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May 4, 1983

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 4 8 1
Mets 3 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 4 8 1
Mets 3 6 1

Wally Backman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .087
OBP .000 .087
At Bats 1 23
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 2

Mike LaCoss Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 0
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Shea Stadium - May 4, 1983
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Out
Mike LaCoss
Alan Ashby
Ray Knight
Bill Doran
Phil Garner
Dickie Thon
Jose Cruz
Omar Moreno
Tony Scott
Wally Backman
Hubie Brooks

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 4 8 1 6
New York Mets 3 6 1 5
Winning Pitcher Mike LaCoss
Losing Pitcher Rick Ownbey
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tony Scott
Attendance 5,511
Time of Game 2 hours 21 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Backman hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Doran fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rusty Staub pinch hits for Brian Giles. Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gardenhire tags and scores.
Bottom 9 Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to second for the out. Gardenhire moves to third.
Bottom 9 Ron Gardenhire pinch runs for George Foster. Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gardenhire moves to second.
Bottom 9 Foster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Moreno strikes out.
Top 9 LaCoss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brooks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Doran hits a ball on the ground towards short. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Heep hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brooks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Knight is called out on strikes.
Top 8 The ball gets by Hodges for a passed ball. Cruz moves to second.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Wally Backman now playing shortstop. Jesse Orosco now pitching. Garner strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mike Jorgensen pinch hits for Ed Lynch. Jorgensen hits a popup towards short. Thon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wally Backman pinch hits for Jose Oquendo. Backman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Giles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Thon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Thon reaches second base with a double. Foster throws the ball in to Brooks who tags Thon trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a popup, foul, towards short. Thon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Foster strikes out.
Top 6 LaCoss is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Doran hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kingman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doran for the out. Knight moves to second.
Top 6 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Knight hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Kingman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doran reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Heep hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Wilson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Knight scoops it up and throws to first, with LaCoss covering, for the out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Oquendo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Thon strikes out.
Bottom 4 Oquendo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaCoss fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Giles hits a popup towards short. Thon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brooks hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Scott is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Moreno strikes out.
Top 4 LaCoss hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Heep hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Doran hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ashby takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Knight hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kingman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lynch bunts towards first. Knight scoops it up and throws to first, with Doran covering, for the out. Oquendo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Oquendo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Giles hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Oquendo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Ed Lynch now pitching. Thon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. LaCoss scores. Scott moves to third.
Top 2 Scott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heep. Scott reaches second base with a double. Ashby scores. Doran scores. LaCoss moves to third.
Top 2 Moreno hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 LaCoss takes first base on ball four. Ashby moves to third. Doran moves to second.
Top 2 Doran takes first base on ball four. Ashby moves to second.
Top 2 Ashby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brooks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hodges hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Hodges reaches second base with a double. Kingman scores. Foster goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner juggles the ball. That's an error on Garner. Kingman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Heep hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doran reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Knight strikes out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a fly ball towards right field. Heep fields the ball and throws to third. Brooks drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Brooks. Thon moves to third. Garner moves to second.
Top 1 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Thon. The throw from Hodges and he is safe. Thon steals second.
Top 1 Thon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Scott hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Ownbey, and towards Giles, who fields it and throws to first for the out.