San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
September 17, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1990 at Astrodome. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 0

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 5 2 3 0
Alomar 2b 5 1 1 2
Clark 1b 4 1 1 1
Carter cf 5 0 2 1
Lynn rf 3 0 1 0
Santiago c 4 1 1 0
Pagliarulo 3b 4 0 1 0
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Hurst p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Rhodes cf 4 0 0 0
Candaele 2b 4 0 2 0
Caminiti 3b 2 0 0 0
  Hennis p 0 0 0 0
  Nichols ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Stubbs lf 3 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Biggio c 3 0 1 0
  McGriff c 0 0 0 0
Davidson rf 3 0 1 0
Darwin p 1 0 0 0
  Rohde 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
San Diego 002 120 0005110
Houston 000 000 000061
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hurst  W (10-9) 9.0 6 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (11-3) 4.1 9 5 4 1 3
  Hennis   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Meyer   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
2
6

  E–Rhodes (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Carter (26,off Darwin); Roberts 2 (36,off Darwin 2); Jack Clark (12,off Darwin); Pagliarulo (19,off Meyer), Houston Biggio (21,off Hurst).  HR–San Diego Alomar (6,3rd inning off Darwin 1 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:35.  A–6,059.
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