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 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 3, New York Mets 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Spiers 3b,cf 5 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 1
Bell cf,rf 4 1 1 1
May lf 4 0 1 0
Miller ss,3b 4 1 4 1
Simms rf 3 0 1 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Hajek ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Wilkins c 4 0 0 0
Hampton p 1 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 3 2 2 2
  Everett cf 1 1 1 1
Alfonzo 2b 5 1 3 3
Gilkey lf 3 0 0 0
  Jones lf 2 0 0 0
Kent 3b 2 0 1 0
  Bogar pr,3b 2 1 1 1
Mayne c 4 1 1 0
Ochoa rf 3 2 2 1
Huskey 1b 4 0 1 2
Ordonez ss 3 1 0 0
Harnisch p 2 1 1 0
  Byrd p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 13 10
Houston 100 002 000382
New York 123 102 01x10132
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L (6-6) 3.0 6 6 5 2 2
  Johnstone   2.2 5 3 3 1 1
  Morman   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
9
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  W (5-6) 6.2 7 3 2 2 2
  Byrd   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
2
4

  E–Spiers (3), Biggio (7), Ochoa (1), Huskey (7).  2B–New York Alfonzo (6,off Johnstone).  3B–New York Johnson (14,off Hampton).  HR–Houston Bell (10,6th inning off Harnisch 0 on, 0 out); Miller (9,6th inning off Harnisch 0 on, 1 out), New York Alfonzo (1,4th inning off Johnstone 0 on, 2 out); Everett (1,8th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Harnisch (6,off Hampton).  SF–Bogar (2,off Johnstone).  WP–Hernandez (5), Harnisch (4).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:44.  A–33,505.
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