San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
September 9, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Javier cf 5 1 1 0
Burks rf 4 1 1 0
Bonds lf 3 1 1 2
Kent 2b 3 0 1 1
Hayes 3b 3 0 0 0
Carter 1b 4 0 1 0
Aurilia ss 4 0 1 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
  Mayne c 0 0 0 0
Estes p 1 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Benard ph 1 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 5 2 1 2
Sheets 2b 4 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 0 1 0 0
  Giovanola 2b 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 2 0 0
Vaughn lf 2 1 1 3
Leyritz c 4 0 1 1
  Hernandez c 1 0 1 2
Joyner 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 1 0 0 0
Rivera rf 3 1 1 0
Gomez ss 3 1 1 0
Hitchcock p 2 0 1 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 7 8
San Francisco 000 030 000361
San Diego 202 000 04x871
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Estes  L (7-10) 3.2 5 4 4 5 2
  Bailey   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Darwin   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Tavarez   1.0 0 2 2 2 2
  Rodriguez   0.1 0 1 1 0 0
  Mesa   0.2 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
7
8
8
9
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock  W (9-6) 6.1 3 3 0 4 8
  Wall   1.1 3 0 0 0 1
  Hoffman  SV (47) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
0
4
11

  E–Estes (2), Leyritz (2).  2B–San Francisco Bonds (39,off Hitchcock); Carter (6,off Wall).  HR–San Diego Finley (14,1st inning off Estes 0 on, 0 out); Vaughn (48,3rd inning off Estes 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Hitchcock (5,off Estes).  IBB–Vaughn (6,by Estes).  SB–Burks (11,2nd base off Hitchcock/Leyritz); Javier (20,2nd base off Hitchcock/Leyritz); Caminiti (6,3rd base off Estes/Johnson).  IBB–Estes (6,Vaughn).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–3:24.  A–26,589.
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