San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
May 17, 1994 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1994 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 5, Houston Astros 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lewis cf 2 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b 3 0 0 0
Williams 3b 4 1 2 1
Bonds lf 3 2 2 3
McGee rf 3 1 2 1
Clayton ss 4 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 0 0
Reed c 4 0 0 0
Swift p 3 1 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Felder rf 3 0 1 0
Finley cf 4 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 2 2 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 2 2
Servais c 3 0 0 0
  Bream ph 1 0 0 0
Stankiewicz ss 4 0 1 0
Harnisch p 1 0 1 0
  Donnels ph 1 0 1 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
San Francisco 000 310 010570
Houston 010 100 000270
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Swift  W (6-3) 6.2 6 2 2 3 5
  Jackson   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Beck  SV (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  L (2-4) 5.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Jones   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Veres   2.0 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
6

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Houston Bagwell (6,off Swift); Caminiti (7,off Swift).  HR–San Francisco Bonds 2 (11,4th inning off Harnisch 1 on, 0 out,8th inning off Veres 0 on, 1 out); McGee (4,4th inning off Harnisch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Benjamin (1,off Harnisch); Lewis (3,off Harnisch).  SB–Bagwell (6,2nd base off Swift/Reed); Felder (1,2nd base off Swift/Reed).  CS–Stankiewicz (1,2nd base by Swift/Reed).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:43.  A–17,458.
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