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Mets
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 29, 1998
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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 April 29, 1998 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | April 29, 1998 |
|---|---|
| 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 | April 29, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Mlicki |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jose Lima |
| Ballpark | Astrodome |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 14,448 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Wendelstedt 1B: Jerry Layne 2B: Rich Rieker 3B: Sam Holbrook |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rich Becker | Left Fielder |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | Third Baseman |
| John Olerud | First Baseman |
| Butch Huskey | Right Fielder |
| Carlos Baerga | Second Baseman |
| Brian McRae | Center Fielder |
| Alberto Castillo | Catcher |
| Rey Ordonez | Shortstop |
| Dave Mlicki | Pitcher |
| Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
| Derek Bell | Right Fielder |
| Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
| Sean Berry | Third Baseman |
| Moises Alou | Left Fielder |
| Carl Everett | Center Fielder |
| Ricky Gutierrez | Shortstop |
| Brad Ausmus | Catcher |
| Jose Lima | Pitcher |
| Larry Dierker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 29, 1998
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Lima
Becker strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Lima
Alfonzo hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Lima
Olerud hits a popup into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Huskey vs. Lima
Huskey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Mlicki
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Mlicki
Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McRae. Bell reaches second base with a double. Biggio goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bagwell vs. Mlicki
Bagwell hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Berry vs. Mlicki
Berry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores. Berry moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Mlicki
Alou hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Everett vs. Mlicki
Everett strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Lima
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Lima covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Lima
McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Castillo vs. Lima
Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ordonez vs. Lima
Ordonez hits a line drive into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Mlicki
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Castillo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Mlicki
Ausmus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lima vs. Mlicki
Lima bunts towards the mound. Mlicki fields it and throws to first for the out. Ausmus moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Biggio vs. Mlicki
Biggio strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mlicki vs. Lima
Mlicki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Lima
Becker hits a ball on the ground for a triple. Mlicki goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Alfonzo vs. Lima
Alfonzo strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Olerud vs. Lima
Olerud hits a popup towards short. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Huskey vs. Lima
Huskey hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Mlicki
Bell hits a popup towards first. Olerud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Mlicki
Bagwell hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Mlicki
Berry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Huskey. Berry reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Mlicki
Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McRae throws the ball in to Ordonez who tags Alou trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Berry scores. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Lima
Baerga 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 -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Lima
McRae hits a line drive beyond second. Biggio can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Castillo vs. Lima
Castillo hits a line drive towards short. Gutierrez catches it and throws to first to double up McRae. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Mlicki
Everett hits a fly ball into left field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Mlicki
Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Huskey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Mlicki
Ausmus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Becker. Ausmus reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Lima vs. Mlicki
Lima hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lima for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Lima
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mlicki vs. Lima
Mlicki strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Lima
Becker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Alfonzo vs. Lima
Alfonzo hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Mlicki
Biggio hits a line drive into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Mlicki
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. Mlicki
Bagwell hits a popup towards short. Ordonez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. Mlicki
Berry hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baerga settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Lima
Olerud hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell throws the ball in to Gutierrez who tags Olerud trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Lima
Huskey hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Lima
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Lima covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Mlicki
Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Mlicki
Everett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gutierrez vs. Mlicki
There goes Everett. The throw from Castillo and he is out, Ordonez applying the tag. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Mlicki
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ausmus vs. Mlicki
There goes Gutierrez. The throw from Castillo and he is out, Ordonez applying the tag. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Mlicki
Ausmus strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Lima
McRae 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 -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Castillo vs. Lima
Castillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Lima
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Franco vs. Lima
Matt Franco pinch hits for Dave Mlicki.
Franco hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell fields the ball and throws to Lima covering. Safe. Ordonez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Tatum vs. Nitkowski
Jim Tatum pinch hits for Rich Becker. C.J. Nitkowski now pitching.
There goes Ordonez. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. Ordonez steals third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Tatum vs. Nitkowski
Tatum strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Wendell
Bill Spiers pinch hits for C.J. Nitkowski. Turk Wendell now pitching. Jim Tatum now playing left field.
Spiers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Wendell
There goes Spiers. The throw from Castillo and he is safe. Spiers steals second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Biggio vs. Wendell
Biggio bunts towards the mound. Wendell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Spiers moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Wendell
Biggio is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Wendell
Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tatum. Bell reaches second base with a double. Spiers scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Bagwell vs. Wendell
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell scores. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. Wendell
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Magnante
Mike Magnante now pitching. Bill Spiers now playing third base.
Alfonzo hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Magnante
Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Magnante
Huskey hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Wendell
Alou hits a line drive into left field. Tatum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Wendell
Everett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gutierrez vs. Wendell
There goes Everett. The throw from Castillo and he is safe. Everett steals second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gutierrez vs. Wendell
Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. Everett moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Ausmus vs. Wendell
Ausmus hits a fly ball into right field. Huskey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Spiers vs. Bohanon
Brian Bohanon now pitching.
Spiers hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Magnante
Baerga hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Magnante
McRae hits a line drive towards third. Spiers reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Castillo vs. Magnante
Castillo strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/29/1998 -- New York at Houston (N)
New York AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Becker R, lf 2 0 1 1 Biggio C, 2b 4 1 2 0
Tatum J, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Bell D, rf 4 2 3 2
Alfonzo E, 3b 4 0 0 0 Bagwell J, 1b 4 0 1 1
Olerud J, 1b 4 0 2 0 Berry S, 3b 4 1 2 1
Huskey B, rf 4 0 0 0 Magnante M, p 0 0 0 0
Baerga C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Alou M, lf 4 1 2 2
McRae B, cf 4 0 1 0 Everett C, cf 2 0 0 0
Castillo A, c 4 0 1 0 Gutierrez R, ss 3 0 1 0
Ordonez R, ss 3 0 1 0 Ausmus B, c 3 0 1 0
Mlicki D, p 2 1 1 0 Lima J, p 1 0 0 0
Franco M, ph 1 0 1 0 Nitkowski C, p 0 0 0 0
Wendell T, p 0 0 0 0 Spiers B, ph-3b 1 1 0 0
Bohanon B, p 0 0 0 0
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33 1 8 1 30 6 12 6
New York 001 000 000 -- 1
Houston 201 001 20x -- 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki D (L) 6.0 9 4 4 2 3
Wendell T 1.2 3 2 2 3 0
Bohanon B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Lima J (W) 6.2 8 1 1 1 4
Nitkowski C 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Magnante M 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
DP -- New York 1, Houston 1
LOB -- New York 6, Houston 6
2B -- Bell D 2, Berry S, Ausmus B
3B -- Becker R
HR -- Alou M
SB -- Ordonez R, Spiers B, Everett C
CS -- Everett C, Gutierrez R, Biggio C
SH -- Lima J
PB -- Castillo A
T -- 2:26
A -- 14448
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