Houston Astros vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1988 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 2 1 1 0
Doran 2b 4 0 2 0
Puhl lf 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Bell 1b 4 0 2 1
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 0 0 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Candaele 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 1 1 0
Hatcher 1b 4 1 2 1
  Stubbs pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Gibson lf 3 1 0 0
Marshall rf 3 1 0 0
Shelby cf 4 1 2 2
Woodson 3b 3 1 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 2
Anderson ss 4 0 0 0
Hershiser p 4 0 1 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Houston 000 000 001152
Los Angeles 000 301 11x680
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (7-8) 6.1 7 5 4 3 5
  Agosto   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Meads   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
3
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  W (15-5) 9.0 5 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
3

  E–Puhl (1), Trevino (4).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Sax (13,off Deshaies); Dempsey (9,off Meads).  3B–Houston Young (6,off Hershiser).  SF–Dempsey (3,off Deshaies).  SB–Shelby (14,3rd base off Deshaies/Trevino); Woodson (1,2nd base off Deshaies/Trevino).  WP–Meads (1).  BK–Deshaies (3).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:28.  A–44,811.
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