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Astros
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
July 14, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Houston Astros, played on July 14, 1996 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 14, 1996 |
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Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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Home Team |
New York Mets
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 14, 1996 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | New York Mets |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Hampton |
Home Starting Pitcher | Pete Harnisch |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 33,505 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Gary Darling 1B: Charlie Reliford 2B: Jim Quick 3B: Dana DeMuth |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Spiers | Third Baseman |
Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
Derek Bell | Center Fielder |
Derrick May | Left Fielder |
Orlando Miller | Shortstop |
Mike Simms | Right Fielder |
Rick Wilkins | Catcher |
Mike Hampton | Pitcher |
Terry Collins | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lance Johnson | Center Fielder |
Edgardo Alfonzo | Second Baseman |
Bernard Gilkey | Left Fielder |
Jeff Kent | Third Baseman |
Brent Mayne | Catcher |
Alex Ochoa | Right Fielder |
Butch Huskey | First Baseman |
Rey Ordonez | Shortstop |
Pete Harnisch | Pitcher |
Dallas Green | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
July 14, 1996
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Harnisch
Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alfonzo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Harnisch
Biggio hits a line drive into right field. Ochoa picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ochoa. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bagwell vs. Harnisch
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alfonzo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Biggio scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Harnisch
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hampton
Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alfonzo vs. Hampton
Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Hampton
Gilkey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Spiers. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kent vs. Hampton
Kent strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayne vs. Hampton
Mayne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Harnisch
May hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Harnisch
Miller hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simms vs. Harnisch
Simms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wilkins vs. Harnisch
Wilkins strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hampton vs. Harnisch
Hampton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ochoa vs. Hampton
Ochoa takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Huskey vs. Hampton
Huskey strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ordonez vs. Hampton
Ordonez takes first base on ball four. Ochoa moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harnisch vs. Hampton
Harnisch bunts towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out. Ochoa moves to third. Ordonez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Hampton
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ochoa scores. Ordonez scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alfonzo vs. Hampton
Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Harnisch
Spiers hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Harnisch
Biggio hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Harnisch
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Harnisch
There's a wild pitch. Bagwell moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Harnisch
Bell hits a popup towards short. Ordonez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Hampton
Gilkey hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kent vs. Hampton
Kent hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayne vs. Hampton
Mayne hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kent moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ochoa vs. Hampton
Tim Bogar pinch runs for Jeff Kent.
Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards second. Biggio picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Biggio. Bogar scores. Mayne moves to third. Ochoa moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Huskey vs. Hampton
Huskey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. May throws the ball in to Biggio who tags Huskey, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Mayne scores. Ochoa scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Hampton
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Harnisch
Tim Bogar now playing third base.
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Harnisch
Miller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. May moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simms vs. Harnisch
Simms hits a popup towards short. Ordonez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilkins vs. Harnisch
Wilkins hits a line drive towards short. Ordonez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berry vs. Harnisch
Sean Berry pinch hits for Mike Hampton.
Berry hits a line drive towards third. Bogar reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harnisch vs. Johnstone
John Johnstone now pitching.
Harnisch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Johnstone
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Johnstone
Alfonzo hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Johnstone
Gilkey strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Harnisch
Spiers hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Harnisch
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Harnisch
Bagwell hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bogar vs. Johnstone
Bogar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayne vs. Johnstone
Mayne hits a fly ball into right field. Simms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ochoa vs. Johnstone
Ochoa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bogar moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Huskey vs. Johnstone
Huskey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bagwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ordonez vs. Johnstone
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 1 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Harnisch
Chris Jones now playing left field.
Bell hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Harnisch
May hits a popup towards short. Ordonez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Harnisch
Miller hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simms vs. Harnisch
Simms hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilkins vs. Harnisch
Wilkins hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 3 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harnisch vs. Johnstone
Harnisch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Johnstone
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Harnisch moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alfonzo vs. Johnstone
Alfonzo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simms. Alfonzo reaches second base with a double. Harnisch scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jones vs. Johnstone
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bogar vs. Johnstone
Bogar hits a fly ball into right field. Simms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayne vs. Morman
Alvin Morman now pitching. Ricky Gutierrez now playing shortstop. Orlando Miller now playing third base. Bill Spiers now playing center field. De
Mayne is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Harnisch
Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spiers vs. Harnisch
Spiers strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Harnisch
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bogar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. Harnisch
Bagwell takes first base on ball four. Biggio moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Byrd
Paul Byrd now pitching.
Bell is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ochoa vs. Morman
Ochoa hits a line drive into center field. Spiers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Morman
Huskey hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Morman
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Byrd
Carl Everett now playing center field.
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Byrd
Miller hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hajek vs. Byrd
Dave Hajek pinch hits for Alvin Morman.
Hajek hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilkins vs. Byrd
Wilkins strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Hernandez
Xavier Hernandez now pitching.
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Hernandez
Everett hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Hernandez
Alfonzo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Hernandez
There's a wild pitch. Alfonzo moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Hernandez
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bogar vs. Hernandez
Bogar hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 3 - Mets, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Byrd
Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Byrd
Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alfonzo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Mets, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Byrd
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/14/1996, game 2 -- Houston at New York (N) Houston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Spiers B, 3b-cf 5 0 0 0 Johnson L, cf 3 2 2 2 Biggio C, 2b 5 1 1 0 Everett C, cf 1 1 1 1 Bagwell J, 1b 3 0 0 1 Alfonzo E, 2b 5 1 3 3 Bell D, cf-rf 4 1 1 1 Gilkey B, lf 3 0 0 0 May D, lf 4 0 1 0 Jones C, lf 2 0 0 0 Miller O, ss-3b 4 1 4 1 Kent J, 3b 2 0 1 0 Simms M, rf 3 0 1 0 Bogar T, pr-3b 2 1 1 1 Morman A, p 0 0 0 0 Mayne B, c 4 1 1 0 Hajek D, ph 1 0 0 0 Ochoa A, rf 3 2 2 1 Hernandez X, p 0 0 0 0 Huskey B, 1b 4 0 1 2 Wilkins R, c 4 0 0 0 Ordonez R, ss 3 1 0 0 Hampton M, p 1 0 0 0 Harnisch P, p 2 1 1 0 Berry S, ph 1 0 0 0 Byrd P, p 1 0 0 0 Johnstone J, p 0 0 0 0 Gutierrez R, ss 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 3 8 3 35 10 13 10 Houston 100 002 000 -- 3 New York 123 102 01x -- 10 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Hampton M (L) 3.0 6 6 5 2 2 Johnstone J 2.2 5 3 3 1 1 Morman A 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 Hernandez X 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Harnisch P (W) 6.2 7 3 2 2 2 Byrd P 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 E -- Ochoa A, Spiers B, Huskey B, Biggio C LOB -- Houston 8, New York 6 2B -- Alfonzo E 3B -- Johnson L HR -- Alfonzo E, Bell D, Miller O, Everett C SH -- Harnisch P SF -- Bogar T WP -- Harnisch P, Hernandez X T -- 2:44 A -- 33505
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