New York Mets vs Houston Astros
August 9, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 2000 at Enron Field. 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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New York Mets 12, Houston Astros 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agbayani lf 3 1 2 2
  Hamilton ph,lf 1 1 1 2
  Trammell ph,lf 0 1 0 0
Bell rf 5 1 1 1
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 2 1
  Abbott pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Piazza c 5 1 2 3
  Pratt c 0 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 2 1 1 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Zeile 1b 5 1 3 1
Payton cf 4 2 2 1
Bordick ss 5 1 1 0
Reed p 2 1 1 0
  McEwing ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 16 11
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 5 2 3 1
Spiers 2b 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
  Barker cf 0 0 0 0
Berkman rf 3 0 0 1
Hidalgo cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Ward lf,1b 4 1 1 1
Truby 3b 3 0 1 0
Eusebio c 4 1 1 1
Lima p 1 0 0 0
  Slusarski p 0 0 0 0
  Bogar ph 1 0 1 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Franklin p 1 0 0 0
  Mieske ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
New York 032 202 03012162
Houston 100 011 110590
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (7-2) 7.0 8 4 3 0 4
  Wendell   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Cook   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
0
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  L (4-14) 3.1 7 7 7 2 1
  Slusarski   1.2 4 0 0 0 1
  Green   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Franklin   3.2 3 3 3 3 3
Totals
9.0
16
12
12
5
5

  E–Piazza (3), Payton (2).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–New York Agbayani (14,off Lima); Alfonzo (29,off Franklin), Houston Truby (8,off Reed).  3B–New York Zeile (3,off Lima); Bell (1,off Lima).  HR–New York Payton (10,2nd inning off Lima 0 on, 1 out); Hamilton (1,6th inning off Green 1 on, 0 out); Piazza (30,8th inning off Franklin 2 on, 2 out), Houston Eusebio (6,5th inning off Reed 0 on, 1 out); Lugo (3,7th inning off Reed 0 on, 1 out); Ward (16,8th inning off Wendell 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Reed (12,off Lima).  HBP–Ventura (2,by Franklin); Truby (3,by Reed).  SF–Berkman (4,off Reed).  SB–Lugo (12,2nd base off Reed/Piazza); Hidalgo (8,2nd base off Reed/Piazza).  WP–Lima (3).  BK–Franklin (1).  HBP–Reed (3,Truby); Franklin (2,Ventura).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:02.  A–35,432.
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