Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
July 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, San Diego Padres 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 0
Doran 2b 2 1 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 2 1
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Biggio c 2 0 1 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Fishel ph 1 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Jefferson cf 3 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 1 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 0 0
Martinez lf,1b 4 1 2 2
Moreland 1b 3 1 1 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
Santiago c 4 1 1 1
Brown 3b 3 1 1 1
Alomar 2b 2 0 1 0
Rasmussen p 3 0 1 1
  Wynne lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Houston 000 000 010160
San Diego 000 500 00x570
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (7-7) 4.0 6 5 5 2 4
  Meads   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Andersen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Agosto   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  W (8-7) 8.0 6 1 1 5 3
  McCullers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
4

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Young (15,off Rasmussen); Bass (17,off Rasmussen); Bell (6,off Rasmussen).  3B–San Diego Santiago (1,off Deshaies).  HR–San Diego Martinez (5,4th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Young (15,3rd base by Rasmussen/Santiago).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:25.  A–16,691.
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