Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 8, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1983 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds 2b 4 0 0 0
Puhl cf 5 0 1 0
Thon ss 2 0 1 0
Garner 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Knight 1b 5 1 2 0
Bass rf 5 0 1 0
Bjorkman c 2 2 1 0
Scott p 2 0 2 2
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
  Madden p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 1
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 1 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
Wiggins 1b,lf 4 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 1 0
Bonilla 2b 4 2 2 1
Lollar p 2 0 1 1
  Bevacqua 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 6 2
Houston 010 001 000 13100
San Diego 001 010 000 0260
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   7.0 4 2 2 0 4
  Madden  W (7-4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
2
2
0
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar   5.2 6 2 2 7 5
  Lucas   2.1 1 0 0 1 0
  DeLeon  L (4-6) 2.0 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.0
10
3
3
10
6

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  PB–Bjorkman (3); Kennedy (6).  2B–Houston M Scott 2 (2,off Lollar 2); Knight (33,off Lucas); Walling (1,off DeLeon).  3B–San Diego Bochy (1,off Madden).  HR–San Diego Bonilla (3,3rd inning off M Scott 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Puhl (4,off Lollar).  IBB–Bjorkman (4,by Lucas); Cruz (9,by DeLeon).  SB–Puhl 2 (24,2nd base off DeLeon/Kennedy,3rd base off DeLeon/Kennedy); Thon (32,2nd base off DeLeon/Kennedy); Gwynn (4,2nd base off M Scott/Bjorkman).  CS–Thon 2 (16,2nd base by Lollar/Kennedy 2).  WP–Lollar 2 (3).  IBB–Lucas (11,Bjorkman); DeLeon (6,Cruz).  T–3:22.  A–7,858.
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