Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Diego Padres
April 3, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 1984 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, San Diego Padres 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wynne cf 4 1 3 0
Ray 2b 4 0 0 1
Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0
Otis lf 3 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Frobel rf 3 0 0 0
Berra ss 3 0 0 0
Rhoden p 2 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 1 1 0
Gwynn rf 4 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 1 1 1
Martinez lf 3 1 1 2
McReynolds cf 3 1 1 1
Templeton ss 3 0 1 0
Show p 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
Pittsburgh 100 000 000130
San Diego 210 002 00x560
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  L (0-1) 7.0 6 5 5 1 4
  Scurry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
1
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Show  W (1-0) 7.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Gossage   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
5

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Wynne 2 (2,off Show 2), San Diego Wiggins (1,off Rhoden); Gwynn (1,off Rhoden).  3B–Pittsburgh Wynne (1,off Show).  HR–San Diego McReynolds (1,2nd inning off Rhoden 0 on, 0 out); Martinez (1,6th inning off Rhoden 1 on, 2 out).  T–1:52.  A–44,553.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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