Houston Astros vs New York Mets
April 21, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 2011 at Citi Field. 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 1, New York Mets 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 0 1 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0
Wallace 1b 4 1 1 0
Downs 2b 4 0 1 1
Quintero c 3 0 0 0
Happ p 2 0 2 0
  Del Rosario p 0 0 0 0
  Bourgeois ph 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 3 1 0 0
Pagan cf 3 0 0 0
  Harris cf 1 0 0 0
Wright 3b 3 2 2 3
Beltran rf 4 1 1 0
Bay lf 4 2 1 0
Davis 1b 3 1 1 2
Turner 2b 4 0 1 0
Nickeas c 3 1 1 1
Capuano p 2 1 1 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 0 0
  Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 8 6
Houston 000 000 100171
New York 001 320 03x980
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Happ  L(1-3) 4.2 6 6 6 1 5
  Del Rosario   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Rodriguez   2.0 1 3 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
8
9
6
2
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Capuano  W(2-1) 7.0 6 1 1 2 4
  Buchholz   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
6

  E–Pence (1).  DP–New York 2. Capuano-Reyes, Capuano-Reyes-Davis.  2B–Houston Pence (8,off Capuano); Johnson (4,off Capuano); Wallace (4,off Capuano), New York Bay (1,off Happ); Capuano (2,off Happ); Wright (6,off Happ).  HR–New York Nickeas (1,3rd inning off Happ 0 on 1 out); Wright (3,4th inning off Happ 0 on 1 out); Davis (2,8th inning off A. Rodriguez 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Davis (2,off Happ).  Team–1.  CS–Turner (1,2nd base by Del Rosario/Quintero).  U-HP–Doug Eddings, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–2:41.  A–32,819.
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