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July 11, 1987

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Mets 8 8 1
Astros 6 10 2
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Mets 8 8 1
Astros 6 10 2

Wally Backman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .254
OBP .250 .298
At Bats 4 177
Hits 1 45
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 1 11

Larry Andersen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 2
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Astrodome - July 11, 1987
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Out
Larry Andersen
Alan Ashby
Glenn Davis
Bill Doran
Chuck Jackson
Bert Pena
Jose Cruz
Gerald Young
Kevin Bass
Wally Backman
Lenny Dykstra
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Backman bunts towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Dykstra moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dykstra hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Young. Dykstra reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Pena hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bass hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andersen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Santana strikes out.
Top 8 Lyons hits a fly ball into right field. Bass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 There goes Johnson. The throw from Ashby and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 8 Chuck Jackson now playing third base. Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a line drive into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chuck Jackson pinch hits for Denny Walling. Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Doran hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Larry Andersen now pitching. McReynolds strikes out.
Top 7 Strawberry is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bert Pena now playing shortstop. Dave Meads now pitching. Backman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Young hits a fly ball into left field. McReynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Pankovits pinch hits for Danny Darwin. Pankovits hits a line drive towards the mound. Myers reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Davey Lopes pinch hits for Craig Reynolds. Lopes strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ashby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dykstra. Ashby reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Dykstra is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Myers strikes out.
Top 6 Santana strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cruz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Bass strikes out.
Bottom 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lyons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Walling fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 McReynolds hits a line drive towards the mound. Darwin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Randy Myers now pitching. Walling strikes out.
Bottom 4 Doug Sisk now pitching. Doran hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Darwin moves to third. Young moves to second.
Bottom 4 Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Reynolds scores. Darwin moves to second.
Bottom 4 Darwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bass scores. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 4 Reynolds takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bass moves to third.
Bottom 4 The umpire calls a balk on Leach Bass moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Dykstra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bass hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Backman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dykstra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Walling fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young scores.
Bottom 3 Doran hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Leach covering, for the out. Young moves to third.
Bottom 3 Young hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dykstra. Young reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Leach strikes out.
Top 3 Santana strikes out.
Top 3 Lyons strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Johnson. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Top 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leach fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Ashby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Walling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Strawberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran misplays the ball. That's an error on Doran. Backman scores. Hernandez scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Young. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Dykstra scores. Backman moves to third.
Top 2 Backman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Santana scores. Dykstra moves to third.
Top 2 Dykstra hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Santana moves to second.
Top 2 Leach is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Santana hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Lyons hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Bass hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Backman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Davis strikes out. The ball gets by Lyons. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Young. He's safe. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Walling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young moves to third.
Bottom 1 Doran hits a ball on the ground towards short. Santana scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Young. The throw from Lyons and he is safe. Young steals second.
Bottom 1 Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McReynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Bass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Strawberry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Young who is chasing the ball. Strawberry reaches third base with a triple. Hernandez goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Backman strikes out.
Top 1 Dykstra is called out on strikes.