San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1989 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres 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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San Diego Padres 2, Houston Astros 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 5 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0
Gwynn cf 3 0 1 0
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0
Martinez lf 4 0 0 0
Wynne rf 3 1 2 1
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 0
Terrell p 2 0 1 1
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
  Booker p 0 0 0 0
  Kruk ph 0 0 0 0
  Ready ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 5 1 3 1
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 3 2 2 1
Doran 2b 4 1 2 2
Bass rf 3 0 2 2
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0
Clancy p 3 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
San Diego 000 010 001262
Houston 010 131 00x6110
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  L (0-1) 4.1 9 5 4 0 2
  Leiper   1.2 2 1 1 3 0
  Booker   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (1-0) 8.1 6 2 2 4 8
  Agosto   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
9

  E–Jack Clark (2), Santiago (1).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Templeton (3,off Clancy); Terrell (1,off Clancy), Houston Davis (3,off Terrell); Doran (6,off Terrell); Caminiti (1,off Leiper).  3B–Houston Doran (1,off Terrell); Ramirez (1,off Terrell).  HR–San Diego Wynne (2,9th inning off Clancy 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Clancy (1,off Leiper).  WP–Clancy (1).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:30.  A–19,427.
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