San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
September 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 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 4, Houston Astros 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 4 0 2 0
Gomez ss 2 1 0 0
  Shipley ss 2 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Vaughn lf 3 1 2 1
Jones rf 4 1 2 1
Lee 1b 2 1 2 0
  Joyner ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Rivera cf 4 0 1 1
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez c 4 0 1 0
Smith p 3 0 0 0
  Erdos p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Bruske p 0 0 0 0
  Finley cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 2 1 1 0
Gonzalez lf 2 0 1 1
  Eusebio ph 1 0 1 1
  Mouton pr 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
Berry 3b 2 0 0 0
  Spiers ph,3b 2 0 1 1
Carr cf 2 0 0 0
  Hidalgo cf 1 0 0 0
  Howard ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 2 0 1 0
Hampton p 2 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Abreu ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
San Diego 110 110 0004110
Houston 001 000 200371
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (6-5) 6.1 5 3 3 6 1
  Erdos   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Murray   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bruske   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Hoffman  SV (34) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
9
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L (13-10) 4.0 9 4 3 3 3
  Hudek   3.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Martin   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
3
8

  E–Berry (15).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–San Diego Lee (3,off Hampton), Houston Ausmus (25,off Smith).  HR–San Diego Jones (7,4th inning off Hampton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Johnson (1,off Hoffman).  CS–Vaughn (4,2nd base by Hudek/Ausmus); Gonzalez (7,2nd base by Smith/Hernandez).  SB–Bagwell (29,2nd base off Smith/Hernandez); Biggio (40,2nd base off Erdos/Hernandez).  WP–Hudek (4).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–3:27.  A–22,566.
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