San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 25, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1986 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 0, Houston Astros 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 3 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Maldonado lf 3 0 0 0
Davis C. rf 2 0 0 0
Brenly 3b 3 0 0 0
Ouellette c 2 0 0 0
Uribe ss 2 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Quinones pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Berenguer p 1 0 0 0
  Lancellotti ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 0 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 2 0
Walling 3b 4 2 2 1
Davis 1b 2 0 1 0
Bass rf 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 2 0 1 1
Ashby c 4 0 2 0
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
  Thon ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Scott p 4 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 10 2
San Francisco 000 000 000000
Houston 000 010 10x2100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer  L (2-3) 5.0 8 1 1 4 2
  Davis   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Garrelts   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
2
2
5
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (18-10) 9.0 0 0 0 2 13
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
2
13

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  HR–Houston Walling (13,5th inning off Berenguer 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gladden (5,by Scott); Hatcher (5,by Berenguer).  IBB–Cruz (11,by Berenguer); Davis (5,by M Davis).  SB–Gladden (25,2nd base off Scott/Ashby); C Davis (15,2nd base off Scott/Ashby); Hatcher (37,2nd base off Berenguer/Ouellette); Bass (21,2nd base off Berenguer/Ouellette).  CS–Hatcher (12,3rd base by Berenguer/Ouellette).  WP–Berenguer (4), M Davis (3).  HBP–Berenguer (2,Hatcher); Scott (2,Gladden).  IBB–Berenguer (3,Cruz); M Davis (7,Davis).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:24.  A–32,808.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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