San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
September 7, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 5, San Diego Padres 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard rf 4 1 1 0
Mueller 3b 4 1 1 0
Bonds lf 4 2 2 0
Kent 2b 4 1 2 3
Burks cf 4 0 1 2
Snow 1b 4 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 3 0 1 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Ortiz p 2 0 1 0
  Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 3 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 5 1 2 0
  Rivera pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 2 3 1
Vaughn lf 3 0 0 0
Finley cf 4 0 2 1
Vander Wal 1b 1 0 0 0
  Arias ph 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph,1b 1 0 0 1
Myers G. c 5 1 1 1
Gomez ss 3 0 1 0
Spencer p 2 0 0 0
  Myers R. p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Leyritz ph 1 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
San Francisco 000 003 020590
San Diego 100 011 1004101
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz   5.0 8 3 3 3 4
  Rodriguez   1.0 1 1 1 3 0
  Tavarez  W (4-3) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Mesa   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Nen  SV (35) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
8
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Spencer   7.0 6 3 3 0 5
  Myers  L (1-1) 0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Miceli   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Wall   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
6

  E–Veras (8).  DP–San Francisco 3, San Diego 1.  2B–San Francisco Burks (27,off Miceli), San Diego Finley (35,off Ortiz); Caminiti (26,off Rodriguez).  HR–San Francisco Kent (28,6th inning off Spencer 2 on, 1 out), San Diego Caminiti (28,5th inning off Ortiz 0 on, 1 out); G Myers (4,6th inning off Ortiz 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Spencer (2,off Rodriguez).  SF–Sweeney (3,off Tavarez).  HBP–Vaughn (5,by Ortiz).  IBB–Vaughn (5,by Rodriguez).  SB–Caminiti (5,2nd base off Ortiz/Johnson).  WP–Ortiz (3), Mesa (7).  HBP–Ortiz (3,Vaughn).  IBB–Rodriguez (5,Vaughn).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:59.  A–19,393.
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