Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 25, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 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 1, San Diego Padres 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 1
  Smajstrla ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Puhl lf 3 0 0 0
  Fishel ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
Bass rf 3 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ss 1 0 0 0
Biggio c 2 1 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Candaele cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 1 0
Roberts 3b 5 1 3 0
Gwynn cf 3 0 1 0
  Clark ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Martinez lf,rf 5 2 2 0
Wynne rf,cf 4 1 3 0
Nelson 1b 5 1 2 2
Thon ss 5 1 1 1
Parent c 5 2 2 4
Harris p 4 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 16 9
Houston 001 000 000142
San Diego 050 010 30x9160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (10-7) 4.0 11 6 6 0 2
  Meads   2.0 1 0 0 2 5
  Childress   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Agosto   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
9
9
3
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W (1-0) 9.0 4 1 1 3 11
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
11

  E–Young (2), Bass (6).  2B–Houston Bass (26,off Harris), San Diego R Alomar (22,off Meads); Clark (1,off Childress).  HR–San Diego Parent 2 (5,2nd inning off Forsch 2 on, 0 out,7th inning off Childress 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Biggio (6,2nd base off Harris/Parent).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:26.  A–11,796.
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