Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 16, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1991 at Jack Murphy 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 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 0 1 0
Finley rf 3 0 1 0
Biggio c 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 1
Gonzalez lf 3 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 2 0
Cedeno ss 4 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Mota 2b 3 0 2 0
  Candaele ph 1 0 0 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf 3 1 2 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 1 1
McGriff 1b 3 1 0 0
Santiago c 4 1 2 0
Jackson cf 3 1 1 0
Howard rf 4 1 2 5
Shipley 2b 4 0 1 0
Harris p 3 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Houston 000 000 010181
San Diego 000 000 33x6100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (0-1) 7.0 6 3 3 3 2
  Osuna   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Hernandez   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W (6-5) 7.2 8 1 1 3 3
  Andersen  SV (10) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
4

  E–Biggio (10).  DP–Houston 2, San Diego 1.  HR–Houston Bagwell (15,8th inning off Harris 0 on, 1 out), San Diego Howard (4,7th inning off Williams 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Williams (1,off Harris); Finley (9,off Harris).  SB–Finley (27,2nd base off Harris/Santiago); Roberts (24,2nd base off Williams/Biggio).  CS–Caminiti (5,2nd base by Harris/Santiago); Fernandez (9,2nd base by Williams/Biggio); Roberts (11,2nd base by Williams/Biggio).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:40.  A–19,175.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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