San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 6, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1996 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 8, Houston Astros 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 6 1 2 1
Finley cf 7 1 0 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 3 1
Caminiti 3b 7 1 2 4
Joyner 1b 5 0 2 0
Ausmus c 6 1 1 0
Cedeno ss 3 1 2 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Newfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 1 0 0 0
Reed 2b 5 0 1 0
Ashby p 2 1 0 0
  Shipley ss 4 1 2 0
Totals 53 8 15 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 6 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 2 3
Bagwell 1b 5 0 1 0
Bell rf 5 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
May lf 4 0 0 0
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Simms rf 2 0 0 0
Berry 3b 5 0 1 0
Wilkins c 4 0 1 0
  Mouton pr,lf 2 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 2 2 0
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 1 1 1
  Cangelosi lf 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 10 4
San Diego 120 100 000 000 48150
Houston 001 000 300 000 04101
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby   5.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Sanders   1.1 3 3 3 1 1
  Bochtler   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Blair   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Hoffman  W (1-1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 7
Totals
13.0
10
4
4
5
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   7.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Tabaka   2.2 3 0 0 0 2
  Jones   2.1 2 0 0 2 1
  Small  L (0-1) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Morman   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
13.0
15
8
8
5
5

  E–Gutierrez (1).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–San Diego Henderson (1,off Reynolds); Caminiti (2,off Reynolds); Shipley (1,off Small), Houston Wilkins (1,off Ashby); Spiers (2,off Sanders); Biggio (2,off Bochtler).  3B–San Diego Henderson (2,off Reynolds).  HR–San Diego Caminiti (2,13th inning off Morman 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Joyner (1,by Tabaka).  IBB–Joyner (1,by Reynolds); T Gwynn (2,by Morman); Bagwell (2,by Bochtler).  SH–Reynolds (1,off Ashby).  SB–T Gwynn (1,3rd base off Tabaka/Wilkins); Shipley (1,2nd base off Jones/Eusebio).  WP–Bochtler (1), Reynolds (1).  HBP–Tabaka (1,Joyner).  IBB–Bochtler (1,Bagwell); Reynolds (1,Joyner); Morman (1,T Gwynn).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–4:13.  A–24,510.
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