Elliott Maddox opened the ninth inning with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Jerry Morales to give the Mets a 4-3 victory over the Astros. The Mets overcame a 3-0 deficit with two unearned runs in the third and a tally on three singles in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 4, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      23, 1980 (Night game) at Astrodome
Mets         0  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   4  9  2
Astros       0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazzilli cf           5   1   3   0     0   1   .300      Landestoy 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Taveras ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .271      Leonard rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .213
Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Cruz lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .303
Stearns c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Cedeno cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .300
Jorgensen 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Howe 1b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .254
Youngblood rf         4   0   1   1     0   1   .271      Cabell 3b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .271
Maddox 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .269      Pujols c              3   0   2   1     0   1   .235
Flynn 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Puhl ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Falcone p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .120      Reynolds ss           2   0   0   1     0   0   .199
  Trevino ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .308        Heep ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .172
  Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ruhle p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .318
  Morales ph          0   0   0   1     0   0   .246        Andujar p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .154        Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Morgan ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .238
                                                            LaCorte p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               36   4   9   2     0   3             Totals               32   3   7   3     1   6

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 30,236
Left on Base: Mets 6, Astros 5
DP: Mets 0, Astros 0
Errors: Henderson, Youngblood, Cedeno, Andujar
Doubles: Mazzilli (21), Leonard (5), Pujols (4), Cedeno (16)
Triples: Maddox (1)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (20), Mazzilli (24), Cedeno (29)
Caught Stealing: Youngblood (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Ruhle (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (4), Reynolds (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone                 6     4   3   2   1   5   0  24   5.18
Reardon W(5-5)          2     3   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.21
Allen SV(16)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.49
Totals                  9     7   3   2   1   6   0  35

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle                   3     3   2   0   0   0   0  13   2.84
Andujar                 2     4   1   1   0   2   0  11   4.02
Smith                   2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.09
LaCorte L(6-1)          2     1   1   1   0   1   0   7   1.37
Totals                  9     9   4   2   0   3   0  37

Passed Balls: Stearns (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Nick Colosi


METS 1ST: Mazzilli singled to center; Taveras forced Mazzilli
(third to second); Henderson lined to center; Stearns grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros
0.

ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy grounded out (shortstop to first); Leonard
was called out on strikes; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

METS 2ND: Jorgensen made an out to shortstop; Youngblood
grounded out (third to first); Maddox grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cedeno struck out but advanced to first on a passed
ball; Cedeno stole second; Howe walked; Cabell singled to left
[Cedeno scored (unearned), Howe to third]; Pujols singled to
center [Howe scored, Cabell to third]; Reynolds hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Cabell scored]; Ruhle out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Pujols to second]; Landestoy made an out to
second; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 3.

METS 3RD: Flynn flied out to left; Falcone singled to center;
Mazzilli doubled to right [Falcone to third]; Taveras reached on
a fielder's choice [Falcone out at home (shortstop to catcher),
Mazzilli stayed at second]; Henderson reached on an error by
Cedeno [Mazzilli scored (unearned) (no RBI), Taveras scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Henderson to second]; Stearns lined to
first; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Leonard flied out to left; Cruz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Astros 3.

METS 4TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); Jorgensen grounded
out (first unassisted); Youngblood grounded out (third to
first); Maddox reached on an error by Andujar; Flynn forced
Maddox (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Howe grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell
singled to left [Cabell to second (error by Henderson)]; Pujols
struck out; Reynolds grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Astros 3.

METS 5TH: Falcone struck out; Mazzilli struck out; Taveras
singled to right; Taveras stole second; Henderson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Andujar was called out on strikes; Landestoy flied
out to left; Leonard doubled to left; Cruz grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Astros 3.

METS 6TH: Stearns singled to right; Jorgensen singled to right
[Stearns to third]; Youngblood singled to left [Stearns scored,
Jorgensen to second]; SMITH REPLACED ANDUJAR (PITCHING); Maddox
forced Jorgensen (third unassisted) [Youngblood to second];
Youngblood was caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Maddox
to second]; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Howe
grounded out (second to first); Cabell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 3.

METS 7TH: TREVINO BATTED FOR FALCONE; Trevino grounded out
(shortstop to first); On a bunt Mazzilli singled to pitcher;
Mazzilli stole second; Taveras popped to third; Henderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: REARDON REPLACED TREVINO (PITCHING); Pujols doubled
to right [Pujols out at third (right to second to third)];
Reynolds flied out to right; MORGAN BATTED FOR SMITH; Morgan
singled to center; Landestoy flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 3.

METS 8TH: LACORTE REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); Stearns grounded
out (second to first); Jorgensen grounded out (second to first);
Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Leonard flied out to right; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Cedeno doubled to right [Cedeno to third (error by
Youngblood)]; Howe made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 3, Astros 3.

METS 9TH: Maddox tripled to left; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to
first); MORALES BATTED FOR REARDON; Morales hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Maddox scored]; Mazzilli made an out to second; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: ALLEN REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Cabell flied out
to right; PUHL BATTED FOR PUJOLS; Puhl flied out to right; HEEP
BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Heep grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 3.