Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 3, 1983 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 2, 1983
Astros 3, Mets 2 1983 Regular Season Game 20
May 3, 1983
Astros 7, Mets 4 Next Game:
May 4, 1983
Astros 4, Mets 3

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National League Standings, May 3, 1983

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson rf
Danny
Heep 1b
Rusty
Staub lf
George
Foster c
Ron
Hodges 3b
Hubie
Brooks 2b
Brian
Giles ss
Jose
Oquendo p
Craig
Swan

May 3, 1983, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 7, New York Mets 4

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Omar Moreno cf 5 1 1 2 0 1

Tony Scott rf 5 0 2 1 0 1

Dickie Thon ss 4 0 0 0 0 1

Phil Garner 3b 4 3 2 1 0 0

Jose Cruz lf 4 1 2 0 0 0

Ray Knight 1b 2 0 1 2 0 1

Alan Ashby c 4 1 2 1 0 0

Bill Doran 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0

Joe Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Frank DiPino p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Dawley p 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 4 2 3 0 1 0 .349

Danny Heep rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .305

Rusty Staub 1b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .263

George Foster lf 4 0 1 1 1 2 .239

Ron Hodges c 3 1 2 0 0 0 .200

- Dave Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200

- Ronn Reynolds c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .236

Brian Giles 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .246

Jose Oquendo ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mark Bradley ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Ron Gardenhire ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083

Craig Swan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Scott Holman p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .500

- Wally Backman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091

- Carlos Diaz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Doug Sisk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Houston Astros 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 10 2

New York Mets 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 0

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Joe Niekro (W) 6.0 10 4 4 0 3

Frank DiPino 0.2 0 0 0 1 1

Bill Dawley (Save) 2.1 0 0 0 2 4

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan (L,1-2) 1.2 4 5 1 0 1 6.33

Scott Holman 4.1 2 1 1 0 4 3.60

Carlos Diaz 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 1.69

Doug Sisk 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3.52

Left on base: Astros 4, Mets 9
Errors: Hubie Brooks (3), Brian Giles.
PB: Alan Ashby.
WP: Scott Holman, Frank DiPino.
2B: Ron Hodges (1), Hubie Brooks (1), George Foster (2), Jose Cruz.
HR: Phil Garner.
SH: Joe Niekro.
SF: Ray Knight 2.
SB: Mookie Wilson (8), Omar Moreno.

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