Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
April 26, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1996 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 2, San Diego Padres 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 1 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 1
Bagwell 1b 5 0 1 0
Bell rf 5 0 2 0
Berry 3b 3 1 0 0
Eusebio c 3 0 0 0
Mouton lf 3 0 0 0
Miller ss 4 0 1 0
Hampton p 2 1 2 1
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 0 0
Finley cf 4 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 1 2 0
  Bergman pr 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 1 3 1
Joyner 1b 3 0 1 1
Reed 2b 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ss 1 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 2 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Cianfrocco ph 1 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Newfield rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 2
Houston 001 100 000270
San Diego 200 001 00x361
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L (2-2) 6.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Morman   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Jones   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   5.0 5 2 2 3 2
  Worrell  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Bochtler   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Hoffman  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
4

  E–Cedeno (4).  2B–Houston Hunter (5,off Valenzuela), San Diego Joyner (12,off Hampton); Caminiti 2 (10,off Hampton 2).  SF–Biggio (2,off Valenzuela).  SH–Joyner (1,off Hampton).  SB–Bagwell (5,2nd base off Valenzuela/Ausmus).  WP–Hampton (3).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:49.  A–21,254.
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