San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
April 10, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 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 11, Houston Astros 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 3 1 1 0
Batiste ss 4 3 2 0
Bonds lf 4 2 3 5
Williams 3b 3 1 0 1
Carreon 1b 4 1 0 0
Hill rf 4 2 3 5
Scarsone 2b 5 0 2 0
Decker c 5 1 0 0
Fernandez p 4 0 0 0
  Creek p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Bourgeois p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 11 11
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 2 1
Bagwell 1b 5 1 3 2
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
May lf 3 1 1 0
  Mouton ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilkins c 4 2 3 2
Miller ss 4 0 0 0
Kile p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 1 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 5
San Francisco 202 600 00111110
Houston 100 120 1005131
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (2-0) 6.0 12 5 5 1 6
  Creek   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Bourgeois   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  L (0-2) 3.2 9 10 4 4 4
  Morman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Small   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Brocail   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Young   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
11
5
6
7

  E–Berry (5).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco Hill (2,off Kile); Bonds (2,off Kile), Houston Hunter (2,off Fernandez); May (1,off Fernandez).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (2,3rd inning off Kile 1 on, 0 out); Hill 2 (3,4th inning off Kile 3 on, 2 out,9th inning off Young 0 on, 0 out), Houston Wilkins (1,5th inning off Fernandez 1 on, 2 out); Bagwell (3,7th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Benard (1,off Kile); Kile (1,off Fernandez).  SF–M Williams (2,off Kile).  IBB–M Williams (1,by Kile).  HBP–Bell (1,by Fernandez).  CS–Bell (1,2nd base by Creek/Decker).  WP–Kile 3 (3).  HBP–Fernandez (1,Bell).  IBB–Kile (1,M Williams).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:52.  A–14,183.
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