Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
May 31, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1991 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."

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Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 2 1 1 0
Biggio c 4 1 1 0
Oberkfell 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 2 0 0 1
  Young ph 1 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 2
Rhodes rf 3 0 0 0
  Davidson ph 1 0 0 0
Ramirez 2b 4 0 0 0
Yelding ss 4 0 0 0
Portugal p 2 0 0 0
  Candaele ph 1 0 0 0
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 4 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Roberts cf 4 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 3 1 2 0
Gwynn rf 2 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0
Howard lf 4 1 2 1
Coolbaugh 3b 4 1 2 3
Lampkin c 4 0 0 0
Mota 2b 4 0 0 0
Melendez p 3 0 1 0
  Presley ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Houston 200 000 002441
San Diego 020 010 20x593
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal  L (5-2) 7.0 9 5 5 4 6
  Schilling   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Melendez  W (1-0) 8.0 2 2 1 2 1
  Lefferts  SV (11) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
4
3
2
1

  E–Rhodes (4), Gwynn (1), McGriff (7), Mota (2).  PB–Biggio (6).  2B–San Diego Howard (1,off Portugal); Fernandez 2 (9,off Portugal 2); Coolbaugh (2,off Portugal).  HR–Houston Caminiti (3,9th inning off Lefferts 1 on, 0 out), San Diego Coolbaugh (2,2nd inning off Portugal 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Gonzalez (2,off Melendez).  IBB–McGriff (8,by Portugal); Gwynn (3,by Portugal).  IBB–Portugal 2 (3,McGriff,Gwynn).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Dan Wickham, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:19.  A–17,749.
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