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New York Mets @ Houston Astros

1982-08-25 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 9651 · dome · 2:26

Houston Astros defeated New York Mets 5–4. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 6th. Don Sutton earned the win and Bert Roberge picked up the save. Art Howe went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	9
HOU	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0		5	11

W: Don Sutton L: Ed Lynch SV: Bert Roberge

Umpires — HP: Fred Brocklander · 1B: Randy Marsh · 2B: Lee Weyer · 3B: Ed Montague · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Wilson	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Bailor	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ellis Valentine	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Kingman	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rusty Staub	4	1	3	0	0	0
Hubie Brooks	4	1	2	1	0	1
Ron Hodges	4	1	1	1	0	0
Brian Giles	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ed Lynch	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Foster	1	0	1	2	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dickie Thon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Terry Puhl	3	1	2	0	1	1
Ray Knight	4	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Garner	2	1	1	1	1	0
Jose Cruz	3	0	1	1	1	0
Alan Ashby	4	1	1	0	0	0
Art Howe	4	1	3	3	0	0
Denny Walling	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Sutton	2	0	1	0	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Lynch	5.1	10	3	2
Jesse Orosco	1.2	0	0	1
Randy Jones	1.0	1	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Sutton	8.0	8	1	5
Dave Smith	0.0	1	1	0
Bert Roberge	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mookie Wilson: 3/FL
Bob Bailor: 3/FL
Ellis Valentine: 63

Bot 1

Dickie Thon: 53
Terry Puhl: W
Ray Knight: 53.1-2
Phil Garner: W
Jose Cruz: 7

Top 2

Dave Kingman: K
Rusty Staub: D8
Hubie Brooks: K/C
Ron Hodges: 53

Bot 2

Alan Ashby: D8
Art Howe: FC1.2X3(156);B-2
Denny Walling: 7
Don Sutton: S4.2-3
Dickie Thon: K/C

Top 3

Brian Giles: 9
Ed Lynch: K
Mookie Wilson: 9

Bot 3

Terry Puhl: S7
Ray Knight: S8.1-2
Phil Garner: WP.1-2;2-3
Phil Garner: 8/SF.2-3;3-H
Jose Cruz: S7.3-H
Alan Ashby: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bob Bailor: W
Ellis Valentine: 8
Dave Kingman: K
Rusty Staub: SB2
Rusty Staub: 43

Bot 4

Art Howe: S9
Denny Walling: 46(1)3/GDP
Don Sutton: K/C

Top 5

Hubie Brooks: 7
Ron Hodges: 41
Brian Giles: S9
Ed Lynch: 13

Bot 5

Dickie Thon: 13
Terry Puhl: S8
Ray Knight: CS2(26)
Ray Knight: 8

Top 6

Mookie Wilson: 7
Bob Bailor: 63
Ellis Valentine: 4/P

Bot 6

Phil Garner: S9
Jose Cruz: W.1-2
Alan Ashby: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Art Howe: HR9/IPHR.3-H;1-H
Denny Walling: S9
Don Sutton: 14/SH.1-2
Dickie Thon: 4/P

Top 7

Dave Kingman: 63
Rusty Staub: S8
Hubie Brooks: S9.1-2
Ron Hodges: 8
Brian Giles: K/C

Bot 7

Terry Puhl: K
Ray Knight: 9
Phil Garner: 8

Top 8

Mike Howard: 43
Mookie Wilson: E3.B-1
Bob Bailor: S9.1-2
Ellis Valentine: 9
Dave Kingman: 8

Bot 8

Jose Cruz: 6/P
Alan Ashby: 3/G
Art Howe: S8
Denny Walling: 7

Top 9

Rusty Staub: S7
Hubie Brooks: D7.1-H
Ron Hodges: D9.2-H
Brian Giles: W
George Foster: D8.1-H;2-H
Mookie Wilson: 8
Bob Bailor: 53
Ellis Valentine: 13

Notes & reviews

Mets manager George Bamberger ejected by 3B umpire Ed Montague during the pre-game meeting when Bamberger continued an argument from the previous game

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