Houston Astros vs San Francisco Giants
April 20, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1991 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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)
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Houston Astros 0, San Francisco Giants 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss 4 0 0 0
Finley cf 2 0 0 0
  Kile p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Biggio c 4 0 3 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0
McLemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Rhodes rf 2 0 0 0
  Davidson ph 1 0 0 0
Deshaies p 0 0 0 0
  Candaele ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 3 1 1 1
McGee cf 3 0 2 1
  Felder cf 1 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 1 1 0
Decker c 4 1 1 2
Uribe ss 4 0 1 0
Black p 2 1 1 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Houston 000 000 000051
San Francisco 020 200 00x490
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (0-1) 4.0 8 4 4 1 1
  Kile   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Henry   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Black  W (1-2) 9.0 5 0 0 4 5
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
5

  E–Bagwell (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  3B–San Francisco Thompson (1,off Deshaies).  HR–San Francisco Decker (3,2nd inning off Deshaies 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Rhodes (1,by Black).  SH–Black (1,off Deshaies).  SB–Bagwell (1,2nd base off Black/Decker); Clark (1,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio); Felder (1,2nd base off Kile/Biggio).  IBB–Black (1,Rhodes).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:26.  A–18,856.
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