Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
May 1, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1988 at Astrodome. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 7, Houston Astros 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 1 0 0
Paredes 2b 6 1 3 3
Brooks rf 7 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
  Wallach 3b 1 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  Engle ph 1 0 0 0
  Hesketh p 0 0 0 0
  Fitzgerald ph 1 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
Webster cf 5 2 0 0
Reed c 5 0 1 1
Foley ss 6 2 3 1
Heaton p 1 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Galarraga ph,1b 3 1 1 2
Totals 50 7 9 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 7 0 3 1
Hatcher lf 6 0 2 0
Ramirez ss 7 0 1 0
Davis 1b 5 1 3 0
Bass rf 7 0 1 0
Pankovits 2b 1 0 1 0
  Reynolds 2b 4 1 2 1
Bailey c 4 0 1 0
  Doran pr 0 1 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 1 0
  Heathcock p 1 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 5 0 0 0
Scott p 3 0 1 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
  Ashby ph,c 3 0 0 1
Totals 55 3 16 3
Montreal 010 000 000 200 04791
Houston 000 001 000 200 003164
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton   6.0 6 1 1 3 2
  McGaffigan   3.0 4 0 0 2 2
  Burke   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Hesketh   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Parrett  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
14.0
16
3
3
7
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   9.0 5 1 0 1 9
  Camacho   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Agosto   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Heathcock  L (0-1) 2.0 2 4 0 2 1
Totals
14.0
9
7
2
3
13

  E–Paredes (1), Reynolds (1), Bailey (1), Agosto (1), Heathcock (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Pankovits (1,off Heaton); Bass (5,off Heaton); Davis 2 (4,off Heaton,off Hesketh); Hatcher 2 (5,off McGaffigan,off Parrett).  3B–Montreal Foley (1,off Heathcock), Houston Ramirez (2,off Heaton).  HR–Montreal Galarraga (6,10th inning off Camacho 1 on, 1 out); Paredes (1,14th inning off Heathcock 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Heaton (1,off Scott); Paredes (1,off Heathcock); Reed (1,off Heathcock); Jackson (1,off Burke).  IBB–Raines 2 (3,by Scott,by Heathcock); Wallach (1,by Heathcock); Jackson (3,by Heaton); Davis 2 (5,by McGaffigan,by Parrett); Reynolds (1,by Parrett).  HBP–Pankovits (1,by Heaton).  SB–Paredes (1,2nd base off Camacho/Bailey); Young 3 (15,2nd base off Heaton/Reed,3rd base off Heaton/Reed,2nd base off Burke/Reed); Henderson (1,2nd base off Hesketh/Reed).  CS–W Johnson (1,3rd base by Scott/Bailey); Hatcher (5,2nd base by Heaton/Reed).  WP–Camacho (1).  HBP–Heaton (1,Pankovits).  IBB–Heaton (1,Jackson); McGaffigan (1,Davis); Parrett 2 (2,Davis,Reynolds); Scott (2,Raines); Heathcock 2 (2,Wallach,Raines).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–John McSherry.  T–4:38.  A–26,231.
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