Montreal Expos vs San Diego Padres
August 31, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, San Diego Padres 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Guerrero W. 2b 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
Henley c 3 0 0 0
Guerrero V. rf 4 1 2 1
Fullmer 1b 4 0 1 1
Andrews 3b 4 0 1 0
McGuire lf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera ss 3 0 0 0
  Maddux p 0 0 0 0
Pavano p 2 0 1 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  Mordecai ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 2 0 1 0
Finley cf 4 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 4 1 2 2
Joyner 1b 4 1 1 1
Sweeney rf 3 0 0 0
  Rivera rf 0 0 0 0
Leyritz c 4 0 0 0
  Hernandez c 0 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 2 2 0
Hamilton p 2 0 1 1
  Arias ph 1 1 1 1
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Montreal 100 010 000260
San Diego 011 111 00x592
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Pavano  L (4-7) 5.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Telford   2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Maddux   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  W (12-11) 6.0 5 2 2 3 5
  Wall   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hoffman  SV (44) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
9

  E–Veras (7), Finley (5).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal V Guerrero (30,off Hamilton); Andrews (25,off Wall).  3B–San Diego Gomez (3,off Pavano).  HR–San Diego Vaughn (45,2nd inning off Pavano 0 on, 0 out); Joyner (11,5th inning off Pavano 0 on, 2 out); Arias (1,6th inning off Telford 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Jones (9,off Hamilton).  SB–W Guerrero (8,2nd base off Hamilton/Leyritz).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:36.  A–13,449.
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