Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 1, 1985 - Box Score

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Mets 4, Astros 1 1985 Regular Season Game 19
May 1, 1985
Astros 10, Mets 3 Next Game:
May 3, 1985
Mets 9, Reds 4

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National League Standings, May 1, 1985

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Kelvin
Chapman ss
Ron
Gardenhire 1b
Keith
Hernandez cf
Darryl
Strawberry lf
George
Foster 3b
Ray
Knight rf
John
Christensen c
Ronn
Reynolds p
Ron
Darling

May 1, 1985, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Houston Astros 10, New York Mets 3

Astros ab r h bi bb so

Bill Doran 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1

Kevin Bass rf 5 1 2 2 0 0

Denny Walling 1b 5 2 2 1 0 0

Jose Cruz lf 5 3 3 3 0 0

Jerry Mumphrey cf 5 1 2 0 0 0

Phil Garner 3b 5 0 2 1 0 1

Mark Bailey c 4 0 1 2 0 2

Craig Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0 0 0

Bob Knepper p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Bill Dawley p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Frank DiPino p 1 1 1 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Kelvin Chapman 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .129

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

Ron Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222

- Rafael Santana ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .172

Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .319

Darryl Strawberry cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .236

George Foster lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .255

- Mookie Wilson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262

- Clint Hurdle c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273

Ray Knight 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .200

John Christensen rf 2 1 2 1 0 0 .150

- Danny Heep ph-rf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .276

Ronn Reynolds c 2 0 1 1 0 1 .500

- Howard Johnson ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .146

Ron Darling p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167

- Joe Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Wally Backman ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .296

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

Houston Astros 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 10 16 3

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 9 0

Houston Astros ip h r er bb so

Bob Knepper (W) 5.0 7 3 3 1 3

Bill Dawley 2.0 1 0 0 0 1

Frank DiPino (Save) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ron Darling (L,1-1) 6.1 9 5 3 0 5 2.62

Joe Sambito 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Doug Sisk 2.0 6 5 5 0 0 6.75

Left on base: Astros 5, Mets 6
Errors: Ron Gardenhire (3), George Foster, John Christensen.
PB: Clint Hurdle.
WP: Bob Knepper.
2B: John Christensen (1), Phil Garner, Denny Walling.
3B: John Christensen (1).
HR: Jose Cruz.
SH: Ron Darling.
SF: Ray Knight.
SB: Mookie Wilson (6).

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