San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
September 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1987 at Astrodome. 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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San Diego Padres 2, Houston Astros 1

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gwynn rf 3 1 2 0
Mack cf 2 0 0 0
  Wynne ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Ready 3b 3 0 1 0
  Kruk ph 1 1 1 1
  Salazar 3b 0 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
Santiago c 4 0 1 1
Abner lf 4 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Cora 2b 4 0 2 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 1 2 0
Bass rf 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 2 1
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 1 0
  Walling 3b 0 0 0 0
Reynolds C. ss 4 0 0 0
Reynolds R. c 3 0 2 0
  Gainey ph 1 0 0 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
San Diego 000 000 020290
Houston 000 001 000191
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   6.0 6 1 1 2 3
  Davis   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  McCullers  W (8-8) 2.2 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
3
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   7.1 7 1 1 2 4
  Smith  L (2-1) 1.2 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
3
4

  E–Caminiti (5).  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 1.  2B–Houston R Reynolds 2 (3,off Jones,off M Davis).  SH–Jones (7,off Deshaies); Mack (4,off Deshaies); McCullers (1,off Smith).  IBB–Gwynn (25,by Smith).  SB–Kruk (17,2nd base off Smith/R Reynolds); Santiago (20,2nd base off Smith/R Reynolds); Doran (31,2nd base off McCullers/Santiago); Cruz (4,2nd base off McCullers/Santiago).  CS–Gwynn (11,2nd base by Deshaies/R Reynolds); Young (8,2nd base by Jones/Santiago).  IBB–Smith (7,Gwynn).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:32.  A–13,182.
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