Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
October 3, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 3, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 1, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 1
Spiers 3b 3 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 0 2 0
Everett cf 4 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
  Incaviglia ph 1 0 0 0
Hampton p 2 0 0 0
  Clark ph 0 0 0 0
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 0 1
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 3 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Leyritz 1b 3 1 1 1
  Joyner 1b 0 0 0 0
Finley cf 3 0 0 0
Hernandez c 2 0 0 0
Gomez ss 2 1 1 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 0 0 0 0
  Rivera rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 2 3 2
Houston 000 000 100140
San Diego 000 001 10x230
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton   6.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Elarton  L (0-1) 2.0 1 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.0
3
2
2
2
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   6.2 3 1 1 5 5
  Miceli  W (1-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Hoffman  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
5
10

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 2.  HR–San Diego Leyritz (2,7th inning off Elarton 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bagwell (1,by Brown); Gutierrez (1,by Brown); Hernandez (1,by Elarton).  SH–Brown 2 (2,off Hampton 2).  CS–Sweeney (1,2nd base by Elarton/Ausmus).  WP–Hampton (1).  HBP–Elarton (1,Hernandez); Brown 2 (3,Bagwell,Gutierrez).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:32.  A–65,235.
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