Houston Astros 5, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    24, 1982 (Night game) at Astrodome
Mets         0  2  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 15  2
Astros       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   5  6  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             5   0   2   1     0   1   .281      Thon ss               3   2   1   0     1   1   .275
Bailor 2b,3b          5   1   3   0     0   0   .285      Puhl rf               2   1   0   0     1   1   .263
Valentine rf          5   0   2   0     0   0   .291      Knight 1b             4   1   2   3     0   1   .310
Kingman 1b            5   0   1   1     0   2   .196      Garner 2b             4   0   1   2     0   1   .264
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .252      Cruz lf               3   0   1   0     1   2   .274
Brooks 3b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .268      Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Giles 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Howe 3b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .228
Gardenhire ss         3   1   1   1     0   0   .234      Scott cf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .251
Bochy c               3   1   2   1     0   0   .429      Knepper p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .047
  Hodges ph,c         1   0   1   0     0   0   .239        LaCoss p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Swan p                2   0   1   0     1   1   .188        Walling ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .193
  Staub ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .236        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .152        Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  15   4     2   5             Totals               29   5   6   5     3   9

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 21,108
Left on Base: Mets 10, Astros 5
DP: Mets 0, Astros 2
Errors: Kingman, Gardenhire
Doubles: Brooks (16), Bochy (1), Knight (30), Garner (27)
Triples: Knight (5)
Stolen Bases: Scott (17)
Caught Stealing: Cruz (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Gardenhire (10), Knepper (5), Puhl (2)
GIDP: Bailor (2), Foster (9)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan                    7     4   4   4   2   8   0  27   3.56
Scott L(7-11)           1     2   1   1   1   1   0   7   4.99
Totals                  8     6   5   5   3   9   0  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper                 3.2   9   4   4   1   3   0  19   4.70
LaCoss                  3.1   2   0   0   1   2   0  13   3.25
Moffitt                 0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.20
Smith W(3-4)            1.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.42
Totals                  9    15   4   4   2   5   0  41

Wild Pitches: Knepper (5), LaCoss (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Randy Marsh, 3B - Lee Weyer


METS 1ST: Wilson singled to left; Bailor grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Wilson out at second]; Valentine
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Thon was called out on strikes; Puhl struck out;
Knight doubled to left; Garner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Astros 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman struck out; Foster struck out; Brooks doubled
to right; Gardenhire singled to left [Brooks scored]; Bochy
doubled to left [Gardenhire scored]; Knepper threw a wild pitch
[Bochy to third]; Swan struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz singled to third; Cruz was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Ashby grounded out (first to
pitcher); Howe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 2, Astros 0.

METS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor
singled to right; Valentine singled to center [Bailor to third];
Kingman singled to center [Valentine to second, Bailor scored];
Foster grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Kingman out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Scott singled to center; Knepper out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Scott to second]; Scott stole third;
Thon walked; Puhl walked [Thon to second]; Knight tripled to
right [Puhl scored, Thon scored, Scott scored]; Garner grounded
out (second to first) [Knight scored]; Cruz struck out; 4 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Astros 4.

METS 4TH: Brooks grounded out (shortstop to first); Gardenhire
grounded out (third to first); Bochy singled to center; Swan
walked [Bochy to second]; Wilson singled to left [Swan to
second, Bochy scored]; LACOSS REPLACED KNEPPER (PITCHING);
Bailor flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros
4.

ASTROS 4TH: Ashby grounded out (second to first); Howe struck
out; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Mets 4, Astros 4.

METS 5TH: Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman
struck out; Foster walked; Brooks grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 5TH: LaCoss flied out to left; Thon popped to catcher;
Puhl reached on an error by Kingman [Puhl to first]; Knight
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
4, Astros 4.

METS 6TH: Gardenhire grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochy
flied out to right; Swan singled to second; Wilson struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Garner flied out to right; Cruz struck out; Ashby
lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 4.

METS 7TH: Bailor singled to second; Valentine grounded out
(second to first) [Bailor to second]; Kingman reached on a
fielder's choice [Bailor out at third (shortstop to catcher to
third)]; LaCoss threw a wild pitch [Kingman to second]; Foster
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Howe struck out; Scott popped to second; WALLING
BATTED FOR LACOSS; Walling was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 4.

METS 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Brooks singled to
center; Gardenhire out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Brooks to second]; HODGES BATTED FOR BOCHY; Hodges singled to
center [Brooks out at home (center to second to catcher)];
Hubie Brooks ejected by HP umpire Ed Montague for bumping the
umpire during an argument; STAUB BATTED FOR SWAN; SMITH
REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING); Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 8TH: HODGES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SCOTT REPLACED
STAUB (PITCHING); GILES REPLACED BROOKS (PLAYING 2B); BAILOR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Thon singled to center; Puhl out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thon to second]; Knight
struck out; Garner doubled to left [Thon scored]; Cruz was
walked intentionally; Ashby reached on an error by Gardenhire
[Cruz to second, Garner to third]; Howe grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 5.

METS 9TH: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Bailor singled
to left; Valentine singled to left [Bailor to second]; Kingman
flied out to center; Foster forced Bailor (third unassisted); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Astros 5.