Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres
April 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1987 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 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)
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Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Diego Padres 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 3 1 1 0
Duncan ss 5 0 1 0
Guerrero lf 5 2 2 3
Marshall rf 5 0 2 0
Scioscia c 4 1 2 1
Stubbs 1b 4 1 1 1
Woodson 3b 4 0 1 0
Ramsey cf 3 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 4 0 1 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 4 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 3 1 1 0
Martinez lf 3 0 1 0
  Gorman p 0 0 0 0
  Parent ph 1 0 0 0
  Wynne cf 0 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 3 1 2 0
Santiago c 3 1 1 3
Salazar cf 4 0 0 0
  Dravecky p 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 3 0 1 0
Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Booker p 1 0 0 0
  Ready ph,lf 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Los Angeles 401 000 0005111
San Diego 000 100 020370
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela  W (2-0) 9.0 7 3 3 5 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  L (1-2) 2.1 5 5 5 1 5
  Booker   2.2 4 0 0 1 1
  Gorman   3.0 2 0 0 2 3
  Dravecky   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
5
10

  E–Marshall (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2, San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Ready (1,off Valenzuela).  3B–San Diego Mitchell (1,off Valenzuela).  HR–Los Angeles Guerrero 2 (4,1st inning off Whitson 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Whitson 0 on, 1 out); Scioscia (2,1st inning off Whitson 0 on, 2 out); Stubbs (3,1st inning off Whitson 0 on, 2 out), San Diego Santiago (2,8th inning off Valenzuela 1 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:30.  A–34,731.
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