Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 10, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1987 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."

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Houston Astros 7, San Diego Padres 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 1 2 0
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 1 1 2
Bass rf 5 2 1 0
Davis 1b 4 3 3 5
Walling 3b 1 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gwynn rf 5 1 3 2
Ready 2b 4 1 2 2
Martinez 1b 3 1 2 0
Santiago c 5 1 1 0
Brown 3b 4 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Abner lf 5 1 2 0
Templeton ss 3 2 3 2
Mack cf 3 0 1 1
  Wynne ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Grant p 2 0 1 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Kruk ph 1 0 1 0
  Cora pr 0 1 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
  Salazar 3b 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 37 8 17 8
Houston 010 203 001790
San Diego 300 011 2018172
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   3.0 7 3 3 5 1
  Heathcock   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Andersen   1.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Agosto   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Childress   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  L (0-3) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
17
8
8
6
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Grant   5.0 5 5 4 2 5
  Davis   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  McCullers   1.1 2 1 0 1 1
  Gossage  W (5-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
5
4
6

  E–Ready (10), Brown (16).  DP–Houston 2, San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Gwynn (34,off Knepper); Martinez (19,off Andersen).  3B–San Diego Mack (3,off Heathcock).  HR–Houston Davis 3 (25,2nd inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Grant 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off M Davis 1 on, 0 out); Ashby (14,6th inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Ready (6,1st inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out); Gwynn (7,6th inning off Andersen 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Ashby (4,off Gossage).  IBB–Cruz (3,by McCullers); Martinez (3,by Heathcock).  SH–Templeton (5,off Heathcock); Wynne (3,off Hernandez).  SB–Young (18,2nd base off Grant/Santiago).  CS–Mack (5,Home by Heathcock/Ashby).  WP–Hernandez (1), McCullers (4).  IBB–Heathcock (1,Martinez); McCullers (9,Cruz).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:07.  A–7,151.
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