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Jim Wohlford 's 2-run pinch double in the 10th off Terry Forster gave the Expos a 4-2 extra inning win over the Braves in Atlanta . Gary Carter led off the inning with a lead-off single, then advanced to 3rd on Tim Wallach 's double. PH Bobby Ramos then lined to short, followed by an infield-in slow roller by Derrell Thomas . Wohlford's pinch double brought in the runs, then Expo relief ace Jeff Reardon , save for a 2-out walk by Claudell Washington collected the save for Joe Hesketh .  The Expos forced extra innings with 1 out in the 9th when Pete Rose singled and was replaced by pinch-runner Tony Scott *. Bryan Little with his 2nd double of the game and 4th hit overall sent Scott home with a 1-17 chance to beat the throw home. The d-20 roll was a "16." Terry Forster then took over for starter Len Barker and got the final 2 outs of the inning. The Braves took the lead in the 7th off Charlie Lea on a lead-off double by Bob Horner , who scored on a single...

Pitching Matchup: Carlton v. Soto Expectations for pitching matchup: Pitcher's duel, as my last few games in replay have been blowouts. What Really Happened: Phillies jumped out to 7-0 lead after 1-1/2 innings, Soto yanked in 4th, Reds actually pulled within 3 runs at 7-4 after 2 but Phils got 2 runs in 4th and 3 in 5th for another blowout. Star of the game: Glenn Wilson , 2 homers, 2-run double, 6 RBI. How's that Schmidt guy doing? 3-run homer; turned line-drive DP. PHI 12-13-1 CIN 7-10-1 WP-Carlton (1-1) LP-Soto (1-1) SV-Gross (1) PHI 4-1 CIN 1-4 How Soon Can Rose Become Manager? Ugly pitching certainly an early factor in the early season, Dave Parker cannot carry the team on his broad shoulders. Think they make him an offer when he visits his old team on 4/9 ? 

Something was "Brewing" in Seattle, and it wasn't a Brewer, it was Al Cowens "Brewing" up a pair of home runs accounting for all of the Mariners runs including a mammoth grand slam off Rollie Fingers in the 8th. Cowens earlier hit a 3-run homer off Don Sutton in the 2nd, but after Sutton departed in the 8th and Fingers took over, Cowens go-ahead slam and Mike Stanton getting Cecil Cooper to pop out to 1st in the 9th with 2 on rallied Seattle to the 7-4 win.  After Seattle took a 3-0 lead on Cowens 1st homer, Milwaukee rallied with single runs in the 5th through 8th innings to take the lead. RBI singles by Dion James in the 5th and Roy Howell in the 6th cut the lead to 3-2. After James reached on a 2-base error by Gorman Thomas in the 7th, Robin Yount tripled home James for the tying run. In the Brewer 8th, Ben Oglivie took Dave Beard deep to right to take the lead. Then, it was Cowens time again. After Jack Perconte led off the 8th with a bouncer t...

In real life, Red Sox pitcher Mike Brown pitched just 1/3 of an inning in an embarrassing loss to the A's on 4/8. This time, he made it to the 2nd but still got his A'ss whooped. 9 ER in 1.2 en route to an 15-3 blowout of the Sawx and a series sweep.  How did Brown actually get out of the 1st? Rickey Henderson walked/stole, Dwayne Murphy singled/RBI/stole, Joe Morgan single/RBI, Carney Lansford single, Bruce Bocthe single/RBI, Dave Kingman single/RBI, Davey Lopes ... 5/4/3 DP. Mike Heath struck out to end the inning. The Sawx got on the board with a " natural cycle " in the 2nd, starting with a lead-off homer by Jim Rice , followed by a triple by Rich Gedman . Dave Stapleton then doubled in Gedman and Glenn Hoffman completed the cycle with a single moving Stapleton to 3rd. That brought the Sox to within 4-2 but thanks to the "clutch" symbol, the A's completed the Brown-out. The A's sent 10 in the 2nd, scored 5, with 4 of those runs coming...

Tommy John performed 8 innings of surgery on the Toronto Blue Jays , while the Angel bats did their own surgery on 4 Blue Jays pitchers in a 14-3 rout at the Big "A."  The Angels scored 5 times in the 2nd and again in the 3rd, chasing Jays starter Jim Acker after 2 innings, Jays relievers Bryan Clark and Dennis Lamp allowed 5 more in the 3rd. Juan Beniquez and Doug DeCinces had 4 hits each, while Fred Lynn , Rob Wilfong and Dick Schofield each rapped 3 apiece. Brian Downing had the only home run amongst the 19 Angels hits, while Reggie Jackson despite going hitless, slugged a pair of sac flies.  Toronto pitching recorded 8 walks, while Tommy John scattered 9 hits in 8 innings before Jim Slaton pitched a scoreless 9th. John walked only 2 in 8 innings.  CAL 14-19-1 TOR 3-10-0 WP-John LP-Acker HR-Downing (2) CAL 2-4 TOR 3-2 

Billy Sample 's 4th hit of the game, an RBI single rallied the Texas Rangers to a wild, wooly 8-7 victory over the Yankees in a raucous series finale at Arlington Stadium . Wayne Tolleson led off the 9th with his 3rd hit of the game, a single off losing pitcher Jay Howell . After Curtis Wilkerson sacrificed Tolleson to 2nd, Sample's single bounced onto the outfield grass scoring Tolleson with the winning run. Sample and Buddy Bell each paced the Rangers with 4 hits apiece, with the Ranger hit total reaching 21, doubling the Yankees, who had 10. Don Mattingly was the big bat for the Yankees, getting three hits on a 2-run homer in the 6th, an RBI triple in the 8th and an RBI double in the 9th, which tied the score at 7-all. Ron Guidry and Charlie Hough were the starting pitchers for their respective teams, neither one around for the feverish finish.  TEX 8-21-1 NYY 7-10-0 WP-Schmidt (1-0) LP-Howell (0-1) SV-Schmidt (1) HR-Mattingly (1) LOB-NYY 6 TEX 12 GWRBI-Sample (1) TE...

  10 little Indian boys went on the warpath in the 7th inning in Kansas City , handing the Royals a stunning 6-4 loss, earning a series split in the process.  The Royals had scored twice in the 4th on a pair of solo homers by Jorge Orta and Steve Balboni and 2 more times in the 6th on a bases-loaded single by Butch Davis , which helped chase Tribe starter Rick Sutcliffe from the game. Bud Black was cruising through 6 innings, holding the Tribe to 3 hits while striking out 6. He would not get a single out in the 7th, when the first 5 of the 10 little Indians singled and all scored with the key hit being a 2-run bases loaded single by Carmelo Castillo , pinch-hitting for Otis Nixon .  After Brett Butler singled home George Vukovich with the 3rd Tribe run chasing Bud Black, Mark Huismann retired Tony Bernazard on a pop to 1st. Then the 7th little Indian, Julio Franco tripled home the go-ahead runs and was singled home himself by Andre Thornton . 10 little Indi...

Eddie Murray kept the defending world champion Orioles unbeaten at the Metrodome , slugging a pair of homers into the "baggie" as the soaring O's belted the Twins , 9-3. The win gave the Champs a sweep of the Twins, thanks in large part to Murray's bat, which yielded 2 home runs and 4 RBI's and Dennis Martinez 's complete game pitching.  Murray's homers came in the 2nd, a leadoff shot off Al Williams and again in the 7th, a 2-run shot off Rick Lysander . Murray also had an RBI single in the 6th. Jim Dwyer had 3 singles, while Al Bumbry also recorded a triple. The Twins lone damage off Martinez came in the 2nd on back-to-back singles by Gary Gaetti and Tim Laudner with 1 out. They scored with 2 outs on Darrell Brown 's single and Tim Tuefel 's 2-run double, which also scored Brown.  The Orioles salted the game away with a 3-inning stretch of runs, scoring 2 in the 6th, 3, including Murray's 2nd homer in the 7th and 2 more in the 8th. BAL ...

It was Tom Seaver 's debut, but Greg Walker stole the show with a 6-for-6 afternoon, the 6th hit being the game-winner in the bottom of the 12th as the Sox stunned the Tigers , 5-4. Here's how Walker's Day went:  2nd: Single and stolen base. 4th: Single, run scored. 6th: Single. 8th: 2-run homer. 10th: Double. 12th: Doubled, scored Harold Baines with winning run. Walker's incredible day upstaged Sox SP Tom Seaver, who pitched 7.1 innings, striking out 3 and walking 4. It also upstaged Kirk Gibson , who slugged 2 home runs for the 2nd time in 3 games, driving in all 4 Tiger runs off Seaver. Gibson's 1st homer was a solo in the 2nd, the 2nd coming with 2 on in the 4th. Greg Luzinski 's 1st homer of the season tied the score at 1 in the 2nd, while Walker's homer with Harold Baines on tied it in the 8th. In the bottom of the 12th, Harold Baines reached on an error by Barbero Garbey at 1st, then moved to 2nd on Luzinski's single to Gibson in right. After a...

The Cardinals relied on balanced hitting to down the Giants at Candlestick Park , with 7 different Cards getting a hit in a 5-1 win.  After the Giants grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st on an RBI single by Chili Davis scoring Manny Trillo , the Cards went to work. With 1 out in the top of the 2nd, Andy Van Slyke doubled, he scored one out later on a triple by Ozzie Smith , who then scored on a single by starting pitcher Dave LaPoint . Giant starter Jeff Robinson retired 12 Cards in a row at one point before David Green snapped the string with a deep fly to the left field cheap seats, making it 3-1 after 5-1/2. The Cards put it away with 2 more runs in the 8th off Robinson and reliever Frank Williams , starting with a 1-out single by Lonnie Smith . Smith then stole 2nd and advanced to 3rd when Ken Oberkfell barely beat out an infield single to Bob Brenly at 1st. With the infield in DP depth, Tom Herr slow rolled one to 2nd, scoring Smith and advancing Obie to 2nd. D...

Pirates ' slugger Jason Thompson picked up where he left off in the previous game, supplying early thunder with 2 home runs , 5RBI in his 1st 2 at-bats, but the Dodgers struck for late lightning courtesy of Mike Marshall 's 3-run homer off Don Robinson in the bottom of the 7th, giving the boys in Blue an 8-5 victory at the "Ravine."  Thompson struck 1st in the 1st with Marvell Wynne at 2nd, his 2nd homer in as many at-bats dating to the previous game, when his 3-run blast off Tom Niedenfuer rallied the Pirates to a late win. The Dodgers answered Thompson in the home half of the 1st, when after Steve Sax reached on a lead-off error by Johnny Ray, Pedro Guerrero crushed a 2-run blast off John Candelaria tied the score at 2. It didn't take Thompson long to strike again off Dodger starter Alejandro Pena when in the 3rd inning after 2 out, Ray walked, Bill Madlock singled and Thompson crushed a 3-run shot giving the Bucs a 5-2 lead. Thompson over his last 3 at-bats...

It took 3 games, but the Cubs finally got the 1st win out of the way in dramatic fashion as Ryne Sandberg caught a Tony Gwynn liner and turned the game-ending DP in a 4-2 win over the Padres in front of a stunned Saturday night crowd at San Diego . Lee Smith , in relief of starter Steve Trout and Rich Bordi, got leadoff man Luis Salazar to ground to short. Alan Wiggins then walked and promptly stole second setting it up for Gwynn, who hit a sizzling liner to Ryne Sandberg at 2nd, who then threw to Leon Durham at 1st for the walk-off DP .  Smith got the save for starter Steve Trout, who pitched 7 solid innings and contributed with his bat as well, lining a bases-loaded single , bringing in 2 runs in a 3-run 4th inning. Battery mate Jody Davis contributed the other Cub run in the inning with a bases-loaded walk. The Cubs got insurance in the 8th on a leadoff walk by Gary Matthews, who then advanced to 2nd on a bouncer to 2nd by Mel Hall. Pinch-hitter Leon Durham doubled home Matt...

It wasn't Shea Stadium , but the Astrodome had to do and besides, it's not every day you see a "Doctor" make his first house call. Welcome to the big leagues, Dwight Gooden . Gooden's first batter: Bill Doran , lined to 2nd. Gooden's first strikeout: Jose Cruz , top of the 2nd. Gooden's first hit allowed: Denny Walling , singled in 3rd. The 4th inning was full of firsts for Gooden, Terry Puhl led off with a single but was promptly caught stealing. After a strikeout of Dickie Thon , Jose Cruz then doubled, moved to 3rd on a single by Jerry Mumphrey , then came the next first: Gooden's first walk: Ray Knight , 4th inning, to load the bases. Gooden's first earned run: Walling, 4th inning, on a bases-loaded walk, scoring Cruz. Which brings us to another 1st, Gooden's 1st lead. After he led off the top of the 6th with a grounder to 2nd and a Ron Gardenhire grounder to short, Jose Oquendo singled. Then came Keith Hernadez , who turned a Bob Knepp...

  Rafael Ramirez went 4-for-5 and scored the winning run as the Braves hung on for a 5-4 win over the Expos at Fulton County Stadium . Ramirez doubled in the 3rd, singled home a run in the 4th, doubled and scored on Gerald Perry 's go-ahead RBI single in the 6th and singled again in the 8th. Keystone mate Glenn Hubbard also doubled twice and scored twice, while Bob Horner and starting pitcher Pete Falcone , each had 3 hits with Falcone himself driving in a run.  The Braves had 16 hits but stranded 13 while Montreal erased a 4-0 Braves lead via the longball in the 5th with Tim Wallach and starting pitcher David Palmer each slugging 2-run homers to tie the score. The Braves defense stymied Montreal with 2 line-drive double plays in the 6th and 7th, Gary Carter lining to Ramirez in the 6th and Bobby Ramos lining to Hubbard in the 7th after Atlanta assumed the 5-4 lead in the bottom of the 6th.  Pete Falcone pitched into the 9th when Tim Raines led off with a walk ...

Juan Samuel ran, ran, ran his way past Cincinnati , heck you can say he ran through the tri-state area as the Phils outlasted the Reds in 11 innings, 10-7. Samuel went 4-6 with 2 doubles, a triple and single plus 3 stolen bases, including 2 daring steals of 3rd. His 4th hit of the game, a lead-off single in the 11th was followed by his 3rd steal of the game. After Len Matuszek flied to center and Mike Schmidt struck out for the 3rd time, Joe Lefebvre doubled home Samuel with the go-ahead run and 2 insurance runs and a 1-2-3 bottom of the 11th, the Phillie win streak went to three, while the Reds losing streak also hit 3.  Just as the Phils ran their way past Cincy, Cincy ran their way out of the ball game with a couple of throw-outs at home. The first, with the score tied at 7 in the bottom of the 8th came when Gary Redus doubled with Ron Oester at 1st with 2 outs, CF Von Hayes threw a strike that nailed the " Blender " at home, ending the inning. In the bottom of th...

Usually when you walk 7, it's not a good sign of your pitching ability. For Jaime Cocanower , if you got the defense to back it up, 7 walks aren't quite that bad. The Brewers defense backed up Cocanower and reliever Tom Tellman with 4 double plays , enough to help Cocanower outduel Mark Langston in a 3-2 Brewer win over the Mariners at the Kingdome . Of the 4 double plays, 3 were started by Jim Gantner , including a key DP in the 8th with M's at 1st and 2nd and Tellman brought in to replace Cocanower. DP's were also turned in the 1st, 2nd and 6th, with Al Cowens grounding into those in the 6th and 8th. Robin Yount not only turned a DP, but he also belted a homer off Mark Langston in the 5th which turned out to be the offensive difference in the game. Langston went the distance, but Cocanower, Tellman and the DP ball powered the Brews to their 3rd straight win.  MIL 3-6-1 SEA 2-6-1 WP-Cocanower LP-Langston SV-Tellman HR-Yount (1) MIL 3-1 SEA 1-3 Pat Putnam (SEA) ...

As posted earlier, the Red Sox had a rough day against the A's with the main story being the defensive woes of Jackie Guiterrez , who bobbled and bungled his way through the first 2 innings with 3 errors being before replaced by Glenn Hoffman in the 3rd. Of course, this is a C&D recreation of 1984 , so we're coming up with different ways to rewrite 1984 storylines,  One actual storyline of 1984 was the Sawx season opener against the Angels and yes, Guiterrez actually threw that one away with a throwing error scoring the winning runs for the Halos . The common thread in the Guiterrez games so far real and otherwise has been starting pitcher Bruce Hurst , who started the Anaheim opener and thanks to Jackie's "blue" throwing got a no decision. When Hurst threw the pitches in C&D against Oakland , he threw them away a lot earlier, so if there is a villain so far in 1984, it's " The Whistler ." About that nickname, it seems between pitches i...

The A's gave Bruce Hurst his "wurst" start of the season, via a grand slam by Carney Lansford in the 2nd and a " hat trick " of sorts by shortstop Jackie Gutierrez , 3 errors in the first 2 innings as the A's slammed the Sawx, 11-5. Boston did jump off to an early lead on a leadoff single/SB by Jerry Remy , which was cashed in by Wade Boggs ' RBI single , 1-0. In the bottom half, Rickey Henderson took advantage of Gutierrez's generosity by reaching on the 1st of his 3 errors. Bruce Bocthe singled Rickey to 3rd, then Lansford's sac fly scored Rickey with the tying run.  Gutierrez's generous glove netted the A's 5 more runs in the 2nd, with the big blow supplied by Lansford's grand slam. After Gutierrez batted in the top of the 3rd, the Red Sox replaced him with Glenn Hoffman . No further errors, but Hurst survived to the 5th, when a string of 3 singles and a walk brought in Rich Gale for long relief and for good measure, Bruce B...

Blue Jays ace Dave Stieb stifled an aging Angels attack on 4 hits and got some help from the long ball with 3 solo homers as the Jays scored a 4-0 whitewash at the Big "A".  The Jays struck first in the top of the 5th on George Bell 's 2nd home run of the year. The next 2 runs would come on solo flights as Cliff Johnson hit his 2nd in as many games in the 7th and Rance Mulliniks managed a leadoff bomb to open the 9th off reliever Curt Kaufman . The Jays followed up Mulliniks' blast with a triple by Lloyd Moseby , who promptly scored on Willie Upshaw 's sac fly. Stieb brilliantly painted the corners like Picasso , striking out 9 hapless Angels in 9 dominant innings including striking out the side in the 1st.* His Halos counterpart, Ken Forsch pitched 7 strong innings, striking out 6 before giving way to Kaufman in the 8th. This was the 2nd shutout loss for the aging Angels in 5 games. * Pettis, Carew, Jackson TOR 4-5-0 CAL 0-4-0 WP-Stieb (1-0) LP-Forsch (0-2) ...

DYK that Ray Fontenot was called up for his 1st MLB start to replace fellow Cajun Ron Guidry who was placed on the DL .?  

Ron Guidry isn't the only "Louisiana Lightning" on the Yankees pitching staff, as fellow lefty Ray Fontenot proved against the Texas Rangers, striking out 6 and scattering 6 hits in a 5-1 Yankee win at Arlington. Fontenot set down 14 Rangers in a row at one point as the Yankee bats backed him up with a 12-hit attack led prominently by usual suspect Dave Winfield's 3 singles and by Omar Moreno's own 3-hit attack, which included a game-icing 3-run homer off Danny Darwin in the 6th. Fontenot carried a 4-hit shutout into the 9th, but Buddy Bell's lead-off homer in the bottom of the 9th, his 2nd in as many games, spoiled the shutout. NYY 3-2 TEX 1-3 NYY 5-12-0 TEX 1-6-0 WP-Fontenot LP-Darwin (O. Jones) HR-Moreno (1) Bell (2) GWRBI-Randolph (1)

The Baltimore Orioles spoiled John Butcher's debut as a Minnesota Twin, "Butchering" the Twins by a 6-0 final behind the 8-hit pitching of Mike Flanagan and a 3-hit day for Cal Ripken, who started the Birds on their way to victory with a 2-run homer in the top of the 1st. The Orioles would score 4 more in the 5th on a lead-off double by John Shelby, an RBI single by Dan Ford and following a walk to Ripken and a fly out by Eddie Murray, got the remaining runs on a double by John Lowenstein and a 2-run single by Ken Singleton.  BAL 6-14-0 MIN 0-8-0 WP-Flanagan LP-Butcher (Filson, Pashnick) HR-Ripken (1)  BAL 3-0 MIN 1-3  

April 7, 1984-The image remains fresh in our mind, Jack Morris fires strike 3 past a swinging Ron Kittle, then jumps in the arms of catcher Lance Parrish to complete a nationally televised no-hitter. The image is still there, but C&D can alter history with a few rolls of the dice. When I rolled Tigers-White Sox, I wasn't expecting to duplicate it, but still, there was enough drama to make it a compelling start to the 19th season of GOTW on NBC. He only had them hitless for 0.2  Morris got Rudy Law to line to Lou Whitaker at 2nd on a failed single check, then Carlton Fisk hit a deep drive to left on a failed HR check. Harold Baines wasted no time slashing a double to center field, ending the no-no after 0.2 innings. But wait, it gets better. It's Garbey, not Garvey Steve Garvey comes from sunny Southern California. Barbero Garbey comes from sunny Cuba. They both play baseball, only Garbey made his way to the majors via a famous boatlift. With a couple of rolls of the dice, G...

AL East BAL 2-0 BOS 3-1 DET 2-1 MIL 2-1 NYY 2-2 TOR 1-2 CLE 1-2 AL West KCR 3-1 OAK 2-1 TEX 1-2 SEA 1-2 MIN 1-2 CAL 1-3 CWS 0-2 NL East PHI 2-1 PIT 2-1 NYM 2-1 MON 1-2 STL 1-2 CHC 0-3 NL West ATL 2-1 LAD 2-1 SDG 2-1 SFG 2-1 CIN 1-2 HOU 1-2    Baltimore lone unbeaten in either league, White Sox, Cubs only winless teams. 

STL 19-21-1 SFG 4-6-3 STL: Tom Herr 4 hits, Lonnie Smith 3 hits, Ken Oberkfell 3 hits, David Green 3 hits, Willie McGee, Ozzie Smith, Jaquin Andujar 2 hits, Andy Van Slyke, Tito Landrum 1 hit each. Runs by inning: 0-0-5-0-1-4-3-3-3  OK, how does Darrell Porter not get a hit? 0-5, walk. Cards homers, Lonnie Smith, Tom Herr.  Dis-honorable mention: Jack Clark of the Giants committed 2 errors in the 6th. Plate appearances: Cards 57, Giants 37.  Giants homer, Jack Clark (2) WP-Andujar (1-0) LP-Laskey (0-1) If I were Darrell Porter, I'd walk back to the hotel after going 0-5.

The Dodgers ran and pitched their way out of a sure win in front of the Chavez Ravine faithful, as they squandered a 14-hit attack with a couple of caught stealing blunders and a climatic 9th inning collapse when Jason Thompson blasted a 3-run homer off future post-season goat Tom Niedenfuer to give Pittsburgh a 4-2 comeback win. The Dodgers scored single runs in the 3rd and 4th for a 2-0 lead, but a pair of caught stealing blunders by Ken Landreaux and Pedro Guerrero were just the tip of the iceberg. 14 Dodger hits eventually led to 10 runners left on base. The Pirates were stacking hits and leaving baserunners as well, 12 hits led to 13 runners left on base, but starting in the 8th, the Bucs made the Dodgers hit their tipping point.  A leadoff walk by Amos Otis and double by Tony Pena put Pirates on 2nd and 3rd, which led to after careful consideration, pulling Dodger starter Bob Welch for Tom Niedenfuer. Nidednfuer retired Doug Frobel on a slow roller to 1st, scoring Otis, then ...

But first, this message: "An American tradition continues. Defending AL West division champion White Sox host the Detroit Tigers or the World Champion Orioles take on the Twins. The tradition is here; the memories are waiting." (Tomorrow 1:30 Eastern/12:30 Central) (NBC promo)  San Diego jumped off to a 6-0 lead after 2 innings but fought off a furious Cub rally to hand Chicago their 3rd straight loss, 7-6. The Pads got a first inning run on a single and steal by Tony Gwynn, who later scored on an RBI single by Steve Garvey. The Gwynn-Garvey combo struck again in a 5-run second inning, with Gwynn driving in Kevin McReynolds and Tim Lollar, who had doubled in Carmelo Martinez with a run earlier in the inning, Alan Wiggins, who had walked, advanced to 3rd. Gwynn stole 2nd again and later scored along with Wiggins on Steve Garvey's 2nd single of the game. Cub starter Scott Sanderson was then relieved by Dickie Noles. The score was 7-1 Padres in the 7th when the Cubs made the...

The Mets took advantage of a 12-hit attack, dispatching the Houston Astros by a 10-2 score. The Mets scored 4 runs in both the 2nd and 5th innings enroute to the win, more impressively in the 2nd, when Danny Heep tripled in Darryl Strawberry who had walked, Junior Ortiz singled home Heep, then Walt Terrell and Wally Backman doubled back-to-back, capping off the inning. Every Met batter got at least one hit. The lone bright spot for Houston was Dickie Thon, who tripled in his 1st 2 at-bats driving in a run and singling in his 3rd at-bat. Walt Terrell went the distance for the Mets, while Mike Scott only made it to the 5th inning for the Astros.  NYM 2-1 HOU 1-2 WP-Terrell LP-Scott (Madden, Smith in relief) NYM 10-12-1 HOU 2-9-0