Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
August 12, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 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 5, San Diego Padres 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 1 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,lf 0 0 0 1
Biggio c 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0
Simms rf 2 1 0 0
Ramirez 2b,ss 4 1 1 0
Davidson lf,cf 3 0 1 1
  Finley ph 1 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 2 0 0 0
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph 0 0 0 0
  Bowen pr 0 1 0 0
  Capel p 0 0 0 0
  Tolentino ph 1 0 1 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Candaele 2b 3 0 2 1
Totals 30 5 6 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 3 2
McGriff 1b 3 2 2 2
Santiago c 4 0 1 2
Howell 3b 3 0 1 0
Jackson cf 4 0 1 0
Azocar lf 3 1 2 0
  Ward lf 1 0 1 0
Hurst p 3 0 0 0
  Melendez p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 13 6
Houston 000 011 300560
San Diego 012 020 10x6131
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   4.2 7 5 5 3 6
  Schilling   1.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Osuna   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Capel  L (1-3) 2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
4
10
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst   6.1 5 5 4 3 5
  Melendez  W (6-3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Andersen   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Lefferts  SV (18) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
4
4
6

  E–Howell (1).  DP–Houston 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Davidson (6,off Hurst), San Diego Gwynn (24,off Jones).  HR–San Diego McGriff 2 (22,2nd inning off Jones 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Capel 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Biggio (4,off Hurst).  SF–Gonzalez (4,off Melendez).  IBB–McGriff (20,by Jones).  CS–Bagwell (2,2nd base by Andersen/Santiago).  SB–Azocar (1,2nd base off Jones/Biggio); Fernandez (18,2nd base off Jones/Biggio).  BK–Melendez (2).  IBB–Jones (3,McGriff).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:56.  A–13,896.
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