Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 11, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 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 0, San Diego Padres 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ss 0 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 1 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds R. c 2 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds C. ss 2 0 1 0
  Mallicoat p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Gainey ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gwynn rf 3 3 2 0
  Abner rf 1 0 0 0
Jefferson cf,lf 5 3 4 4
Martinez lf 4 1 2 2
  Mack cf 1 0 0 0
Kruk 1b 3 1 0 0
Santiago c 4 0 2 2
  Parent c 1 0 0 0
Brown 3b 2 1 1 1
  Salazar 3b 1 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 1
  Cora ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Flannery 2b,ss 2 1 0 1
Show p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 13 11
Houston 000 000 000040
San Diego 162 110 00x11130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (15-11) 2.0 6 7 7 5 0
  Hernandez   2.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Mallicoat   3.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Meads   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
6
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Show  W (7-16) 9.0 4 0 0 4 8
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
8

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Santiago (27,off Scott).  3B–San Diego Gwynn (12,off Hernandez); Jefferson (7,off Hernandez).  SF–Flannery (2,off Hernandez).  IBB–Gwynn (24,by Scott); Kruk (14,by Scott).  SB–Gwynn (50,2nd base off Scott/Ashby); Jefferson 2 (29,2nd base off Scott/Ashby,3rd base off Scott/Ashby); Kruk (15,2nd base off Scott/Ashby); Templeton (12,2nd base off Scott/Ashby).  WP–Show (6).  IBB–Scott 2 (6,Gwynn,Kruk).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:39.  A–38,725.
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