San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
May 31, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1997 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 12, Houston Astros 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Cianfrocco 2b 6 2 2 0
Beamon rf 5 2 2 0
Finley cf 5 3 3 2
Caminiti 3b 3 1 0 0
Joyner 1b 5 3 2 3
Vaughn lf 5 1 2 2
Gomez ss 4 0 2 2
Flaherty c 5 0 3 3
Hitchcock p 4 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 16 12
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 1 1 1
Ausmus c 5 1 3 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 1
Gonzalez lf 3 0 1 1
Berry 3b 4 0 1 0
Montgomery rf 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Mouton cf 3 2 2 0
  Ramos ph 1 0 0 0
Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Listach ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Bogar ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 10 4
San Diego 440 100 00312160
Houston 101 010 0205101
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock  W (5-5) 7.0 8 5 5 2 3
  Bochtler   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Smith  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (4-5) 1.1 10 8 8 0 1
  Garcia   3.2 3 1 1 1 3
  Magnante   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Springer   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Wagner   1.0 2 3 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
16
12
11
2
12

  E–Spiers (5).  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 1.  2B–San Diego Cianfrocco (6,off Reynolds); Joyner (6,off Reynolds), Houston Mouton (5,off Hitchcock); Ausmus (11,off Hitchcock).  3B–Houston Mouton (1,off Hitchcock).  HR–Houston Bagwell (17,1st inning off Hitchcock 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Caminiti (3,by Wagner).  SH–Garcia (1,off Hitchcock).  SF–Biggio (4,off Hitchcock); Howard (1,off Smith).  SB–Ausmus (8,3rd base off Hitchcock/Flaherty); Bagwell (5,2nd base off Hitchcock/Flaherty).  CS–Biggio (4,2nd base by Hitchcock/Flaherty).  WP–Hitchcock (5).  HBP–Wagner (2,Caminiti).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Scott Potter, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:58.  A–39,286.
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