Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
September 10, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 2, San Francisco Giants 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 1 2 1
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
Bass rf 3 0 1 1
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Hatcher lf 3 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 3 0
Trevino c 1 0 0 0
  Ashby ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Drew lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 1 1 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 1 1
Clark 1b 2 0 0 1
Maldonado rf 4 0 2 0
Aldrete lf 4 0 0 0
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
Riles 3b 2 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 1 0
  Nixon pr 0 1 0 0
  Williams 3b 0 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 1 1
Wilson p 2 1 1 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Garner ph 1 0 0 0
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
Houston 001 000 100281
San Francisco 101 000 10x360
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   6.0 3 2 1 3 2
  Agosto  L (10-2) 1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Andersen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
3
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   6.2 8 2 2 3 3
  Lefferts  W (3-8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sorensen  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
4

  E–Trevino (9).  DP–Houston 2, San Francisco 2.  2B–Houston Bass (22,off Wilson); Ramirez (26,off Wilson); Young (19,off Wilson), San Francisco Maldonado (21,off Forsch); Thompson (24,off Agosto).  SH–Trevino (3,off Wilson); Butler (8,off Forsch).  SF–Bass (3,off Wilson); Clark (8,off Forsch).  IBB–Clark (25,by Forsch).  SB–Butler (39,2nd base off Forsch/Trevino); Nixon (10,2nd base off Agosto/Trevino); Uribe (12,2nd base off Agosto/Trevino).  IBB–Forsch (9,Clark).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:39.  A–20,054.
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