Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 15, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1986 at Candlestick Park. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 8, San Francisco Giants 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 2 1 0
Hatcher lf 3 1 2 0
Garner 3b 4 3 3 4
Davis 1b 4 1 1 3
Bass rf 3 1 1 1
Thon ss 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 1 0
Walker cf 4 0 1 0
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 10 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 5 0 3 0
Thompson 2b 4 1 0 0
Clark 1b 5 1 3 2
Leonard lf 5 0 1 0
Brenly 3b 5 1 1 1
Maldonado rf 5 0 0 0
Melvin c 4 0 3 0
  Laskey p 0 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 0 1 0
Blue p 1 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Gott ph,p 0 0 0 0
  Wellman ph 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Gulden c 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 12 3
Houston 302 000 3008101
San Francisco 000 030 0003120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (2-0) 5.0 9 3 3 1 3
  Kerfeld  SV (1) 4.0 3 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
2
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (0-2) 3.0 6 5 5 1 2
  LaCoss   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gott   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Davis   1.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Laskey   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
5
7

  E–Garner (1).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Bailey (1,off M Davis).  HR–Houston Garner 2 (2,1st inning off Blue 2 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Blue 0 on, 1 out); Bass (1,3rd inning off Blue 0 on, 2 out); Davis (3,7th inning off M Davis 2 on, 1 out), San Francisco Clark (2,5th inning off Knepper 1 on, 0 out); Brenly (2,5th inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hatcher (1,off M Davis).  IBB–Bass (3,by Gott).  HBP–Gott (1,by Knepper).  WP–Kerfeld (1).  HBP–Knepper (1,Gott).  IBB–Gott (2,Bass).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–3:01.  A–46,638.
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