San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
May 24, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1998 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 2, Houston Astros 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 5 0 1 0
Finley cf 4 1 2 0
Vaughn lf 5 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 3 1 2 1
  Giovanola pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Rivera rf 3 0 1 0
Hernandez c 3 0 2 1
  Gwynn ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers c 0 0 0 0
Williams 1b 2 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
Hamilton p 3 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Sheets ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 1 0 0
Bell rf 2 1 1 0
Spiers 3b 4 1 2 3
Alou cf,lf 3 0 1 1
Clark lf 3 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Bogar ss 1 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 0 0
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 2 0
Schourek p 1 0 1 0
  Hidalgo cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 30 5 8 4
San Diego 000 200 000291
Houston 000 030 20x581
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  L (3-5) 6.1 7 5 2 4 6
  Boehringer   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
8
5
2
5
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek  W (2-2) 5.1 5 2 2 3 7
  Nitkowski   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Henry   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Wagner  SV (13) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
5
9

  E–Caminiti (6), Alou (2).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Houston Hidalgo (7,off Hamilton).  3B–Houston Spiers (1,off Hamilton).  HBP–Finley (1,by Schourek).  SH–Schourek (2,off Hamilton); Biggio (1,off Hamilton).  IBB–Alou (2,by Hamilton); Phillips (1,by Boehringer).  SB–Rivera (1,2nd base off Schourek/Ausmus); Alou (4,2nd base off Boehringer/Hernandez).  CS–Ausmus (3,2nd base by Boehringer/G Myers).  HBP–Schourek (2,Finley).  IBB–Hamilton (4,Alou); Boehringer (2,Phillips).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:02.  A–25,701.
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