San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
October 1, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 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 6, Houston Astros 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 2 2 1
Flannery 3b 1 1 0 1
Gwynn cf 3 0 2 0
  Jefferson lf 1 0 0 1
Martinez lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Wynne rf,cf 4 0 0 1
Parent c 3 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 3 2 1 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 1
Booker p 3 0 1 0
  Leiper p 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 3 0 0 1
Young cf 3 0 1 2
Reynolds 2b 2 0 1 0
  Bass ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Puhl rf 2 0 1 0
  Fishel ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Biggio c 3 1 0 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Childress p 1 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 0 1 0 0
  Candaele 2b 1 1 1 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
San Diego 120 000 111681
Houston 000 001 020352
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Booker  W (2-2) 5.1 2 1 1 2 4
  Leiper   2.2 3 2 0 0 1
  Davis  SV (28) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
1
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (10-8) 1.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Childress   4.1 0 0 0 2 8
  Darwin   2.0 2 2 2 1 3
  Agosto   1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
4
12

  E–Flannery (3), Ramirez (23), Biggio (3).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–San Diego R Alomar (24,off Darwin); Templeton (15,off Darwin), Houston Candaele (8,off Leiper).  SH–Flannery (5,off Agosto).  SF–Wynne (2,off Forsch); Flannery (2,off Forsch); Jefferson (2,off Darwin); Young (5,off Leiper).  HBP–Flannery (4,by Forsch).  SB–Gwynn (26,2nd base off Childress/Biggio); Flannery (3,2nd base off Childress/Biggio); Jefferson (5,2nd base off Agosto/Biggio).  WP–Agosto (3).  HBP–Forsch (3,Flannery).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:30.  A–10,452.
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