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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1989 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 12, San Diego Padres 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio c 4 3 2 2
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0
  Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 3 1 1
Davis 1b 5 2 2 5
  Spilman 1b 0 0 0 0
Puhl rf 5 1 3 1
Caminiti 3b 5 1 3 3
Hatcher lf 5 0 0 0
Young cf 3 1 0 0
  Yelding cf 1 0 0 0
Clancy p 3 1 1 0
Totals 41 12 13 12
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 3 0 1 0
  Roberts 2b 1 0 0 0
Templeton ss 3 1 1 0
  Salazar ss 1 0 0 0
Gwynn cf 3 1 2 0
  Abner cf 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 1
  Wynne lf 1 0 0 0
James rf 4 0 2 1
Martinez lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 3 0 0 1
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Parent ph 1 0 0 0
Santiago c 3 0 0 0
Schulze p 1 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Toliver p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Houston 201 304 20012130
San Diego 000 300 000374
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (6-9) 9.0 7 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Schulze  L (2-1) 4.0 8 6 3 2 1
  Grant   2.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Toliver   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Leiper   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Davis   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
12
9
4
2

  E–Templeton (15), Jack Clark (7), Schulze (1), Flannery (6).  DP–Houston 1, San Diego 2.  2B–Houston Caminiti (25,off Schulze); Puhl (20,off Leiper), San Diego James 2 (12,off Clancy 2).  HR–Houston Davis 2 (27,1st inning off Schulze 1 on, 2 out,4th inning off Schulze 2 on, 2 out); Caminiti (7,6th inning off Grant 2 on, 2 out); Biggio (9,7th inning off Toliver 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Clancy 2 (6,off Schulze,off Toliver).  WP–Davis (5).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:46.  A–16,988.
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