San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants
September 16, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1996 at 3Com Park. The San Diego Padres defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 2, San Francisco Giants 1

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gwynn rf 5 0 1 0
Joyner 1b 5 0 1 0
Finley cf 4 1 2 1
Caminiti 3b 5 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 4 1 1 0
  Hoffman p 1 0 0 0
Flaherty c 5 0 1 1
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Reed 2b 3 0 2 0
  Dascenzo pr 0 0 0 0
  Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0
Sanders p 2 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 8 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 3 0 1 0
  Jones ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 5 0 2 0
Hill rf 5 0 1 0
Bonds lf 3 1 2 1
Wilkins c 4 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 5 0 0 0
Wilson 1b 4 0 1 0
Scarsone 2b 4 0 1 0
Fernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Beck p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 8 1
San Diego 000 100 000 01281
San Francisco 010 000 000 00180
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders   7.2 6 1 1 0 6
  Osuna   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Worrell   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Hoffman  W (9-4) 2.2 1 0 0 2 6
Totals
11.0
8
1
1
3
14
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez   9.0 6 1 1 2 4
  Beck  L (0-9) 2.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
11.0
8
2
2
3
7

  E–T Gwynn (2).  DP–San Francisco 2.  PB–Wilkins (11).  2B–San Diego Joyner (27,off Fernandez); Vaughn (3,off Fernandez); Flaherty (12,off Fernandez); T Gwynn (24,off Beck), San Francisco Mueller (10,off Osuna).  HR–San Diego Finley (25,11th inning off Beck 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Bonds (40,2nd inning off Sanders 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sanders (4,off Fernandez); Fernandez (5,off Sanders).  IBB–Bonds 2 (27,by Worrell,by Hoffman).  CS–Dascenzo (1,2nd base by Beck/Wilkins); Bonds 2 (5,2nd base by Sanders/Flaherty 2).  IBB–Worrell (1,Bonds); Hoffman (5,Bonds).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:10.  A–8,853.
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