Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 24, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 0, San Diego Padres 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 3 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
  Smajstrla pr 0 0 0 0
Puhl lf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 2 0
Biggio c 3 0 0 0
  Ashby ph 1 0 0 0
Heathcock p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 0 2 0
Flannery 3b 4 0 0 0
Gwynn cf 2 0 0 0
Martinez lf 3 3 2 1
Moreland 1b 4 0 1 0
Santiago c 4 0 1 1
Wynne rf 3 0 1 1
Templeton ss 1 0 0 0
Whitson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Houston 000 000 000060
San Diego 010 100 01x370
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Heathcock  L (0-4) 4.0 3 2 2 3 2
  Andujar   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Meyer   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
5
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  W (13-11) 9.0 6 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Bass (25,off Whitson); Ramirez (30,off Whitson), San Diego Santiago (21,off Heathcock).  HR–San Diego Martinez (18,8th inning off Meyer 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Templeton 2 (9,by Heathcock 2); Gwynn (13,by Andujar).  SB–R Alomar (23,2nd base off Andujar/Biggio).  CS–R Alomar (6,2nd base by Meyer/Biggio); Gwynn (11,2nd base by Meyer/Biggio).  WP–Heathcock (1).  IBB–Heathcock 2 (6,Templeton 2); Andujar (5,Gwynn).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:19.  A–21,252.
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