San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 5, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1996 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 10, Houston Astros 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 2 3
Finley cf 5 1 1 0
Gwynn rf 6 2 3 2
Caminiti 3b 4 1 2 0
Joyner 1b 2 2 2 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 1
Cedeno ss 3 0 2 2
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Valenzuela p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 1 1 1
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
Reed 2b 4 1 2 1
Tewksbury p 3 0 0 0
  Shipley ss 2 1 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 2 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 1
Bell rf 4 1 0 0
May lf 4 1 2 0
Wilkins c 3 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph,c 1 1 1 3
Spiers 3b 4 0 1 0
Miller ss 4 0 0 0
Kile p 1 0 1 0
  Brocail p 1 0 0 0
  Simms ph 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
San Diego 000 140 00510150
Houston 000 001 030490
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  W (1-0) 6.2 7 1 1 2 2
  Blair   1.0 1 2 2 0 1
  Valenzuela   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Bochtler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  L (0-1) 4.0 9 5 5 3 5
  Brocail   3.0 2 0 0 3 2
  Morman   1.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Small   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
8
7

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 2.  2B–San Diego Joyner (2,off Kile); T Gwynn (2,off Kile).  3B–San Diego Henderson (1,off Small).  HR–Houston Bagwell (2,6th inning off Tewksbury 0 on, 2 out); Eusebio (1,8th inning off Valenzuela 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Cedeno (1,off Brocail).  HBP–Ausmus (1,by Small); Biggio (2,by Blair).  SB–Cedeno (2,2nd base off Kile/Wilkins); Caminiti (1,3rd base off Brocail/Wilkins); Joyner (1,2nd base off Brocail/Wilkins).  CS–Hunter (1,3rd base by Tewksbury/Ausmus).  HBP–Blair (1,Biggio); Small (1,Ausmus).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ron Barnes, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–3:06.  A–28,629.
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