Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1987 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, San Francisco Giants 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 2 1
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 1 0
Berra ss 3 0 1 0
Reynolds c 2 0 0 0
Scott p 2 0 0 0
  Mallicoat p 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 1 1 1
Mitchell 3b 2 1 0 0
Aldrete lf 3 3 2 2
Clark 1b 4 2 2 4
Davis rf 2 0 0 0
Speier 2b 2 0 0 0
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Dravecky p 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 7 5 7
Houston 000 001 000141
San Francisco 102 002 02x750
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (15-12) 5.0 4 5 5 5 3
  Mallicoat   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Meads   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
5
7
7
8
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Dravecky  W (10-10) 9.0 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
3

  E–Scott (1).  DP–Houston 1, San Francisco 2.  HR–Houston Young (1,6th inning off Dravecky 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco Milner (4,1st inning off Scott 0 on, 0 out); Aldrete (8,3rd inning off Scott 1 on, 1 out); Clark 2 (31,6th inning off Scott 1 on, 0 out,8th inning off Meads 1 on, 1 out).  SB–C Davis (16,2nd base off Scott/R Reynolds); Aldrete (4,2nd base off Meads/R Reynolds).  CS–C Davis (8,2nd base by Mallicoat/R Reynolds); Speier (7,2nd base by Mallicoat/R Reynolds).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:18.  A–25,762.
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