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1983 Regular Season Game 81
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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
lf
Foster George
Foster
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
2b
Giles Brian
Giles
ss
Oquendo Jose
Oquendo
p
Torrez Mike
Torrez
July 8, 1983, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 3

Astros ab r hbibbso
Omar Moreno cf 5 1 2 0 0 0
Terry Puhl rf 4 1 2 1 0 1
Dickie Thon ss 3 1 1 1 1 1
Phil Garner 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 3 1 1 0 1 1
Ray Knight 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1
Bill Doran 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0
Luis Pujols c 4 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Ryan p 3 0 0 0 0 1
- Harry Spilman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Bill Dawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .249
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .279
Keith Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .337
George Foster lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .251
Darryl Strawberry rf 3 0 0 1 1 2 .199
Ron Hodges c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .216
Brian Giles 2b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .242
Jose Oquendo ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Mike Torrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .065
- Scott Holman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .353
- Tom Gorman p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500
- Danny Heep ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .285
- Walt Terrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dave Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .209

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 10 2
New York Mets 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0

Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Nolan Ryan (W) 8.0 4 2 2 5 12
Bill Dawley 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Mike Torrez (L,5-9) 0.2 6 5 5 0 0 4.30
Scott Holman 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 4.01
Tom Gorman 5.0 1 0 0 0 4 5.40
Walt Terrell 2.0 2 1 1 2 1 5.19

Left on base: Astros 4, Mets 7
Errors: Ron Hodges 2 (7).
2B: George Foster 2 (10), Terry Puhl, Dickie Thon.
3B: Ray Knight, Terry Puhl.
HR: Brian Giles (1), Bill Doran.
Intentional Walks: Jose Cruz.
SB: Mookie Wilson (31), Jose Cruz, Omar Moreno, Dickie Thon.


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