Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
August 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 13, San Francisco Giants 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf,lf 5 2 2 0
Doran 2b 5 3 4 4
Puhl lf,rf 5 2 3 2
Bass rf 4 0 0 1
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Bell 1b 5 2 3 3
Caminiti 3b 5 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 5 1 3 1
Trevino c 4 1 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 2 1 1 0
  Young ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 43 13 18 12
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 2 2 1
Thompson 2b 4 2 1 1
Clark 1b 3 0 1 3
Mitchell 3b 5 1 1 3
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
Melvin c 4 0 2 0
Nixon lf 1 1 1 0
  Aldrete ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 2 2 0
Reuschel p 1 1 0 0
  Bockus p 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Riles ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Samuels p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 34 10 11 9
Houston 400 400 04113180
San Francisco 260 000 00210110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   1.1 4 6 6 3 0
  Darwin  W (5-9) 5.2 4 2 2 1 5
  Andersen   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Smith  SV (18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
10
10
4
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   2.0 5 4 4 0 0
  Bockus   1.2 2 4 4 2 0
  Lefferts   2.1 5 0 0 0 0
  Davis  L (0-1) 2.0 5 4 4 0 4
  Samuels   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
18
13
13
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Puhl (5,off Reuschel); Caminiti (1,off Reuschel), San Francisco Speier (7,off Andersen).  HR–Houston Doran (7,4th inning off Bockus 3 on, 2 out); Bell (4,8th inning off Davis 2 on, 2 out); Ramirez (4,9th inning off Samuels 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Mitchell (16,2nd inning off Darwin 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Bass (2,off Reuschel); Clark 2 (7,off Darwin,off Smith).  SB–Puhl (16,2nd base off Lefferts/Melvin); Speier (3,2nd base off Darwin/Trevino).  WP–Reuschel (2).  BK–Knepper (2).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:22.  A–21,457.
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