San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
September 30, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1988 at Astrodome. 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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San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 1

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 3 3 0
Thon ss 4 2 1 0
Ready 3b 4 0 3 2
Martinez rf 5 0 3 3
Moreland 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark lf 4 0 1 0
  Alomar, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
  Jefferson lf 0 0 0 0
Wynne cf 4 0 1 0
Parent c 4 0 2 0
Whitson p 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 0
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 1
Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 1 0
Meads p 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 1 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
San Diego 002 020 1005141
Houston 010 000 000181
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Harris  W (2-0) 7.0 5 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Meads  L (3-1) 4.1 7 4 4 2 1
  Darwin   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Andujar   2.0 3 1 0 1 3
  Meyer   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
3
5

  E–Thon (12), Andujar (2).  DP–San Diego 4, Houston 2.  2B–San Diego R Alomar (23,off Meads), Houston Davis (25,off Whitson); Hatcher (25,off Harris).  SF–Ready (3,off Andujar).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:37.  A–9,711.
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