St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
September 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 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 3, Houston Astros 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 5 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Guerrero 1b 4 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 2 2 1
Oquendo 2b 3 1 2 0
Lindeman lf 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Pena c 4 0 1 0
Mathews p 1 0 1 0
  Pagnozzi ph 1 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
  Morris lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 10 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 2 0
Doran 2b 3 1 1 0
Bass rf 4 2 1 2
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
Bell 3b 3 1 1 0
Hatcher lf 3 0 1 2
Ashby c 4 0 2 0
  Trevino pr,c 0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 1 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
St. Louis 000 102 0003100
Houston 301 000 00x4101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mathews  L (3-5) 3.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Quisenberry   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Costello   2.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Dayley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
3
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (13-4) 5.0 8 3 1 2 1
  Darwin   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Andersen   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Smith  SV (24) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
1
3
4

  E–Ashby (3).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 3.  PB–Ashby (1).  2B–St. Louis Brunansky (17,off Knepper); Oquendo (9,off Knepper).  3B–Houston Hatcher (4,off Mathews); Young (9,off Costello).  HR–St. Louis Pendleton (6,6th inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out), Houston Bass (13,1st inning off Mathews 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Hatcher (8,off Mathews).  IBB–Davis (18,by Costello).  BK–Mathews (4).  IBB–Costello (4,Davis).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:38.  A–20,309.
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