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Mets Starting Lineup
2b
Backman Wally
Backman
ss
Oquendo Jose
Oquendo
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
lf
Foster George
Foster
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
c
Ortiz Junior
Ortiz
p
Torrez Mike
Torrez
April 8, 1984, Astrodome, Houston, TX

New York Mets 3, Houston Astros 1

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Wally Backman 2b 3 1 1 0 2 1 .455
Jose Oquendo ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Keith Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .150
George Foster lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .333
Darryl Strawberry rf 4 1 3 0 0 1 .350
Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .417
Hubie Brooks 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .211
Junior Ortiz c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .182
- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ron Hodges c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Mike Torrez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Tim Leary p 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
- Doug Sisk p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Astros ab r hbibbso
Bill Doran 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2
Terry Puhl rf 4 0 2 0 1 0
Dickie Thon ss 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Craig Reynolds ss 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz lf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 1 0 0
Ray Knight 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1
Phil Garner 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0
Alan Ashby c 4 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Tony Scott ph 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Vern Ruhle p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dave Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Harry Spilman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Mike Torrez 5.2 5 0 0 2 3 7.71
Tim Leary (W,1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0.00
Doug Sisk (Save,2) 2.0 2 1 0 0 1 0.00
Houston Astros ip h rer bbso
Joe Niekro (L) 7.0 7 1 1 1 3
Vern Ruhle 0.1 2 2 2 2 0
Dave Smith 1.2 1 0 0 0 3

Left on base: Mets 7, Astros 10
Errors: Wally Backman (1).
PB: Alan Ashby 2.
2B: Darryl Strawberry (1), Ray Knight.
Intentional Walks: Keith Hernandez.
HBP: Dickie Thon.
SH: Jose Oquendo.
SB: Terry Puhl.
CS: Darryl Strawberry (1), Terry Puhl.


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