Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 4, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 2002 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, San Diego Padres 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Loretta ss 4 0 2 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Berkman lf 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 1
Merced rf 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Blum 3b 2 0 0 0
Hunter cf 3 0 1 0
Munro p 2 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Puffer p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Vazquez 2b 5 1 2 0
Kotsay cf 4 1 2 1
Klesko 1b 4 0 2 1
Gant lf 2 2 1 1
Trammell rf 3 0 0 0
  Kingsale pr,rf 1 0 1 1
Burroughs 3b 4 0 2 1
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez c 3 1 0 0
Tomko p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Houston 000 000 001160
San Diego 001 101 20x5100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Munro  L (5-3) 5.1 6 3 3 1 1
  Stone   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Borbon   0.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Puffer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  W (9-8) 9.0 6 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
6

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Bagwell (31,off Tomko); Loretta (15,off Tomko), San Diego Klesko 2 (30,off Munro,off Borbon).  HR–Houston Bagwell (26,9th inning off Tomko 0 on, 1 out), San Diego Gant (17,4th inning off Munro 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Tomko (6,off Munro).  HBP–Gant (2,by Munro).  IBB–Gant (1,by Borbon).  HBP–Munro (3,Gant).  IBB–Borbon (5,Gant).  U-HP–Paul Emmel, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–2:18.  A–15,147.
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