St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 3, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Houston Astros 10

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 2 0 0 0
  Alicea 2b 2 0 1 0
Smith ss 2 0 0 0
  Hill p 0 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 1 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi ph 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 2 0 0 0
  Laga 1b 2 0 0 0
Walling lf 4 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 2 0 0 0
  Ford rf 2 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 2 0 0 0
  Booker 3b 2 1 1 0
Oquendo 2b,ss 0 0 0 0
  Jones pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Pena c 2 0 0 0
  Lake c 1 0 1 1
McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
  Morris ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 1 1
  Meadows cf 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 2 1 1
  Pankovits 2b 1 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 2 3 2
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 2 1 1
  Spilman 1b 1 0 0 0
Bell 3b 2 1 2 2
  Caminiti 3b 2 0 1 0
Hatcher lf 3 0 1 0
  Fishel ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 2
  Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 1 0 0
Ryan p 3 0 1 0
  Puhl rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 13 10
St. Louis 000 000 100140
Houston 162 000 01x10130
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams  L (4-6) 1.2 4 5 5 3 1
  Costello   0.1 2 2 2 3 0
  Hill   3.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Quisenberry   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Peters   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
8
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (10-11) 7.0 4 1 1 2 8
  Meads   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Meyer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
9

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Lake (3,off Ryan), Houston Young (18,off McWilliams); Bass (21,off McWilliams); Davis (21,off Hill); Bell (9,off Hill).  HR–Houston Fishel (1,8th inning off Peters 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Ryan (7,off McWilliams).  IBB–Davis (17,by Costello).  SB–Walling (2,2nd base off Ryan/Trevino); Bass (27,2nd base off McWilliams/Pena).  WP–McWilliams (6).  BK–McWilliams (2).  IBB–Costello (3,Davis).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:44.  A–24,463.
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