Houston Astros vs New York Mets
April 20, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 2011 at Citi Field. 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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Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 0 2 1
Sanchez ss 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 1 1 1
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
  Abad p 0 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
Wallace 1b 4 1 2 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 0
Hall 2b 2 0 0 0
  Downs 2b 2 0 0 0
Towles c 2 1 0 0
Norris p 2 0 1 1
  Inglett ph 1 0 0 0
  Melancon p 0 0 0 0
  Bourgeois lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 5 1 4 0
Thole c 5 0 0 0
Wright 3b 3 0 0 0
Beltran rf 4 0 3 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Pagan cf 3 0 0 0
Harris lf 4 1 1 0
Murphy 2b 4 1 3 2
Dickey p 3 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 12 3
Houston 030 000 010480
New York 001 002 0003120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Norris   6.0 10 3 3 1 6
  Melancon  W(2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Abad   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Valdez   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lyon  SV(4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Dickey  L(1-3) 8.0 8 4 4 2 4
  Isringhausen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2. Johnson-Downs-Wallace, Lyon-Downs, New York 3. Wright-Murphy-Davis, Reyes-Murphy-Davis, Wright-Davis.  PB–Thole (4).  2B–Houston Wallace (3,off Dickey); Johnson (3,off Dickey), New York Beltran 2 (6,off Norris 2); Harris (5,off Norris).  HR–Houston Pence (2,8th inning off Dickey 0 on 0 out), New York Murphy (1,6th inning off Norris 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Towles (1,by Dickey).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Reyes 2 (8,2nd base off Norris/Towles 2).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Doug Eddings, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–2:50.  A–27,380.
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