Houston Astros vs New York Mets
April 30, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 2001 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 2, New York Mets 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 2 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 0
Berkman lf 2 1 1 1
Alou rf 4 0 3 1
Truby 3b 4 0 0 0
Vizcaino ss 3 0 1 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Barker cf 3 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
Elarton p 2 0 0 0
  Lugo ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agbayani lf 3 1 0 0
Perez rf 4 2 2 1
Alfonzo 2b 5 1 2 1
Piazza c 4 2 3 3
Ventura 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
Zeile 1b 4 0 1 2
Payton cf 5 2 3 1
Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0
Trachsel p 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 1 0 0 0
  McEwing 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Houston 010 000 010282
New York 001 005 11x8110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Elarton  L (3-3) 5.2 8 5 5 4 2
  Bottenfield   1.1 2 2 2 1 2
  Powell   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
7
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  W (1-4) 6.0 6 1 1 1 7
  White   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Wendell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
8

  E–Biggio (2), Elarton (1).  2B–Houston Biggio (5,off Trachsel); Alou (5,off Trachsel); Bagwell (6,off White), New York Payton (3,off Elarton).  HR–Houston Berkman (6,2nd inning off Trachsel 0 on, 0 out), New York Piazza (8,6th inning off Bottenfield 2 on, 2 out); Payton (1,7th inning off Bottenfield 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Trachsel (2,off Elarton).  SB–Vizcaino (1,2nd base off Trachsel/Piazza).  U-HP–Kerwin Danley, 1B–Greg Gibson, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–3:22.  A–19,083.
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