San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
August 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1987 at Astrodome. 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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San Francisco Giants 4, Houston Astros 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Aldrete rf 4 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 4 1 2 1
Leonard lf 4 1 1 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
  Brenly ph 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 1 2 1
Thompson 2b 3 1 0 0
Uribe ss 2 0 0 0
  Speier ph 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 1 1
  Kutcher ss 0 0 0 0
Downs p 2 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 1 1
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Milner cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 2 0
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 1
Doran 2b 3 1 2 1
  Biancalana pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 2
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 1
Walling 3b 2 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 1 1 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 0 0
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
San Francisco 200 000 200472
Houston 100 003 01x5100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Downs   5.1 6 4 2 1 3
  Robinson   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lefferts  L (2-4) 1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Garrelts   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
3
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   6.2 5 4 4 2 3
  Childress   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Meads   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Heathcock  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
4

  E–Downs 2 (3).  2B–San Francisco Clark (16,off Knepper), Houston Knepper (2,off Downs).  HR–San Francisco Mitchell (13,1st inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  SH–C Reynolds (4,off Lefferts).  SB–Leonard 2 (14,2nd base off Knepper/Ashby,3rd base off Knepper/Ashby).  CS–Mitchell (2,2nd base by Knepper/Ashby); Hatcher (5,2nd base by Downs/Melvin).  WP–Garrelts (4), Knepper (2).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:38.  A–22,607.
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