Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
June 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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

Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Houston Astros 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 3 0 0 0
Hatcher 1b 3 1 1 0
Gibson lf 3 0 0 1
Marshall rf 4 1 1 1
Shelby cf 3 0 1 1
Hamilton 3b 3 0 0 0
  Heep ph 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Davis ph 0 1 0 0
  Holton p 0 0 0 0
  Sharperson ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 3 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 1 2 1
Davis 1b 4 0 2 0
Bell 3b 4 2 2 0
Hatcher lf 3 1 1 1
Meadows rf 3 0 1 1
  Bass rf 0 0 0 0
Biggio c 3 0 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 1
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Los Angeles 010 001 001332
Houston 020 001 01x480
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   5.0 5 2 2 0 2
  Holton  L (3-2) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Orosco   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
0
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (8-1) 8.1 2 3 3 5 4
  Andersen   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Agosto  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
5
6

  E–Hamilton 2 (8).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Houston 1.  2B–Los Angeles Hatcher (5,off Knepper).  3B–Houston Bell (1,off Holton).  HR–Los Angeles Marshall (9,2nd inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out), Houston Doran (3,8th inning off Orosco 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Gibson (4,off Knepper); Knepper (1,off Sutton); Hatcher (6,off Holton).  SH–Knepper (8,off Sutton).  CS–Sax (5,2nd base by Knepper/Biggio).  WP–Knepper (2), Andersen (1).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:34.  A–28,838.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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