San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
July 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1997 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 1, Houston Astros 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 0 1 0
Javier 1b 4 0 1 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
  Benard lf 1 0 0 0
Kent 2b 4 0 0 0
Lewis 3b 3 0 1 0
Hill rf 3 1 1 0
Berryhill c 3 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 3 0 0 1
Foulke p 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson c 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 2 2 0
Carr cf 4 2 2 0
Bagwell 1b 3 2 2 3
Gonzalez lf 4 0 2 1
Bell rf 2 0 0 1
  Mouton ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Berry 3b 2 0 0 1
  Gutierrez 3b 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 5 1 1 0
Bogar ss 4 1 1 1
Hampton p 4 0 1 1
Totals 34 8 11 8
San Francisco 000 010 000142
Houston 300 401 00x8111
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Foulke  L (1-4) 3.1 7 6 6 3 1
  Johnstone   2.2 4 2 2 3 3
  Rodriguez   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Poole   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
7
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  W (6-7) 9.0 4 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
6

  E–Aurilia (3), Foulke (2), Berry (10).  DP–San Francisco 1, Houston 1.  2B–San Francisco Hill (20,off Hampton), Houston Bagwell (28,off Johnstone Jr); Ausmus (16,off Johnstone Jr).  HR–Houston Bogar (2,4th inning off Foulke 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bagwell (7,by Foulke); Bell (5,by Johnstone Jr); Berry (2,by Johnstone Jr); Bogar (1,by Poole).  SB–Bagwell (15,2nd base off Foulke/Berryhill); Biggio (15,2nd base off Foulke/Berryhill).  HBP–Foulke (4,Bagwell); Johnstone Jr 2 (2,Bell,Berry); Poole (3,Bogar).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:45.  A–24,522.
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