Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, San Diego Padres 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 6 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
  Meadows pr 0 0 0 0
  Candaele 2b 1 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 2 2 1
Davis 1b 4 1 2 2
Bell 3b 5 0 1 0
Hatcher lf 5 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 5 0 1 0
Biggio c 5 0 3 0
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Fishel ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 9 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 2 2 1
Flannery 3b 4 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
Gwynn cf 4 0 0 1
Martinez lf 5 0 1 0
Wynne rf 4 0 1 0
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 4 0 0 0
  Jefferson pr 0 1 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 0
Hawkins p 1 0 0 1
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
  Ready 3b 2 0 1 1
Totals 39 4 7 4
Houston 201 000 000 000391
San Diego 101 010 000 001470
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   8.0 5 3 3 3 8
  Smith   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Darwin  L (7-13) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
11.1
7
4
4
4
10
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins   7.0 8 3 3 1 0
  McCullers   3.0 1 0 0 3 3
  Leiper  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
9
3
3
4
3

  E–Biggio (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Wynne (12,off Scott).  3B–San Diego Templeton (6,off Scott).  HR–Houston Davis (30,1st inning off Hawkins 1 on, 2 out); Bass (14,3rd inning off Hawkins 0 on, 1 out), San Diego R Alomar (9,3rd inning off Scott 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Scott 2 (7,off Hawkins 2); Bass (2,off McCullers); Templeton (7,off Darwin).  IBB–Davis (20,by McCullers); Santiago (2,by Scott).  SF–Hawkins (1,off Scott).  SB–Puhl (22,2nd base off McCullers/Santiago); R Alomar (22,2nd base off Scott/Biggio); Gwynn (22,2nd base off Scott/Biggio).  IBB–Scott (6,Santiago); McCullers (12,Davis).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:00.  A–9,929.
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