Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Tuesday, August    31, 1982 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   4 10  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thon ss               5   1   2   0     0   1   .270      Wilson cf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .279
Scott cf              5   0   1   2     0   0   .242      Bailor ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .277
Knight 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Staub rf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .250
Garner 2b             3   1   2   0     1   0   .271      Kingman 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .201
Cruz lf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .271      Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Ashby c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .260      Brooks 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Heep rf               3   0   2   1     0   0   .245      Hodges c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .248
  Walling pr,rf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .194      Giles 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .260
Howe 3b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .240      Lynch p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Ryan p                3   0   0   0     0   1   .132        Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
                                                            Puleo p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .114

Totals               35   4  10   4     3   3             Totals               29   0   2   0     3   9

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance:  9,577
Left on Base: Astros 8, Mets 5
DP: Astros 1, Mets 1
Errors: Ashby
Doubles: Thon (25), Heep (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Ryan (5)
GIDP: Howe (10), Foster (10)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan W(14-9)            9     2   0   0   3   9   0  32   3.22
Totals                  9     2   0   0   3   9   0  32

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lynch L(2-6)            8     7   3   3   3   2   0  33   3.48
Puleo                   1     3   1   1   0   1   0   6   4.65
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   3   0  39

Balks: Lynch (2)

Umpires: HP - Dave Pallone, 1B - Lanny Harris, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Eric Gregg


ASTROS 1ST: Thon doubled to left; Lynch balked [Thon to third];
Scott grounded out (second to first) [Thon scored]; Knight
grounded out (third to first); Garner flied out to center; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Bailor flied out to right; Staub
walked; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1,
Mets 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Ashby grounded
out (first to pitcher); Heep grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Brooks
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hodges flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Mets 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Howe grounded out (third to first); Ryan grounded
out (shortstop to first); Thon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Astros 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Giles struck out; Lynch struck out; Wilson struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Mets 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Scott grounded out (second to first); Knight flied
out to left; Garner walked; Cruz lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 1, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Staub walked;
Kingman flied out to left; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Mets 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Ashby flied out to right; Heep singled to right;
Howe grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Heep out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Brooks flied to right in foul territory; Hodges struck
out; Giles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1,
Mets 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Ryan flied out to center; Thon grounded out (third
to first); Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 1, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Lynch struck out; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bailor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Mets 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Knight grounded out (second to first); Garner
singled to center; Cruz singled to right [Garner to third];
Ashby singled to right [Cruz to second, Garner scored]; Heep
doubled to left [Ashby to third, Cruz scored]; WALLING RAN FOR
HEEP; Howe was walked intentionally; Ryan struck out; Thon
grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros
3, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: WALLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Staub flied out
to left; Kingman walked; Foster grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Mets 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Knight grounded
out (third to first); Garner singled to left; Cruz walked
[Garner to second]; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Brooks reached on an error by Ashby [Brooks to first];
Hodges singled to left [Brooks to second]; Giles flied out to
left; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR LYNCH; Jorgensen struck out; Wilson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Mets 0.

ASTROS 9TH: PULEO REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Walling struck
out; Howe singled to center; Ryan out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Howe to second]; Thon singled to second [Howe to
third]; Scott singled to left [Thon to third, Howe scored];
Knight flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets
0.

METS 9TH: Bailor singled to right; Staub flied out to left;
Kingman flied out to center; Foster forced Bailor (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets 0.