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Mets
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 29, 1989
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the New York Mets, played on April 29, 1989 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | April 29, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 29, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ron Darling |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Knepper |
| Ballpark | Astrodome |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 29,853 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John Kibler 1B: Jim Quick 2B: Gerry Davis 3B: Eric Gregg |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lenny Dykstra | Center Fielder |
| Howard Johnson | Third Baseman |
| Keith Hernandez | First Baseman |
| Darryl Strawberry | Right Fielder |
| Kevin McReynolds | Left Fielder |
| Tim Teufel | Second Baseman |
| Barry Lyons | Catcher |
| Kevin Elster | Shortstop |
| Ron Darling | Pitcher |
| Davey Johnson | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gerald Young | Center Fielder |
| Billy Hatcher | Left Fielder |
| Bill Doran | Second Baseman |
| Glenn Davis | First Baseman |
| Kevin Bass | Right Fielder |
| Ken Caminiti | Third Baseman |
| Alan Ashby | Catcher |
| Rafael Ramirez | Shortstop |
| Bob Knepper | Pitcher |
| Art Howe | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 29, 1989
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dykstra vs. Knepper
Dykstra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Knepper
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Knepper
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Darling
Young strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Darling
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Doran vs. Darling
Doran hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Strawberry. Doran reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Darling
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Bass vs. Darling
Bass takes first base on ball four. Doran moves to third. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Caminiti vs. Darling
Caminiti strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Knepper
Strawberry hits a popup towards third. Caminiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Knepper
McReynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Teufel vs. Knepper
Teufel takes first base on ball four. McReynolds moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lyons vs. Knepper
Lyons hits a line drive into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Elster vs. Knepper
Elster takes first base on ball four. McReynolds moves to third. Teufel moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Darling vs. Knepper
Darling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Darling
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Darling covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Darling
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Knepper vs. Darling
Knepper hits a popup, foul, towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dykstra vs. Knepper
Dykstra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Knepper
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Knepper
There goes Johnson. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Johnson steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Hernandez vs. Knepper
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Strawberry vs. Knepper
There's a wild pitch. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Strawberry vs. Knepper
Strawberry hits a popup towards short. Ramirez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Darling
Young hits a line drive towards first. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Darling
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Doran vs. Darling
Doran takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Darling
Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Knepper
McReynolds strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Knepper
Teufel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doran settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lyons vs. Knepper
Lyons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bass vs. Darling
Bass hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Darling
Caminiti hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Darling
Ashby hits a fly ball into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Knepper
Elster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Darling vs. Knepper
Darling hits a line drive into left field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dykstra vs. Knepper
Dykstra hits a line drive into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Darling
Ramirez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McReynolds. Ramirez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Knepper vs. Darling
Knepper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Darling
Young bunts towards the mound. Darling fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Darling. Ramirez scores. Knepper moves to third. Young moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Hatcher vs. Darling
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it, throws to home for one, and back over to first - double play. Young moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Doran vs. Darling
Doran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Knepper
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Knepper
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Strawberry vs. Knepper
Strawberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Hernandez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
McReynolds vs. Knepper
McReynolds hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Strawberry moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Teufel vs. Darwin
Danny Darwin now pitching.
Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Strawberry moves to third. McReynolds moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Lyons vs. Darwin
Lyons is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Elster vs. Darwin
Elster strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Darling vs. Darwin
Darling strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Darling
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bass vs. Darling
Bass hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Darling
Caminiti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Darling fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Dykstra vs. Darwin
Dykstra hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Darwin
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Darwin
Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Darling
Ashby hits a line drive into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Darling
Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Darling
Greg Gross pinch hits for Danny Darwin.
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Agosto
Juan Agosto now pitching.
Strawberry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Caminiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Forsch
Bob Forsch now pitching.
McReynolds strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Forsch
Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Aase
Don Aase now pitching.
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aase fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Aase
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aase fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Doran vs. Aase
Doran hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Aase
Davis takes first base on ball four. Doran moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Bass vs. Myers
Randy Myers now pitching.
Bass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Myers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lyons vs. Forsch
Lyons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Forsch
Elster hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Myers vs. Forsch
Myers strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Dykstra vs. Forsch
Dykstra hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Bass. Dykstra reaches second base with a double. Elster goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Forsch
Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Forsch
Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Bass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Myers
Caminiti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Myers
Ashby strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Myers
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Myers
Craig Biggio pinch hits for Bob Forsch.
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Ramirez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Biggio vs. Myers
Biggio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lyons settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/29/1989 -- New York at Houston (N)
New York AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Dykstra L, cf 5 1 1 1 Young G, cf 3 0 0 0
Johnson H, 3b 5 2 4 2 Hatcher B, lf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez K, 1b 5 1 1 0 Doran B, 2b 3 0 2 0
Strawberry D, rf 4 0 1 1 Davis G, 1b 2 0 0 0
McReynolds K, lf 4 0 2 1 Bass K, rf 3 0 0 0
Teufel T, 2b 3 0 0 0 Caminiti K, 3b 4 0 0 0
Lyons B, c 3 0 0 0 Ashby A, c 4 0 0 0
Elster K, ss 3 1 1 0 Ramirez R, ss 4 1 2 0
Darling R, p 3 0 0 0 Knepper B, p 1 0 0 0
Aase D, p 0 0 0 0 Darwin D, p 0 0 0 0
Myers R, p 1 0 0 0 Gross G, ph 1 0 0 0
Agosto J, p 0 0 0 0
Forsch B, p 0 0 0 0
Biggio C, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 10 5 30 1 4 0
New York 000 002 003 -- 5
Houston 000 010 000 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Darling R (W) 7.0 2 1 0 4 3
Aase D 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Myers R (S) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper B (L)* 5.0 7 2 2 2 2
Darwin D 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Agosto J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Forsch B 1.2 3 3 3 0 2
* Pitched to 4 batters in 6th
E -- Darling R
DP -- New York 1, Houston 1
LOB -- New York 7, Houston 8
2B -- Doran B, Ramirez R, Dykstra L
HR -- Johnson H
SB -- Johnson H
SH -- Young G
WP -- Knepper B
T -- 2:57
A -- 29853
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