Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
August 9, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1985 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 1 3 2
Garner 3b 4 0 0 0
Bass cf 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 2 1
Mumphrey rf 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 1 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 2 0
Ryan p 2 1 1 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Dilone cf 4 2 3 1
Templeton ss 5 1 2 1
Gwynn rf 3 1 1 1
Garvey 1b 3 0 2 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 1
Martinez lf 2 1 1 0
Flannery 2b 4 1 2 0
Bochy c 4 0 1 1
Dravecky p 2 0 0 0
  Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0
  Walter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 12 5
Houston 111 100 000490
San Diego 101 012 10x6121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (8-10) 5.2 9 5 5 4 7
  DiPino   2.1 3 1 1 4 2
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
8
9
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Dravecky  W (9-7) 6.0 8 4 3 1 0
  Walter  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
3

  E–Dravecky (3).  DP–Houston 2, San Diego 1.  PB–Bochy (1).  2B–Houston Ryan (2,off Dravecky).  HR–San Diego Templeton (4,5th inning off Ryan 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Ryan (11,off Dravecky).  HBP–Bass (4,by Dravecky).  SF–Nettles (2,off DiPino).  IBB–Garvey (3,by DiPino).  SB–Doran (19,2nd base off Dravecky/Bochy); Cruz (10,2nd base off Dravecky/Bochy); Dilone 2 (9,2nd base off Ryan/Bailey 2).  CS–Doran (8,2nd base by Dravecky/Bochy); Templeton (4,2nd base by Ryan/Bailey).  BK–Ryan (1).  HBP–Dravecky (1,Bass).  IBB–DiPino (5,Garvey).  T–2:37.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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