Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
August 3, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 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."

"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)
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Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 1 1 1
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 0 1 1
Bell 1b,3b 3 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 2 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Biggio c 0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 1 2 0
  Reynolds ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Scott p 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 0 0 1
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Mitchell 3b 4 0 1 0
Youngblood lf 4 0 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 2 1
Riles ss 3 0 0 0
Melvin c 3 1 0 0
Price p 1 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Houston 001 001 001362
San Francisco 000 110 000252
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (11-3) 8.0 5 2 1 0 7
  Smith  SV (19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
0
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Price   5.2 4 2 1 2 2
  Garrelts  L (3-6) 3.1 2 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
5
7

  E–Doran (6), Ramirez (16), Clark (8), Mitchell (16).  DP–San Francisco 3.  2B–Houston Trevino (11,off Price).  SH–Scott (5,off Price); Price (2,off Scott); Butler (6,off Scott).  SB–Young (55,2nd base off Price/Melvin); Bass (25,2nd base off Garrelts/Melvin).  WP–Garrelts (5).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:33.  A–28,357.
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