki 0 on, 2 out), New York Huskey (7,8th inning off Wagner 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Miller (1,off J Franco); Alfonzo (5,off Wagner).  IBB–May (4,by Mlicki).  SF–Gilkey (7,off Kile).  SB–May (2,2nd base off Isringhausen/Hundley); Johnson 2 (31,2nd base off Kile/Knorr,3rd base off Kile/Knorr).  WP–Isringhausen (10), J Franco (1).  IBB–Mlicki (5,May).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–4:06.
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