Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
April 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1988 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."

"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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Houston Astros 0, San Diego Padres 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Walling 3b 3 0 1 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Darwin p 1 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gwynn rf 3 1 1 0
Alomar 2b 4 1 2 0
Ready 3b 3 1 2 2
Moreland lf 3 0 0 0
  Abner lf 1 0 1 1
Santiago c 4 0 1 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Wynne cf 3 0 0 0
Templeton ss 3 1 1 0
Whitson p 2 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Houston 000 000 000041
San Diego 000 100 03x482
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (1-1) 6.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Andersen   2.0 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  W (2-0) 6.1 4 0 0 2 5
  McCullers   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Davis   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
8

  E–Ashby (1), R Alomar (1), Templeton (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Ready (1,off Darwin).  SH–Darwin (2,off Whitson); Ready (1,off Darwin); Flannery (1,off Andersen).  IBB–Gwynn (1,by Andersen).  IBB–Andersen (3,Gwynn).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:21.  A–11,104.
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