San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1988 at Astrodome. 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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San Francisco Giants 10, Houston Astros 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 0 0 0
  Nixon cf 3 1 3 0
Riles 3b 2 2 1 0
  Williams ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Clark 1b 1 3 1 2
  Samuels p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Maldonado rf 3 0 1 2
  Hayes pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Aldrete lf 2 0 1 1
  Youngblood ph,lf,rf 2 0 1 2
Thompson 2b 3 1 1 1
  Speier 2b,ss 2 0 0 0
Manwaring c 3 1 1 0
  Melvin ph,c 2 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 0 1 0
  Melendez 1b 1 0 0 0
Robinson p 2 1 1 2
  Mitchell ph 0 0 0 0
  Perezchica pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Totals 37 10 12 10
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
  Candaele 2b 1 0 0 0
Puhl lf 3 1 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 2
Bell 3b 3 0 1 0
  Caminiti ph 1 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Drew rf 3 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 2 1
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
  Fishel ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
San Francisco 201 310 03010120
Houston 000 010 002350
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (8-4) 7.0 4 1 1 0 3
  Samuels   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Davis   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (13-8) 3.2 6 6 6 5 1
  Childress   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Meads   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Heathcock   2.1 2 3 3 3 1
  Meyer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
9
5

  E–None.  2B–San Francisco Aldrete (15,off Scott), Houston Ramirez (29,off Robinson); Davis (24,off Robinson).  3B–San Francisco Riles (2,off Scott).  HR–San Francisco Clark (27,1st inning off Scott 1 on, 1 out); Robinson (1,4th inning off Scott 1 on, 1 out); Thompson (7,5th inning off Childress 0 on, 0 out), Houston Ramirez (6,5th inning off Robinson 0 on, 2 out); Davis (29,9th inning off Davis 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Robinson (2,off Scott).  IBB–Clark (26,by Heathcock).  SB–Clark (6,2nd base off Scott/Ashby).  CS–Maldonado (5,2nd base by Scott/Ashby).  IBB–Heathcock (4,Clark).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:39.  A–13,097.
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