New York Mets vs Houston Astros
April 28, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1998 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 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 3 1 1 0
Lopez 2b 5 2 2 0
Alfonzo 3b 5 0 2 1
Tatum 1b 1 0 0 1
  Becker ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Huskey rf 5 0 1 1
Paquette lf,1b 4 0 1 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Spehr c 3 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 2 0
Leiter p 3 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Olerud 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 1 0 0 0
  Bogar 2b 2 1 1 0
Bell rf 6 1 4 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 0
Berry 3b 4 0 2 1
Alou lf,cf 5 0 2 2
Hidalgo cf 0 0 0 0
  Everett cf 4 1 1 0
  Clark ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 1 1
Ausmus c 5 0 1 0
Halama p 2 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Scanlan p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Howell ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
New York 201 000 000 0390
Houston 000 000 012 14130
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   6.1 6 0 0 4 6
  McMichael   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Cook   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Rojas   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Franco   1.0 3 2 2 1 3
  Hudek  L (0-1) 0.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
8
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Halama   7.0 8 3 3 2 6
  Scanlan   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Henry   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Magnante  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
3
3
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–New York Lopez 2 (4,off Halama 2); Paquette (1,off Halama), Houston Ausmus (1,off Leiter); Alou (5,off Leiter).  SF–Tatum (2,off Halama).  HBP–Spehr (2,by Halama); Biggio (2,by Leiter); Berry (3,by J Franco).  IBB–Gutierrez (2,by J Franco).  SB–Ordonez (1,2nd base off Henry/Ausmus); Biggio (13,2nd base off Leiter/Spehr); Gutierrez (2,3rd base off Cook/Spehr).  CS–Bogar (1,2nd base by Rojas/Spehr).  WP–Leiter (1), Cook (1).  BK–Halama (1).  HBP–Leiter (3,Biggio); J Franco (1,Berry); Halama (2,Spehr).  IBB–J Franco (2,Gutierrez).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–3:43.  A–14,943.
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