San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
September 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1997 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, Houston Astros 15

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 5 1 1 0
Finley cf 2 1 1 0
  Rivera cf 1 1 0 0
Gwynn rf 3 0 1 0
  Sweeney rf 1 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 2 0 0 1
  Arias 3b 1 0 1 2
Joyner 1b 2 0 0 0
  Lee 1b 2 0 1 0
Vaughn lf 2 0 0 0
  Beamon lf 1 0 0 0
Flaherty c 3 0 1 0
  Erdos p 0 0 0 0
  Kroon p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Cunnane p 0 0 0 0
Velandia ss 4 0 1 0
Hitchcock p 1 0 0 0
  Bergman p 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Romero c 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 2 2 1
  Rivera ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Bell rf 2 2 1 0
  Mouton rf 2 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 1 3 1 2
  Johnson ph,3b 2 0 1 1
Berry 3b 3 0 2 3
  Spiers pr,3b,1b 2 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf 5 3 3 1
Gonzalez lf 3 1 2 3
  Abreu ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Gutierrez ss,2b 5 1 1 1
Pena c 3 2 1 0
  Knorr c 0 0 0 0
Garcia p 2 0 1 2
  Barrios p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 0 1 0 0
  Henriquez p 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 15 16 15
San Diego 001 000 200382
Houston 340 601 10x15161
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock  L (10-10) 1.1 5 7 6 4 1
  Bergman   2.1 8 6 6 0 2
  Murray   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Erdos   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Kroon   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Cunnane   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
15
14
4
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  W (7-8) 6.0 6 1 1 2 8
  Barrios   1.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Henriquez   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Cabrera   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
14

  E–Finley (4), Beamon (2), Rivera (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  PB–Romero (1).  2B–San Diego Finley (24,off Garcia); Velandia (2,off Garcia); Arias (1,off Barrios), Houston Bell (28,off Hitchcock); Gonzalez 2 (29,off Hitchcock,off Bergman); Berry (23,off Hitchcock); Pena (2,off Bergman); Hidalgo (3,off Erdos).  3B–Houston Biggio (7,off Hitchcock).  HR–Houston Bagwell (40,4th inning off Bergman 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Caminiti (6,off Garcia).  SH–Garcia (6,off Hitchcock).  HBP–Howard (3,by Kroon).  SB–Q Veras 2 (33,2nd base off Garcia/Pena,3rd base off Garcia/Pena); Finley (14,2nd base off Garcia/Pena).  WP–Bergman (5), Kroon (1).  BK–Garcia (2).  HBP–Kroon (1,Howard).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:11.  A–15,156.
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