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August 8, 1987

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Bottom 10 R H E
Astros 3 6 0
Padres 3 8 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Astros 3 6 0
Padres 4 9 0

John Kruk Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .341
OBP .500 .442
At Bats 4 290
Hits 2 99
• Singles 1 73
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 15
Walks 0 53
RBI’s 1 60

Dave Meads Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 0
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Jack Murphy Stadium - August 8, 1987
Dave Meads
Alan Ashby
Denny Walling
Bill Doran
Ken Caminiti
Craig Reynolds
Billy Hatcher
Gerald Young
Kevin Bass
John Kruk
Shane Mack
Tony Gwynn

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 3 6 0 5
San Diego Padres 4 9 0 8
Winning Pitcher Rich Gossage
Losing Pitcher Dave Meads
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI John Kruk
Attendance 20,466
Time of Game 3 hours 7 minutes
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Kruk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gwynn scores. Mack moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Mack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gwynn moves to second.
Bottom 10 Gwynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Dave Meads now pitching. Jefferson strikes out.
Top 10 Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flannery scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Jose Cruz pinch hits for Dave Smith. Stan Jefferson now playing left field. Shane Mack now playing center field. Rich Gossage now pitching. Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Jefferson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Randy Ready pinch hits for Mark Davis. Ready hits a fly ball into right field. Bass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Flannery is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Templeton strikes out. There goes Santiago. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 9 Santiago hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mack scores. Kruk scores.
Bottom 9 Brown bunts towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Mack moves to third. Kruk moves to second.
Bottom 9 Shane Mack pinch runs for Carmelo Martinez. Kruk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mack moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dave Smith now pitching. Martinez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flannery scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Caminiti hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mark Davis now pitching. Walling strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gwynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 There goes Jefferson. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Jefferson steals second.
Bottom 8 Jefferson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Marvell Wynne pinch hits for Keith Comstock. Wynne hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doran reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Flannery takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ashby strikes out.
Top 8 Doran strikes out.
Bottom 7 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Santiago hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doran catches it and throws to first to double up Brown.
Bottom 7 Larry Andersen now pitching. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Kruk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Hatcher is called out on strikes.
Top 7 The ball gets by Santiago for a passed ball. Reynolds moves to third.
Top 7 Young hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ryan bunts in front of the plate. Santiago fields it and throws to first for the out. Reynolds moves to second.
Top 7 Keith Comstock now pitching. Reynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gwynn hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jefferson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hatcher. Jefferson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Jim Steels pinch hits for Mark Grant. Steels strikes out.
Top 6 Caminiti hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Walling hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gwynn. Walling reaches second base with a double. Bass goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Bass takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Doran hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Flannery hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Santiago strikes out.
Top 5 Hatcher hits a popup, foul, towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Kruk is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Martinez is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Reynolds hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flannery settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Caminiti hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Flannery reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Walling hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gwynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jefferson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Grant is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Bass hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kruk scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bass for the out.
Top 3 Ashby takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Doran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flannery scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hatcher moves to second.
Top 3 Hatcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Gwynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Flannery hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Templeton. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Templeton steals second.
Bottom 2 Templeton hits a ball on the ground for an out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Santiago hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bass. Santiago reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flannery scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walling scores.
Top 2 Caminiti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Walling moves to third.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Ashby scores. Walling moves to second.
Top 2 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grant fields it and throws to second for the out. Ashby moves to third.
Top 2 Bass hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ashby moves to second.
Top 2 Ashby takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kruk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ryan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gwynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jefferson strikes out.
Top 1 Doran hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kruk scoops it up and throws to first, with Grant covering, for the out.
Top 1 Hatcher hits a fly ball into center field. Jefferson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Young hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.