New York Mets vs Houston Astros
May 2, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 2012 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 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

New York Mets 1, Houston Astros 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Tejada ss 4 0 3 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
Murphy 2b 4 0 0 0
Wright 3b 3 1 1 0
Hairston rf 4 0 1 0
Nieuwenhuis lf 3 0 1 0
Torres cf 4 0 1 1
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Thole c 4 0 0 0
Schwinden p 1 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
  Valdespin ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Schafer cf 1 0 0 0
  Maxwell cf 2 0 1 0
Altuve 2b 5 0 1 0
Martinez lf 5 0 0 0
Lee 1b 5 1 2 0
Lowrie ss 4 3 3 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Abad p 0 0 0 0
Bogusevic rf 4 2 2 1
Johnson 3b 4 2 4 6
Castro c 4 0 2 1
Rodriguez p 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 15 8
New York 000 100 000170
Houston 032 030 00x8150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Schwinden  L(0-1) 4.0 6 5 5 2 1
  Acosta   2.0 6 3 3 0 1
  Byrdak   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Francisco   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
2
0
0
0
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  W(3-2) 7.0 6 1 1 2 5
  Carpenter   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Abad   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Murphy-Valdespin-Davis.  2B–New York Tejada 2 (10,off W. Rodriguez 2); Hairston (3,off W. Rodriguez), Houston Lowrie (3,off Schwinden); Bogusevic (3,off Acosta).  3B–New York Wright (1,off Carpenter).  HR–Houston Johnson 2 (2,2nd inning off Schwinden 2 on 0 out,3rd inning off Schwinden 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–W. Rodriguez (3,off Schwinden).  Team–8.  SB–Wright (3,2nd base off W. Rodriguez/Castro).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Adrian Johnson, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Lance Barksdale.  T–2:34.  A–19,442.
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