Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
August 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 5 0 1 0
Woodson 3b 5 1 1 0
Gibson lf 5 1 2 2
Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 1 0
Shelby cf 4 1 2 0
Dempsey c 3 1 1 2
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Griffin ss 0 0 0 0
Anderson ss 2 0 0 0
  Stubbs ph 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Crews p 0 0 0 0
Hershiser p 2 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Scioscia c 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 2 1 0
Doran 2b 5 1 3 0
Puhl lf 4 2 3 1
Davis 1b 3 0 1 2
Bass rf 3 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 1
Ramirez ss 4 0 2 1
Trevino c 3 0 0 0
Deshaies p 3 0 0 1
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Candaele ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Los Angeles 200 200 000490
Houston 400 101 00x6111
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  L (15-6) 5.0 8 5 5 4 6
  Pena   2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Crews   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  W (8-8) 5.2 5 4 3 3 1
  Andersen   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Agosto   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith  SV (20) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
5

  E–Caminiti (1).  2B–Los Angeles Shelby (20,off Deshaies), Houston Doran (11,off Crews).  HR–Los Angeles Gibson (21,1st inning off Deshaies 1 on, 1 out); Dempsey (6,4th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Davis (5,off Hershiser).  SB–Gibson (20,2nd base off Smith/Trevino); Puhl 2 (18,2nd base off Hershiser/Dempsey,2nd base off Pena/Dempsey).  BK–Deshaies (4).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:59.  A–43,426.
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