Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
August 6, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1988 at Astrodome. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston Astros 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 5 1 3 1
Gibson lf 3 2 2 1
Marshall rf 4 1 2 1
Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0
  Stubbs 1b 0 0 0 0
Shelby cf 4 0 1 0
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
Woodson 3b 4 0 1 2
Griffin ss 4 1 0 0
Belcher p 2 0 0 0
  Howell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 1 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Puhl lf 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 3 0 2 0
  Pankovits pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Bass rf 4 1 2 3
Walling 3b 2 0 0 0
  Caminiti 3b 2 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
Biggio c 2 0 0 0
  Candaele ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Ryan p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 1 0
  Trevino c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Los Angeles 000 210 200591
Houston 000 000 030371
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (8-4) 7.1 7 3 3 4 8
  Howell  SV (14) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (8-9) 7.0 8 5 3 2 6
  Meads   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
2
7

  E–Griffin (7), Ryan (4).  2B–Los Angeles Marshall (21,off Ryan); Gibson (22,off Ryan).  HR–Houston Bass (11,8th inning off Belcher 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Gibson (3,off Ryan); Belcher (2,off Ryan).  IBB–Scioscia (11,by Ryan).  SB–Sax 2 (30,2nd base off Ryan/Biggio 2); Griffin (4,3rd base off Ryan/Biggio); Young 2 (57,2nd base off Belcher/Scioscia 2).  CS–Bass (4,2nd base by Belcher/Scioscia).  BK–Ryan (6).  IBB–Ryan (5,Scioscia).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:48.  A–43,521.
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