San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 23, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 2000 at Enron Field. 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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San Diego Padres 11, Houston Astros 10

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 3 3 0
Owens cf 5 2 3 4
Gwynn rf 3 0 1 1
  Newhan pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Nevin 3b 4 1 1 1
Klesko 1b 4 0 2 2
Boone 2b 4 1 2 0
Hernandez c 4 0 0 0
  Almanzar p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant p 0 0 0 0
  Sprague ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 2 0 0
Meadows p 2 1 2 2
  Roskos ph 1 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez c 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 14 10
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 2 2 0
Cedeno cf 3 2 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 2 1
Caminiti 3b 3 2 2 5
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
Alou rf 5 1 1 1
Hidalgo lf 3 0 0 0
Meluskey c 4 1 2 3
Spiers ss,3b 3 0 1 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Maddux p 0 0 0 0
Elarton p 0 0 0 0
  Mieske ph 1 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Bogar ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 10 10
San Diego 230 110 04011140
Houston 401 100 40010101
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows   5.0 7 6 6 2 3
  Walker   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Almanzar   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Whisenant  W (2-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hoffman  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
3
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Elarton   6.0 10 7 6 1 3
  Dotel   1.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Powell   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Wagner  L (0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Maddux   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
11
10
5
7

  E–Hidalgo (1).  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Meluskey (1).  2B–San Diego Owens (1,off Elarton); Nevin (6,off Elarton), Houston Alou (2,off Almanzar); Meluskey (4,off Almanzar).  3B–San Diego Owens (2,off Elarton).  HR–Houston Caminiti 2 (4,1st inning off Meadows 2 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Meadows 0 on, 1 out); Meluskey (1,4th inning off Meadows 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Gwynn (3,off Elarton); Nevin (2,off Elarton); Caminiti (2,off Almanzar).  IBB–Boone (1,by Dotel).  SH–Elarton 2 (2,off Meadows 2).  HBP–Hidalgo (6,by Meadows); Bagwell (3,by Almanzar).  SB–Klesko 2 (2,2nd base off Dotel/Meluskey,2nd base off Wagner/Meluskey); Spiers (1,3rd base off Meadows/Hernandez); Bagwell (2,2nd base off Meadows/Hernandez).  CS–Hidalgo (2,2nd base by Meadows/Hernandez).  WP–Elarton (1), Wagner 2 (2).  HBP–Meadows (1,Hidalgo); Almanzar (1,Bagwell).  IBB–Dotel (1,Boone).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:17.  A–38,695.
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