This game was deadlocked, 5-5, when John Stearns walked for the Mets with one out in the 12th, stole second and reached third on a flyout. Neil Allen then hit a slow roller down the third base line and Stearns broke for the plate. The ball was fielded by pitcher Randy Moffitt, who flipped to catcher Alan Ashby. Stearns crashed into Ashby and jarred the ball loose as he crossed the plate, giving the Mets a 6-5 win over the Astros. Houston had tied the contest in the bottom of the ninth on a grand slam by Terry Puhl. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 6, Houston Astros 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       22, 1982 (Night game) at Astrodome
Mets         0  0  1    0  0  0    1  1  2    0  0  1  -   6 11  1
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   5 12  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             6   1   1   0     1   1   .317      Thon 3b               6   0   2   0     0   1   .232
Bailor 3b,2b          6   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Scott cf              6   0   1   0     0   1   .258
Foster lf             4   1   2   1     1   1   .225      Knight 1b             6   0   2   0     0   2   .319
  Valentine lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .232        Loucks pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kingman 1b            4   0   2   1     1   1   .246      Cruz lf               6   1   3   0     0   0   .275
Rajsich rf            5   1   1   1     0   3   .188      Garner 2b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .294
  Youngblood rf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Garcia ss             1   1   0   0     1   0   .250
Stearns c             5   2   4   1     1   0   .331        Reynolds ph,ss      3   1   0   0     0   0   .235
Backman 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .284      Puhl rf               5   1   3   5     0   1   .259
  Brooks 3b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Ashby c               5   0   0   0     0   2   .262
Gardenhire ss         3   0   0   0     0   2   .248      Ryan p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Staub ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .115        Walling ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Veryzer ss          1   0   0   0     1   0   .370        Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Falcone p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .133        Heep ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .231        LaCorte p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Swan p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Pittman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
  Allen p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .333        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45   6  11   5     8  12             Totals               48   5  12   5     1   8

Time of Game: 3:29   Attendance: 33,253
Left on Base: Mets 13, Astros 8
DP: Mets 0, Astros 1
Errors: Kingman, Ashby
Doubles: Stearns (9), Rajsich (3), Thon (4)
Triples: Stearns (1), Puhl (2)
Home Runs: Puhl (4)
Stolen Bases: Stearns 2 (5), Wilson (17), Bailor (4), Puhl (6)
Caught Stealing: Scott (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Kingman (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (2)
GIDP: Wilson (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone                 6     5   1   1   1   3   0  23   3.47
Swan                    2     3   3   2   0   2   0  10   2.30
Allen W(1-2)            4     4   1   1   0   3   1  16   2.49
Totals                 12    12   5   4   1   8   1  49

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan                    8     8   3   3   5  10   0  37   5.43
Smith                   1     3   2   2   0   0   0   6   3.08
LaCorte                 2     0   0   0   1   2   0   6   4.87
Moffitt L(0-3)          1     0   1   0   2   0   0   6   4.15
Totals                 12    11   6   5   8  12   0  55

Umpires: HP - Fred Brocklander, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Bob Engel


METS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Bailor grounded
out (shortstop to first); Foster singled to left; Kingman
singled to center [Foster to second]; Rajsich struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Thon flied out to center; Scott singled to left;
Knight struck out; Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

METS 2ND: Stearns singled to right; Stearns stole second;
Backman popped to shortstop; Gardenhire struck out; Falcone
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz flied out to center; Garner flied out to
center; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

METS 3RD: Wilson singled to center; Wilson stole second; Bailor
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wilson to third]; Foster
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wilson scored]; Kingman
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Puhl singled to first; Puhl stole second; Ashby
popped to third; Ryan popped to second; Thon was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Astros 0.

METS 4TH: Rajsich flied out to left; Stearns doubled to left;
Backman walked; Gardenhire grounded out (third to first)
[Backman to second, Stearns to third]; Falcone struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Scott popped to second; Knight struck out; Cruz
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Astros 0.

METS 5TH: Wilson walked; Bailor grounded out (second to first)
[Wilson to second]; Foster struck out; Kingman was walked
intentionally; Rajsich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets
1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Garner flied out to left; Garcia walked; Puhl
tripled to right [Garcia scored]; Ashby grounded out (third to
first); Ryan grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Astros 1.

METS 6TH: Stearns grounded out (pitcher to first); Backman was
called out on strikes; Gardenhire was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Thon popped to second in foul territory; Scott flied
out to left; Knight singled to right; Cruz singled to center
[Knight to third]; Garner flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 1, Astros 1.

METS 7TH: JORGENSEN BATTED FOR FALCONE; Jorgensen grounded out
(second to first); Wilson grounded out (third to first); Bailor
singled to center; Bailor stole second; Foster walked; Kingman
singled to left [Foster to second, Bailor scored]; Rajsich
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: SWAN REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); REYNOLDS BATTED
FOR GARCIA; Reynolds popped to third in foul territory; Puhl
struck out; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Astros 1.

METS 8TH: REYNOLDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Stearns tripled
to left; Backman grounded out (second to first); STAUB BATTED
FOR GARDENHIRE; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to right [Stearns
scored]; Swan walked; Wilson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: VERYZER REPLACED STAUB (PLAYING SS); BROOKS REPLACED
BACKMAN (PLAYING 3B); BAILOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
WALLING BATTED FOR RYAN; Walling grounded out (third to first);
Thon doubled to left; Scott flied out to left; Knight flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 1.

METS 9TH: SMITH REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Bailor grounded out
(third to first); Foster singled to shortstop; Kingman out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Foster to second]; Rajsich
doubled to right [Foster scored]; Stearns singled to left
[Rajsich scored]; Brooks flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 5, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: VALENTINE REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING LF); YOUNGBLOOD
REPLACED RAJSICH (PLAYING RF); Cruz singled to center; Garner
singled to left [Cruz to second]; Reynolds reached on an error
by Kingman [Garner to second, Cruz to third]; ALLEN REPLACED
SWAN (PITCHING); Puhl homered [Cruz scored, Garner scored,
Reynolds scored (unearned)]; Ashby grounded out (second to
first); HEEP BATTED FOR SMITH; Heep flied out to left; Thon
singled to center; Scott flied out to center; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Astros 5.

METS 10TH: LACORTE REPLACED HEEP (PITCHING); Veryzer grounded
out (third to first); Allen walked; Wilson grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Allen out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Astros 5.

ASTROS 10TH: Knight grounded out (second to first); Cruz singled
to shortstop; Garner flied out to left; Reynolds flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Astros 5.

METS 11TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine
struck out; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5,
Astros 5.

ASTROS 11TH: Puhl flied out to center; Ashby struck out; PITTMAN
BATTED FOR LACORTE; Pittman struck out (catcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Astros 5.

METS 12TH: MOFFITT REPLACED PITTMAN (PITCHING); Youngblood
grounded out (second to first); Stearns walked; Stearns stole
second; Brooks flied out to center [Stearns to third]; Veryzer
was walked intentionally; Allen reached on an error by Ashby
[Stearns scored (unearned) (no RBI), Veryzer to third]; Wilson
flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 6, Astros
5.

ASTROS 12TH: Thon made an out to first; Scott struck out; Knight
singled to center; LOUCKS RAN FOR KNIGHT; Cruz forced Loucks
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 6, Astros 5.