Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 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 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 5 0 1 1
Winningham cf 4 1 1 1
Galarraga 1b 5 3 4 0
Webster rf 5 1 3 1
Wallach 3b 5 0 3 3
Foley 2b 3 0 0 0
Santovenia c 4 1 2 1
Rivera ss 5 1 1 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 15 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 0 1 1
Hatcher lf 5 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 1 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 4 2
Bass rf 3 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0
Biggio c 4 1 2 0
Darwin p 1 0 0 1
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Montreal 100 031 0117150
Houston 001 002 0014100
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (8-7) 6.0 6 3 3 2 4
  McGaffigan   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Parrett  SV (6) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (3-8) 5.0 9 4 4 2 3
  Camacho   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Andersen   2.0 4 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Wallach 2 (18,off Darwin 2); Galarraga (28,off Andersen), Houston Davis (9,off Parrett); Ramirez (13,off Parrett).  3B–Houston Biggio (1,off Dennis Martinez); Young (3,off Parrett).  HR–Houston Davis (18,6th inning off Dennis Martinez 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Dennis Martinez (5,off Camacho).  SF–Santovenia (2,off Andersen).  IBB–Foley 2 (6,by Darwin,by Andersen).  SB–Webster 2 (12,2nd base off Darwin/Biggio,2nd base off Andersen/Biggio); Nixon (13,3rd base off Andersen/Biggio); Biggio (3,2nd base off McGaffigan/Santovenia).  BK–Dennis Martinez 2 (6).  IBB–Darwin (2,Foley); Andersen (4,Foley).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:58.  A–15,130.
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