San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 24, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1991 at Astrodome. 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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San Francisco Giants 9, Houston Astros 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Felder cf,rf 4 1 1 0
McGee rf 6 1 2 1
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 5 1 1 1
Williams 3b 2 1 1 2
  Anderson pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Bass lf 4 0 1 1
Thompson 2b 3 1 0 0
Decker c 3 0 1 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Manwaring c 0 1 0 1
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 1 1 0
  Lewis ph,cf 0 0 0 1
Heredia p 2 0 0 0
  Kingery ph 1 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 0 0 0 0
  Benjamin pr,ss 0 1 0 1
Totals 36 9 8 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 2 0
Finley rf 3 0 1 0
Biggio c 5 1 3 2
Bagwell 1b 4 2 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 1
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Candaele 2b 1 0 1 2
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0
Cedeno ss 3 0 0 1
Mota 2b 4 1 3 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Mallicoat p 0 0 0 0
  Young lf 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 7 14 7
San Francisco 000 200 007981
Houston 001 002 1127143
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Heredia   6.0 9 3 3 2 2
  Beck  W (1-1) 2.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Righetti   1.0 1 2 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
5
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   5.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Hernandez   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mallicoat   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Portugal  L (10-10) 0.1 3 4 4 3 0
  Osuna   0.2 0 3 2 3 0
  Henry   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Corsi   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
9
8
8
4

  E–Anderson (11), Candaele (10), Mota 2 (3).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Mota (2,off Heredia); Candaele (20,off Righetti).  3B–Houston Gonzalez (9,off Heredia).  HR–San Francisco Williams (31,4th inning off Williams 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Bass (3,off Osuna); Cedeno (2,off Heredia).  HBP–Williams (5,by Williams); Benjamin (2,by Henry).  IBB–Thompson (2,by Osuna); Finley (5,by Heredia).  SH–Williams (2,off Heredia); Finley (10,off Beck).  SB–Finley (31,2nd base off Heredia/Decker).  CS–Lofton (1,2nd base by Heredia/Decker).  WP–Heredia (1).  HBP–Williams (1,Williams); Henry (2,Benjamin).  IBB–Heredia (1,Finley); Osuna (5,Thompson).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–3:31.  A–10,972.
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