New York Mets vs Houston Astros
September 25, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 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 4, Houston Astros 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 2 2 1
Alfonzo 2b,3b 5 0 4 0
Gilkey lf 5 0 1 1
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
  Ochoa pr 0 0 0 0
  Castillo c 0 0 0 0
Everett rf 4 0 0 0
Franco 3b 3 1 1 1
  Espinoza ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Hardtke ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Huskey 1b 4 1 1 1
Ordonez ss 5 0 0 0
Clark p 2 0 0 0
  Petagine ph 1 0 1 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 10 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Hunter cf 1 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 4 2 1 1
Bagwell 1b 5 1 2 2
Montgomery lf,rf,cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Spiers 3b,ss 5 0 2 1
Abreu rf 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Bell rf 1 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 1 1
Miller ss 3 0 1 0
  Hajek pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Manwaring c 2 1 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
  Eusebio c 0 0 0 0
Reynolds p 1 0 1 0
  May ph,lf 3 1 1 0
Totals 39 5 10 5
New York 110 110 000 04102
Houston 000 040 000 15101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   5.0 8 4 2 0 2
  Mlicki   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Wallace  L (2-3) 1.2 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.2
10
5
3
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   5.0 8 4 4 0 5
  Hernandez   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Wagner   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Hudek  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
3
9

  E–M Franco (2), Mlicki (2), Miller (21).  2B–New York Gilkey (44,off Reynolds); Alfonzo (14,off Reynolds), Houston Biggio (23,off Clark).  HR–New York Huskey (14,2nd inning off Reynolds 0 on, 0 out); M Franco (1,4th inning off Reynolds 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (9,5th inning off Reynolds 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Johnson (3,off Wagner); Everett (1,off Hudek); Manwaring (2,off Mlicki).  IBB–Huskey (2,by Hudek).  SB–Biggio (25,2nd base off Wallace/Castillo).  WP–Hudek (1).  IBB–Hudek (2,Huskey).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:15.  A–15,760.
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