Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
July 27, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
Puhl lf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 1 0 1 0
  Ramirez pr,ss 3 1 1 0
Bell 3b 3 1 0 0
Bass rf 4 2 2 4
Reynolds ss,1b 3 0 1 0
Biggio c 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Jefferson cf 4 0 1 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 3 0 2 0
Kruk lf 3 0 0 0
Moreland 1b 4 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 1 1 0
Brown 3b 3 0 1 1
  Jones pr 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Whitson p 1 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Wynne ph 1 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Ready ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Houston 020 200 000461
San Diego 010 000 000160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (8-7) 7.0 6 1 1 3 4
  Agosto   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Smith  SV (17) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
5
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  L (9-6) 5.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Booker   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Leiper   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
4

  E–Bell (8).  DP–Houston 2, San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Santiago (16,off Ryan).  3B–San Diego Jefferson (2,off Ryan).  HR–Houston Bass 2 (10,2nd inning off Whitson 1 on, 1 out,4th inning off Whitson 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Brown (3,by Smith).  CS–Doran (2,2nd base by Whitson/Santiago).  SB–Gwynn (15,2nd base off Ryan/Biggio).  BK–Ryan (4).  HBP–Smith (1,Brown).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:25.  A–15,850.
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