San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
September 8, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 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 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard rf 4 1 4 1
Mueller 3b 4 0 1 0
Bonds lf 3 1 0 0
Kent 2b 5 1 0 0
Burks cf 3 2 2 1
Snow 1b 3 0 2 2
Mayne c 3 0 1 1
Aurilia ss 3 0 0 0
Rueter p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
  Rios ph 1 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 2 0 0 0
  Sheets ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 3 1 1 1
  Giovanola 2b 1 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 3 0 0 0
Leyritz 1b 4 0 0 0
Finley cf 3 0 0 0
Hernandez c 3 0 1 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Ashby p 1 0 0 0
  Arias ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 1 0
  Sanders p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
San Francisco 100 130 0005100
San Diego 100 000 000141
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  W (15-9) 5.0 2 1 1 1 4
  Johnstone   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mesa   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Nen   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby  L (16-8) 5.0 8 5 5 5 2
  Ramirez   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Boehringer   2.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Sanders   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
8
5

  E–Veras (9).  DP–San Diego 4.  2B–San Francisco Burks (28,off Ashby); Snow (22,off Ashby).  HR–San Francisco Benard (3,1st inning off Ashby 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Gwynn (13,1st inning off Rueter 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Bonds (27,by Ashby).  SB–Bonds (23,2nd base off Ashby/Hernandez); Benard (8,2nd base off Ashby/Hernandez); Giovanola (1,2nd base off Nen/Mayne).  CS–Benard (3,2nd base by Boehringer/Hernandez).  IBB–Ashby (8,Bonds).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Rich Rieker, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:32.  A–19,362.
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