San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 8, 1987 Box Score

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

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San Francisco Giants 6, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 3 2 1 0
  Speier ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Mitchell 3b 3 3 1 2
Brenly c 4 1 0 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 2 1
Davis lf 3 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph,lf 2 0 2 2
Henderson cf 2 0 1 0
  Milner ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Krukow p 3 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 6 10 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 3 1
Doran 2b 5 1 2 2
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 1
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds R. c 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 0 0
Reynolds C. ss 5 0 1 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Gainey ph 1 0 0 0
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
San Francisco 101 020 0026101
Houston 000 000 4004102
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   6.1 5 3 2 3 6
  Lefferts   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Downs   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Robinson  W (10-6) 2.1 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
6
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   5.0 4 4 3 4 7
  Heathcock   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Andersen  L (8-5) 1.2 5 2 2 1 1
  Agosto   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
5
8

  E–Mitchell (13), Walling (7), Ashby (4).  2B–San Francisco D Robinson (1,off Andersen); Aldrete (16,off Andersen), Houston Bass (27,off Krukow); Doran (20,off Lefferts).  3B–San Francisco Thompson (4,off Deshaies).  HR–San Francisco Mitchell (19,5th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Maldonado (7,off Deshaies).  IBB–Uribe (8,by Deshaies); Bass (13,by Downs).  SB–Mitchell 3 (7,2nd base off Deshaies/Ashby 2,3rd base off Deshaies/Ashby); Henderson 2 (2,2nd base off Deshaies/Ashby 2); Speier (4,2nd base off Heathcock/Ashby).  CS–Maldonado (6,2nd base by Deshaies/Ashby).  WP–Downs (10).  IBB–Downs (9,Bass); Deshaies (6,Uribe).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:21.  A–22,119.
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