San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
August 8, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1990 at Astrodome. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 2 1 0 1
Kingery rf 4 0 2 1
  Litton ph,rf 1 0 1 2
Clark 1b 5 1 2 0
Mitchell lf 5 0 1 1
Williams 3b 5 0 2 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
  Anderson pr 0 0 0 0
  Carter c 1 1 1 0
Thompson 2b 5 2 2 1
Uribe ss 5 1 3 1
Wilson p 2 1 1 0
  Bathe ph 0 0 0 0
  Garrelts pr 0 1 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 1
Totals 39 8 16 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 2 3 0
Biggio c 4 1 1 0
Davidson lf 3 0 0 0
Nichols 1b 4 0 0 1
Ramirez ss 3 1 1 2
Scott p 1 0 1 0
  Candaele ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Rohde ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 3
San Francisco 010 201 0318162
Houston 030 001 000472
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (8-3) 7.0 7 4 3 1 3
  Thurmond  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   7.0 11 4 3 2 4
  Agosto  L (5-7) 0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Fisher   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
8
7
3
4

  E–Thompson (6), Uribe (13), Yelding (12), Caminiti (13).  DP–San Francisco 3.  2B–San Francisco Uribe (6,off Scott); Litton (4,off Agosto), Houston Doran (19,off Wilson); Wilson (11,off Wilson).  3B–San Francisco Uribe (6,off Scott).  HR–San Francisco Thompson (11,4th inning off Scott 0 on, 1 out), Houston Ramirez (2,2nd inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Butler (7,off Scott); Davidson (1,off Wilson).  SF–Butler (2,off Scott); Thurmond (1,off Fisher).  HBP–Butler (3,by Agosto).  SB–Williams (4,2nd base off Scott/Biggio); Kingery (4,2nd base off Scott/Biggio); Doran (15,2nd base off Thurmond/Carter).  CS–Williams (2,Home by Scott/Biggio); Anderson (1,2nd base by Scott/Biggio).  BK–Scott (3).  HBP–Agosto (5,Butler).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–3:08.  A–20,110.
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