Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 14, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1986 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 2, San Diego Padres 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 1 2 0
Walling 3b 4 0 1 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 1 1 1
Cruz lf 2 0 2 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
  Thon ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Mizerock c 4 0 1 0
Scott p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Flannery 2b 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 2 0
Wynne cf 4 0 0 0
McReynolds lf 4 0 1 0
Pyznarski 1b 3 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 0 1 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 1 0
  Roberts pr 0 1 0 0
Asadoor 3b 3 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 1 1 2
Green ss 3 1 1 0
Hawkins p 2 0 0 0
  Garvey ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Houston 100 100 000281
San Diego 000 010 002380
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (16-10) 8.1 8 3 3 0 14
Totals
8.1
8
3
3
0
14
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins   7.0 7 2 2 4 1
  Lefferts  W (9-7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
2

  E–Davis (10).  DP–Houston 1, San Diego 1.  PB–Santiago (1).  2B–Houston Doran 2 (25,off Hawkins 2); Cruz (19,off Hawkins); Davis (27,off Hawkins), San Diego Santiago (1,off Scott); McReynolds (30,off Scott); Green (1,off Scott); Gwynn (29,off Scott).  HR–Houston Bass (20,4th inning off Hawkins 0 on, 2 out), San Diego Martinez (8,9th inning off Scott 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Scott (9,off Hawkins).  IBB–Walling (5,by Hawkins).  SB–Gwynn (26,2nd base off Scott/Mizerock).  IBB–Hawkins (7,Walling).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:35.  A–13,279.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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