San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 6, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres 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)
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San Diego Padres 1, Houston Astros 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Ready 2b 3 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 4 1 2 0
Moreland lf 4 0 1 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 0 2 0
Brown 3b 3 0 1 0
Abner cf 3 0 0 0
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
Hawkins p 1 0 0 0
  Sierra p 0 0 0 0
  Thon ph 1 0 0 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson ph 1 0 0 0
  Nolte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 7 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 1 1 1
Hatcher lf 3 1 2 0
Doran 2b 3 1 2 2
Davis 1b 3 1 2 2
Walling 3b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 0
Puhl rf 3 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 12 5
San Diego 000 100 000170
Houston 300 200 00x5120
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  L (0-1) 3.2 8 5 5 2 3
  Sierra   1.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Booker   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Nolte   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (1-0) 7.0 7 1 1 1 7
  Agosto   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
8

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 3.  2B–San Diego Brown (1,off Knepper), Houston Hatcher (2,off Hawkins); Davis (1,off Booker).  HR–Houston Davis (2,1st inning off Hawkins 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Knepper (1,off Hawkins); Agosto (1,off Nolte).  CS–Ready (1,3rd base by Knepper/Ashby); Hatcher (1,2nd base by Hawkins/Santiago).  SB–Young (1,2nd base off Hawkins/Santiago).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:22.  A–14,865.
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