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Mets
@ Astros
Astrodome
July 15, 1983
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the New York Mets, played on July 15, 1983 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | July 15, 1983 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 15, 1983 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Lynch |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Knepper |
| Ballpark | Astrodome |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 19,661 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Randy Marsh 1B: Bill Williams 2B: John McSherry 3B: Fred Brocklander |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Oquendo | Shortstop |
| Mookie Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Keith Hernandez | First Baseman |
| George Foster | Left Fielder |
| Dave Kingman | Right Fielder |
| Hubie Brooks | Third Baseman |
| Brian Giles | Second Baseman |
| Junior Ortiz | Catcher |
| Ed Lynch | Pitcher |
| Frank Howard | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Omar Moreno | Center Fielder |
| Terry Puhl | Right Fielder |
| Dickie Thon | Shortstop |
| Phil Garner | Third Baseman |
| Jose Cruz | Left Fielder |
| Ray Knight | First Baseman |
| Bill Doran | Second Baseman |
| George Bjorkman | Catcher |
| Bob Knepper | Pitcher |
| Bob Lillis | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Astros
Astrodome
July 15, 1983
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oquendo vs. Knepper
Oquendo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Knepper
There goes Oquendo. The throw from Bjorkman and he is out, Doran applying the tag. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Knepper
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Knepper
Hernandez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Knepper
Foster strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Lynch
Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Puhl vs. Lynch
Puhl hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thon vs. Lynch
Thon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garner vs. Lynch
Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Knepper
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brooks vs. Knepper
Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Giles vs. Knepper
Giles strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ortiz vs. Knepper
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Lynch
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knight vs. Lynch
Knight hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doran vs. Lynch
Doran hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Knight moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bjorkman vs. Lynch
Bjorkman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lynch fields it and throws to second for the out. Knight moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Knepper vs. Lynch
Knepper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knight scores. Bjorkman moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moreno vs. Lynch
Moreno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kingman who is chasing the ball. Moreno reaches third base with a triple. Bjorkman scores. Knepper goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Puhl vs. Lynch
Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moreno scores. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thon vs. Lynch
Thon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Knepper
Lynch strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oquendo vs. Knepper
Oquendo strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Knepper
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Lynch
Garner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Lynch
Cruz hits a line drive into right field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knight vs. Lynch
There goes Garner. The throw from Ortiz and he is safe. Garner steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Knight vs. Lynch
Knight hits a line drive into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doran vs. Lynch
Doran is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bjorkman vs. Lynch
Bjorkman hits a popup towards short. Oquendo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Knepper
Hernandez hits a line drive into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Knepper
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Knepper
Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knepper vs. Lynch
Knepper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brooks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Lynch
Moreno takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Puhl vs. Lynch
Puhl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moreno moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thon vs. Lynch
There's a wild pitch. Puhl moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thon vs. Lynch
Thon is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Garner vs. Lynch
Garner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Giles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cruz vs. Lynch
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brooks vs. Knepper
Brooks hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Knepper
Giles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ortiz vs. Knepper
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynch vs. Knepper
Lynch strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knight vs. Lynch
Knight hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doran vs. Lynch
Doran hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bjorkman vs. Lynch
Bjorkman is hit by the pitch. Knight moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Knepper vs. Diaz
Carlos Diaz now pitching.
There goes Knight. The throw from Ortiz and they have the runner in a rundown. Oquendo applies the tag, and Knight is out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knepper vs. Diaz
Knepper hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oquendo vs. Knepper
Oquendo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Knepper
Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Knepper
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Diaz
Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Diaz covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Puhl vs. Diaz
Puhl strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thon vs. Diaz
Thon hits a popup towards short. Oquendo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Knepper
Foster hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Knepper
Kingman hits a popup towards first. Knight settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brooks vs. Knepper
Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Diaz
Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Diaz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Diaz
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knight vs. Diaz
Knight hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Knight reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Doran vs. Diaz
Doran hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Knight scores. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bjorkman vs. Diaz
There goes Doran. The throw from Ortiz and he is safe. Doran steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bjorkman vs. Diaz
Bjorkman is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Knepper vs. Diaz
Knepper hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Knepper
Giles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bradley vs. Knepper
Mark Bradley pinch hits for Junior Ortiz.
Bradley strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staub vs. Knepper
Rusty Staub pinch hits for Carlos Diaz.
Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Giles moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oquendo vs. Knepper
Oquendo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Gorman
Ron Hodges now catching. Tom Gorman now pitching.
Moreno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kingman who is chasing the ball. Moreno reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Puhl vs. Gorman
Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moreno tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thon vs. Gorman
Thon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brooks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Gorman
Garner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brooks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Knepper
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Knepper
Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Knepper
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/15/1983 -- New York at Houston (N)
New York AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Oquendo J, ss 4 0 2 0 Moreno O, cf 4 2 2 2
Wilson M, cf 4 0 0 0 Puhl T, rf 4 0 2 2
Hernandez K, 1b 3 0 0 0 Thon D, ss 4 0 1 0
Foster G, lf 4 0 0 0 Garner P, 3b 5 0 1 0
Kingman D, rf 3 0 0 0 Cruz J, lf 4 0 0 0
Brooks H, 3b 3 0 1 0 Knight R, 1b 4 2 3 0
Giles B, 2b 3 0 2 0 Doran B, 2b 3 0 2 1
Ortiz J, c 2 0 0 0 Bjorkman G, c 2 1 0 0
Bradley M, ph 1 0 0 0 Knepper B, p 4 1 1 1
Hodges R, c 0 0 0 0
Lynch E, p 2 0 0 0
Diaz C, p 0 0 0 0
Staub R, ph 1 0 0 0
Gorman T, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 0 5 0 34 6 12 6
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
Houston 040 000 11x -- 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch E (L) 4.1 9 4 4 3 0
Diaz C 2.2 2 1 1 1 1
Gorman T 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper B (W) 9.0 5 0 0 1 8
DP -- Houston 1
LOB -- New York 4, Houston 10
3B -- Moreno O 2, Knight R
SB -- Garner P, Doran B
CS -- Oquendo J, Knight R
SF -- Puhl T
HBP -- by Lynch E (Bjorkman G)
WP -- Lynch E
T -- 2:14
A -- 19661
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