Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
August 1, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 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."

"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 Francisco Giants 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 1 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 1 2 0
Bell 1b 4 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
Biggio c 2 0 0 0
  Trevino ph,c 1 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 1 0
Thompson 2b 3 1 1 1
Clark 1b 4 1 3 2
Mitchell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Speier 3b 0 0 0 0
Aldrete lf 3 0 0 0
  Youngblood lf 0 0 0 0
Maldonado rf 4 1 1 0
Melvin c 4 0 2 0
Uribe ss 4 0 1 1
Hammaker p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Houston 000 000 100150
San Francisco 101 100 10x490
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (8-8) 7.0 9 4 4 3 11
  Andersen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
12
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker  W (5-3) 9.0 5 1 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
1
3

  E–None.  PB–Melvin (4).  2B–San Francisco Clark 2 (23,off Ryan 2); Melvin (9,off Ryan).  HR–San Francisco Clark (23,3rd inning off Ryan 0 on, 2 out); Thompson (4,7th inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Thompson (10,off Ryan).  IBB–Aldrete (8,by Ryan).  SB–Young (54,2nd base off Hammaker/Melvin).  BK–Ryan (5).  IBB–Ryan (4,Aldrete).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:27.  A–10,742.
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