Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 3, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 2002 at Qualcomm Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 6, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Vizcaino ss 5 0 1 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 2 1
Berkman lf 3 1 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 0
Merced rf 5 1 1 1
  Lane rf 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 5 0 1 1
Blum 3b 4 1 3 1
Hunter cf 2 1 0 0
Oswalt p 3 0 1 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 2
  Everett pr 0 1 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Vazquez 2b 4 1 3 0
  Matos ph 1 0 0 0
Kingsale lf 4 0 0 0
Klesko 1b 4 0 1 0
Kotsay cf 4 0 3 1
Trammell rf 3 0 1 0
Burroughs 3b 4 1 2 0
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Lampkin c 4 0 1 1
Lawrence p 1 0 0 0
  Hubbard ph 1 0 0 0
  Condrey p 0 0 0 0
  Gant ph 1 0 0 0
  Fikac p 0 0 0 0
  Nickle p 0 0 0 0
  DeHaan ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 12 2
Houston 003 000 0306120
San Diego 100 000 0012120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (18-6) 7.0 8 1 1 1 3
  Dotel   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Mlicki   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Wagner  SV (31) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
1
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence  L (11-10) 5.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Condrey   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Fikac   1.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Nickle   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 3, San Diego 2.  2B–Houston Biggio 2 (34,off Condrey,off Fikac); Blum (19,off Fikac); Ward (29,off Fikac), San Diego Vazquez (17,off Oswalt); Kotsay (23,off Oswalt); Lampkin (9,off Mlicki).  3B–Houston Blum (4,off Lawrence).  SH–Biggio (5,off Lawrence).  HBP–Berkman (4,by Lawrence); Bagwell (10,by Condrey); Hunter (2,by Fikac).  SB–Kingsale (5,2nd base off Dotel/Ausmus).  HBP–Lawrence (11,Berkman); Condrey (1,Bagwell); Fikac (3,Hunter).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Paul Emmel, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:47.  A–14,562.
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