San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 20, 1992 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1992 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 2, Houston Astros 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 4 0 1 0
McGee rf 4 0 0 1
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 1 0
Bass lf 3 0 2 1
  Snyder lf 1 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 2 0 1 0
Manwaring c 4 0 0 0
Clayton ss 2 1 0 0
Burba p 2 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Felder ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 1 1 1
Finley cf 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 0 0
Incaviglia rf 4 0 2 1
  Jones C. rf 0 0 0 0
Candaele 3b 3 0 1 0
Taubensee c 3 0 1 1
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
Portugal p 1 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones D. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
San Francisco 000 100 010270
Houston 200 001 00x360
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Burba  L (0-2) 5.2 6 3 3 3 4
  Beck   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal  W (2-0) 7.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Jones  SV (5) 2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–San Francisco Clark (4,off Portugal).  3B–San Francisco Lewis (1,off Portugal).  HR–Houston Biggio (1,1st inning off Burba 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Thompson (1,by D Jones).  SH–Portugal (1,off Burba).  CS–McGee (1,2nd base by D Jones/Taubensee); Biggio (1,2nd base by Burba/Manwaring).  SB–Finley (1,2nd base off Burba/Manwaring).  HBP–D Jones (1,Thompson).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:36.  A–10,990.
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