Houston Astros vs New York Mets
July 3, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1986 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 5, New York Mets 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 1 1 0
Gainey cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Walling 3b 3 1 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 1
Bass rf 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 1
  Walker cf 0 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
  Thon ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Mizerock c 3 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 0 1 0 0
  Ashby c 0 0 0 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Garner ph 1 1 1 2
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 6 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Mitchell ss 3 1 1 0
  Dykstra pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Strawberry rf 5 2 4 4
Carter 1b 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
  Santana ss 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 5 1 1 1
Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0
  Backman ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Hearn c 3 1 1 1
Darling p 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 6
Houston 200 100 000 2561
New York 010 020 000 3690
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   7.0 5 3 3 3 11
  Kerfeld   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  DiPino  L (1-3) 0.2 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.2
9
6
6
5
14
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Darling   9.0 5 3 3 1 9
  Orosco  W (4-4) 1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
10.0
6
5
5
2
9

  E–Walling (2).  DP–Houston 1, New York 1.  2B–Houston Doran (12,off Darling); Bass (16,off Darling); Gainey (1,off Darling), New York Wilson (9,off Deshaies); Strawberry (20,off Deshaies).  HR–Houston Garner (7,10th inning off Orosco 1 on, 2 out), New York Hearn (3,2nd inning off Deshaies 0 on, 2 out); Strawberry 2 (12,5th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 2 out,10th inning off DiPino 1 on, 0 out); Knight (9,10th inning off DiPino 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Cruz (2,off Darling).  SB–Gainey (1,2nd base off Darling/Hearn).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–3:08.  A–48,839.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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