San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 9, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1996 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 3, Houston Astros 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Dunston ss 4 0 1 0
  Decker ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Scarsone 2b 4 0 1 0
Bonds cf 4 1 1 0
Williams 3b,ss 5 0 2 2
Carreon lf 5 1 1 1
Hill rf 4 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 3 0 0 0
  McCarty ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Manwaring c 3 0 1 0
Watson p 3 0 0 0
  Batiste ph 1 0 0 0
  Juden p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 0 1 1
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 0 2 0
Eusebio c 3 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Mouton lf 3 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Miller ss 4 1 2 0
Drabek p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph 0 0 0 0
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
San Francisco 000 100 000 2380
Houston 000 000 010 0161
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Watson   8.0 4 1 1 2 4
  Juden  W (1-0) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Beck  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   6.0 4 1 1 1 3
  Young   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Tabaka  L (0-1) 1.1 1 2 1 0 0
  Jones   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
2
2
4

  E–Bagwell (1).  DP–San Francisco 2.  PB–Eusebio (1).  2B–San Francisco Bonds (1,off Drabek); Scarsone (2,off Young); M Williams (3,off Jones), Houston Miller 2 (2,off Watson 2); Berry (4,off Juden).  HR–San Francisco Carreon (3,4th inning off Drabek 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Scarsone (1,off Tabaka); Drabek (1,off Watson); Gutierrez (1,off Watson).  HBP–Manwaring (1,by Drabek); Biggio (3,by Watson).  IBB–Bonds (1,by Young).  SF–Hunter (1,off Watson).  SB–Hunter (1,3rd base off Watson/Manwaring); Biggio (1,2nd base off Watson/Manwaring).  HBP–Watson (1,Biggio); Drabek (1,Manwaring).  IBB–Young (1,Bonds).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:48.  A–13,588.
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