Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
August 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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 0, Houston Astros 10

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 0 1 0
Gibson lf 4 0 1 0
Marshall rf 4 0 3 0
Guerrero 1b 3 0 0 0
Shelby cf 4 0 0 0
Scioscia c 4 0 1 0
Woodson 3b 3 0 2 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Hillegas p 0 0 0 0
  Crews p 1 0 0 0
  Holton p 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 8 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 2 1 0 1
Doran 2b 3 2 2 1
Puhl lf 3 1 1 1
  Hatcher ph,lf 2 0 1 2
Davis 1b 3 1 2 0
  Reynolds pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Bass rf 3 1 2 1
  Candaele rf 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 2 2
Trevino c 4 1 1 2
Scott p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 10 12 10
Los Angeles 000 000 000082
Houston 400 000 06x10120
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hillegas  L (3-4) 0.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Crews   3.0 3 0 0 1 5
  Holton   3.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Orosco   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Pena   1.0 5 6 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
6
6
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (12-3) 9.0 8 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
1
6

  E–Gibson (11), Woodson (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Houston 2.  2B–Houston Doran (12,off Hillegas); Hatcher (21,off Pena).  SF–Ramirez (5,off Crews); Young (4,off Pena).  SB–Sax (31,2nd base off Scott/Trevino).  CS–Bass (5,2nd base by Crews/Scioscia); Young (16,2nd base by Orosco/Scioscia).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:53.  A–39,786.
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