San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
June 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1987 at Astrodome. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Ready 2b,3b 5 1 2 0
Mack cf 4 1 2 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 2 0
Martinez lf 4 0 0 1
  Steels pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Kruk 1b 4 0 1 0
Santiago c 4 1 1 1
Salazar 3b 4 1 3 2
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Hawkins p 2 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 0 2 1
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0
Walling 1b 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 1 1 0
Bass rf 4 1 3 1
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 1 1
Knepper p 1 0 0 1
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
San Diego 010 000 0405110
Houston 000 013 0004101
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins   6.0 8 4 4 3 1
  Lefferts  W (1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Gossage  SV (3) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (2-7) 7.2 11 5 2 0 6
  Meads   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
2
0
6

  E–C Reynolds (6).  DP–San Diego 1.  PB–Ashby (4).  2B–San Diego Ready (12,off Knepper); Salazar (2,off Knepper); Santiago (6,off Knepper), Houston Cruz (10,off Hawkins); Bass (12,off Hawkins); Hatcher (14,off Gossage).  HR–San Diego Salazar (2,2nd inning off Knepper 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Knepper (4,off Hawkins).  SF–C Reynolds (3,off Hawkins); Knepper (1,off Hawkins).  SB–Santiago (6,3rd base off Knepper/Ashby); Hatcher (19,2nd base off Hawkins/Santiago).  CS–Gwynn (3,2nd base by Knepper/Ashby); Salazar (3,2nd base by Meads/Ashby).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:42.  A–14,756.
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