Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
June 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1988 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."

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Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 0
Hatcher lf 2 0 1 2
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 0
Walling 3b 2 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 2 2 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 1 0
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 1 1 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Speier 3b 3 2 1 0
Thompson 2b 4 4 3 0
Clark 1b 5 1 2 2
Maldonado rf 5 1 2 3
Leonard lf 4 0 1 1
Youngblood cf 2 0 1 0
  Butler pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Williams ss 4 0 1 3
Manwaring c 4 0 2 0
Reuschel p 1 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
Houston 000 001 020370
San Francisco 200 020 32x9130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (4-3) 5.0 7 4 4 3 1
  Heathcock   2.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Agosto   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
5
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (8-3) 6.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Lefferts  SV (5) 3.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
2

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Ramirez (9,off Reuschel), San Francisco Manwaring (1,off Deshaies); Thompson (10,off Deshaies); Williams (1,off Heathcock).  HR–San Francisco Clark (14,5th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Hatcher 2 (3,off Reuschel,off Lefferts); Leonard (2,off Deshaies).  SH–Reuschel (5,off Deshaies).  IBB–Butler (2,by Heathcock).  SB–Speier (2,2nd base off Deshaies/Ashby).  WP–Lefferts (1).  IBB–Heathcock (3,Butler).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:25.  A–31,144.
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