San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants
September 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1996 at 3Com Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 7, San Francisco Giants 9

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gwynn rf 3 0 0 1
Joyner 1b 5 1 0 0
Finley cf 4 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 5 2 3 4
Vaughn lf 3 0 1 0
Flaherty c 3 1 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 2 1 1
Reed 2b 4 0 2 1
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
Tewksbury p 1 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Tatum ph 1 0 0 0
  Oquist p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 3 3 1 0
Mueller 3b 4 1 1 3
Bonds lf 4 1 3 4
Wilkins c 5 0 1 1
Hill rf 4 0 0 0
Wilson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Dewey p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 1 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Scarsone 2b 4 2 2 0
Aurilia ss 4 1 1 0
Soderstrom p 0 0 0 0
  Hook p 1 0 1 1
  Batiste ph 1 1 1 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  McCarty 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
San Diego 511 000 000782
San Francisco 030 301 02x9111
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury   3.1 7 6 3 1 0
  Blair   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Oquist   1.2 0 1 1 3 3
  Osuna   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Veras  L (2-1) 2.0 2 2 1 0 4
Totals
8.0
11
9
5
5
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Soderstrom   0.2 3 5 2 2 1
  Hook   3.1 3 2 2 3 1
  Creek   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Dewey   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Poole  W (2-1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Beck  SV (34) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
4
6
5

  E–Vaughn (2), Gomez (11), Bonds (6).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Diego Gomez (13,off Soderstrom), San Francisco Mueller (11,off Tewksbury); Bonds (27,off Blair); Wilkins (17,off Osuna).  HR–San Diego Caminiti 2 (36,1st inning off Soderstrom 2 on, 1 out,2nd inning off Hook 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco Bonds (41,8th inning off Veras 1 on, 0 out).  SF–T Gwynn (6,off Hook); Mueller (2,off Blair).  HBP–Flaherty (2,by Soderstrom).  IBB–Bonds (28,by Oquist); Hill (3,by Osuna).  SB–Caminiti (10,2nd base off Hook/Wilkins); Benard (22,2nd base off Oquist/Flaherty).  HBP–Soderstrom (1,Flaherty).  IBB–Oquist (2,Bonds); Osuna (1,Hill).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:15.  A–12,737.
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