San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
July 23, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1999 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 3 1 3 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
Sanders lf,rf 3 1 1 0
Nevin 1b 4 0 0 0
Rivera cf 3 1 2 1
Arias 3b 4 1 1 0
Davis c 3 0 1 2
Jackson ss 3 0 0 0
Boehringer p 2 0 0 0
  Owens ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 2 1 0
Spiers 3b 2 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 0 0
Hidalgo cf,lf 3 1 0 0
Mieske lf 4 1 2 4
  Barker cf 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 1 2 1
Bako c 3 1 1 1
Bogar ss 4 0 1 0
Hampton p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 7 6
San Diego 020 001 001483
Houston 000 110 14x772
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Boehringer   7.0 4 3 2 3 2
  Wall  L (6-2) 1.0 3 4 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
7
5
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  W (13-3) 9.0 8 4 4 2 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
4

  E–Veras (9), Arias 2 (8), Spiers (6), Bako (4).  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 5.  2B–San Diego Davis (7,off Hampton); Sanders (14,off Hampton).  HR–Houston Bell (11,5th inning off Boehringer 0 on, 1 out); Bako (2,7th inning off Boehringer 0 on, 1 out); Mieske (2,8th inning off Wall 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Ruben Rivera (3,off Hampton).  SH–Spiers (2,off Wall).  IBB–Bagwell (12,by Wall).  SB–Veras (17,Home off Hampton/Bako); Sanders (24,2nd base off Hampton/Bako).  CS–Bogar (5,2nd base by Boehringer/Davis); Hidalgo (5,2nd base by Boehringer/Davis).  WP–Hampton (3).  IBB–Wall (2,Bagwell).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–2:15.  A–37,482.
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